{"id":132,"date":"2009-03-22T11:20:31","date_gmt":"2009-03-22T11:20:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hr-softwareblog.com\/?p=132"},"modified":"2012-06-05T21:05:24","modified_gmt":"2012-06-05T21:05:24","slug":"comparehriscom-seeing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.comparehris.com\/blog\/comparehriscom-seeing\/","title":{"rendered":"CompareHRIS.com: We are not seeing an economic downturn"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s almost scary to print those words. I am afraid I am going to jinx myself. In November and December of 2008, we saw the traffic to\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.comparehris.com\/\">CompareHRIS.com<\/a>\u00a0plateau and then drop off. I was not sure if that was the result of fewer people looking for systems over the holidays and at year end or if we were actually being impacted by the economic slowdown. I was worried enough that we stopped soliciting\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">HRIS vendors<\/span>\u00a0and delayed plans to add a new site for recruiting software and performance management software applications. I decided to wait out this quarter to see what things looked like. My fears have been put to rest. In January, February and March of 2009, we have seen 10 to 25% increases in traffic each month to\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.comparehris.com\/\">CompareHRIS.com<\/a>\u00a0and 100% plus increases in traffic to hr-softwareblog.com. March also ended up being a record month for leads generated and\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.comparehris.com\/HR-Information-Systems-Video\/\">HR Information Systems<\/a>\u00a0selection tool surveys completed. It\u2019s hard for me to tell how many people are buying but the number of searches is increasing.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>With\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.comparehris.com\/\">CompareHRIS.com<\/a>, I am in constant contact with a large number of the industry\u2019s leading\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.comparehris.com\/Employee-Tracking-Software\/\">Employee tracking Software<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.comparehris.com\/Employee-Management-Software-Features-\/\">Employee Management Software<\/a>\u00a0software vendors. The same question often comes up which is \u201cAre you seeing any slowdown?\u201d The surprising answer is we are seeing slightly longer sales cycles but, overall, the news is much more positive than I would have expected. Actually, I have only spoken to a single vendor who has had layoffs and they laid off less than 7% of their staff. I have heard that more layoffs are pending.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>I am not going to mention that\u00a0<a title=\"hr software\" href=\"\/blog\/\">HR software<\/a>\u00a0vendor by name, but I think their individual slowdown has more to do with poor management decisions and product design decisions than on any economic influences. I am not sure they have figured this out but for the sake of their employees, channel, and customers I sincerely hope they do. I sat and talked with one of their employees this week who indicated sales were slow but blamed it on the economy. I let him know, that based on my contacts, his company appears to be the exception instead of the norm.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Based on my rosy outlook, I am moving forward at full speed with expanding the capabilities of the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.comparehris.com\/\">CompareHRIS.com<\/a>\u00a0concept.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s almost scary to print those words. 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