SumTotal Talent Development vs. WorkBright

I personally, am not a fan of SumTotal. I have worked on several different HRIS and Payroll systems which outweigh all aspects of SumTotal (Lawson Interface Desktop, Ceridian Dayforce, ADP Enterprise, and Ultimate Software's UltiPro). As antiquated as Lawson felt, it had more functionality than SumTotal. Of course, all others I worked on were for the most part cloud based and had modern functionality to go with it.

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WorkBright is an excellent software for any company [that] needs to optimize their HR department and processes. WorkBright simplifies recruiting and onboarding and allows the department to stay on top of due dates and items needed. Additionally, WorkBright has high-security features so any company can ensure information is encrypted and backed up.

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• SumTotal has a very user friendly design, making it easy for non-programmers to configure their LMS interface, customize various environments for different groups, and to integrate numerous external web applications through iFraming, such as social media or news feeds. I was able to configure a custom environment for several different clients, making it feel like their own LMS, such as a custom color scheme and logos, custom widgets (which are section of any page), news feeds, training messages, and custom learning plans.

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• Reporting - Able to really narrow down insights.
• Customization - Able to create different statuses within the software so that multiple people across our HR team can be involved with each applicant.
• Integrations - Able to integrate with various other platforms/software.

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• JasperSoft Reporting - it is difficult to use and manage.
• Exams could be more robust. Offering alternate types of questions.
• Too many clicks on the administrator side. Adding new activities is not intuitive, you need to click through each section to determine what needs to be entered where. Would be better if it was guided for new activities, just prompting for 'required' fields.

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• Applicants seeking opportunities in multiple departments must have multiple applications active- this is especially confusing.
• The company did not support our integration as much as we needed. We had to hire additional onboarding assistance.
• WorkBright does not interface with our payroll software so there is a significant amount of duplicate work.

Incentivized

I have transitioned from a position who supported the product to a position where I use the product. I continue to be impressed with the robustness of the product and how efficient it is. It is a user friendly software that can be used to navigate and accomplish tasks to meet organizational requirements.

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I do not find SumTotal to be intuitive. I feel we need to adjust our needs to meet the functionality available in the tool.

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We have our own IT support to assist in SumTotal issues, however, we have had to log in cases directly. Support is mediocre at best.

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SumTotal Talent Development is a very competitive product. In my opinion SumTotal Talent Development is better than Freshteams, Darwinbox, but not as good as Skillate, SAP SuccessFactors. SAP SuccessFactors is enterprise grade and used only by large organizations and has too many modules and hence a tough learning curve. While SumTotal Talent Development has a small learning curve.

Incentivized

Workbright was cost effective and easy to use. It was also covering all smartphones which are used here in various host countries. This softwares helped us to scale Sales and operations team without having to bulk up our Human resource and Auditing team. Workbright has a 60 day no questions asked refund policy which helped to test the software extensively before taking a long term call on using the software.

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• Clean front-end user interface for easier course catalog management.
• Reporting has been more difficult than previous LMS.
• Audience building has more variables making it more difficult to manage.
• Slower overall client turnaround due to admin side interface.

Incentivized

• The efficiency of the hiring process has increased incredibly.
• Allows HR to focus on other tasks while WorkBright makes it easier, faster, and more convenient to hire new employees.
• It also helps us to communicate better with our new employees by sending all documents.

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