Saba TalentSpace

Score7.2 out of 10

98 Reviews and Ratings

What is Saba TalentSpace?

Halogen Software offers a cloud-based talent management suite that includes recruiting, performance management, learning and development, succession planning and compensation programs. It is optimized for mid-sized businesses.

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Plan weighting
Supervisors have ability to weight or prioritize individual elements of the performance plan.
Category average: 7
Workflow restrictions
Workflow restrictions ensure that employee can only see finalized official review once completed.
Category average: 7
Compliance tracking and reporting
Compliance tracking is the ability to ensure that all new hires are in compliance with federal regulations for employment.
Category average: 7.5

Performance improvement plans
Supervisors can track disciplinary actions such as performance improvement plans.
Category average: 6.5
Corporate goal setting
Corporate goal setting is the ability to define corporate goals, and/or vision statements in the system.
Category average: 7.3
Reporting
Reporting capabilities provide dashboards, ad-hoc reports and custom reporting capabilities.
Category average: 6.6

Ron Ketelsen

Executive Human Resources Profesional in Human Resources at Executive Human Resources Consultant for CPP, Inc (51-200 employees employees)

Pros

Halogen is easy to use, very good value for your money and can be configured without the help of an IT Department.
Their Customer Support team is excellent and are always available 24/7 to help answer questions.
Their implementations Team is excellent and makes your initial implementation go very fast.

Cons

Track changes functionality is needed for goals and also job descriptions
Manager notification if a goal is changed by an employee is needed
Easier report functionality is needed.

Return on Investment

Executive Team now has a clear view into which employees' goals are linked to corporate objectives. This allows them to track project completion, resources needed, etc.
Processes are automated, which has saved the company substantial amount of money in HR resources to manage the review process.

Alternatives Considered

Adobe Photoshop,Amazon Web Services,Callidus Commissions,CareerSiteBuilder,Dropbox,Ceridian,JobVite,SuccessFactors

Usability

Janice Love

Director Learning and Development in Human Resources at Swope Health (501-1000 employees employees)

Pros

Feedback and recognition.
Performance improvement.
Performance management.

Cons

Printing functionality.
Licensing.
Form and language flexibility.

Return on Investment

Reduced expenses.
Employee satisfaction.
Compliance.

Justin Borland

Sr. Training and Development in Human Resources at Foss Maritime Company (1001-5000 employees employees)

Pros

The form creator in the appraisal is very strong with many robust features.
The LMS allows imports of SCORM 1.2, AICC and Tin Can.
The newly designed dashboard is user-friendly and appealing to end-users.

Cons

Offline adaptability.
The LMS could use more AI or machine learning to reduce admin burden.
Missing some sort of social collaboration tool.

Return on Investment

Decrease in overhead spent to maintain training records.
Increase in mandatory training items complete (reduces risk).
Decrease in training hours spent in classrooms (due to blended learning opportunities).

Alternatives Considered

Cornerstone OnDemand

Other Software Used

ADP Enterprise eTIME

Amanda Carpenter View profile

Administrative Office Technician at Lebanon Campus of Harrisburg Area Community College (1001-5000 employees employees)

Pros

I think it's a great tool to keep evaluations uniform, by using a consistent format.
It's great that you are able to see all your reviews from the past, so you can see how your evaluations were in the past and how you may want to change things for the future.
It's pretty user friendly, you just fill in the spaces answer the questions or giving the descriptions that are asked of you. You don't have to be a computer tech to use it.

Cons

I think some of the format could be paired down. While it is user friendly, there are some extra spaces and steps that could confuse a first time user. For example, some sections don't apply to my position, but they still show up on my evaluation. I know by now that I don't have to fill this out, but some people might be confused by this and wonder how to answer the question when it doesn't apply to them. (This probably may be with my company, however, as I'm not sure how much control they have over the format of the evaluations.)
The goals space should be able to be ongoing, instead of needing an end date. Some goals my supervisor set are ongoing goals, so since they don't have an end date, it appears as if they are overdue on Halogen.
It's really not that difficult to use. It just has a lot of extras I think that don't always get utilized. The option to hide some of those things (i.e. Learning Goals, or Development Goals) I think would be another improvement.

Return on Investment

I think the positive impact is keeping evaluations consistent so that you can consistently track job performance.
Negative impact is the self-performance aspect can seem very repetitious, especially if your job doesn't change much year to year.
Overall, I think it's positively impacted the company. It may seem a tedious thing to do each year, but it keeps evals consistent in a way that I think Faculty evaluations are lacking. (I don't believe they use Halogen, I think it's only staff that do).

Other Software Used

Zoom, Adobe Acrobat DC

Suma Elwell

VP at Wisconsin Reinsurance Corp. (51-200 employees employees)

Pros

1:1 meeting module allows our managers to have frequent performance conversations with their employees. Previously this was done once a year.
Goals Module allows the employees to have transparency on how their individual goals impact the corporate goals.
Development plans allow employees to stay focused on the skills development they need and also help them with their career planning and growth.

Cons

A separate test environment
LMS can be more user friendly
Expand the use to allow it to handle mentoring programs.

Return on Investment

Increased 1:1 Meetings
Increased feedback company wide
Majority of employees have goals and development plan

Alternatives Considered

ADP Workforce Now

Other Software Used

ADP Workforce Now

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