SumTotal Talent Development

Score7.9 out of 10

38 Reviews and Ratings

What is SumTotal Talent Development?

The SumTotal Core Platform (formerly elixHR) is a human resource information system (HRIS) integrable with the SumTotal Talent Expansion Suite of software: SumTotal (LMS), and the SumTotal Work workforce management and payroll system. All SumTotal software is now offered and supported by Skillsoft since the October 2014 acquisition.

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SumTotal Learning Management: Deliver the learning your organization needs including skilling/upskilling/reskilling, career planning & development. All delivered with our engaging learner experience across all modalities (desktop, tablet & mobile) and in the flow of work

SumTotal Onboarding: Foster learning before day one with our robust onboarding solution. Build culture, complete necessary paperwork and begin the path to productivity for all your new and returning employees.

SumTotal Performance: Performance management that meets the needs of today’s forward-thinking organizations. Align the goals and performance of your entire workforce with those of the broader organization for better business outcomes.

SumTotal Succession: Make succession planning an organizational strength. SumTotal allows you to better understand your workforce now and better plan for your future with our intuitive succession planning tools.

SumTotal Recruiting: A modern recruiting solution that delivers a powerful candidate experience, recruiter productivity, job matching and internal mobility.

SumTotal Compensation: SumTotal makes compensation planning easier and less time consuming. Build a pay for performance culture that meets your organizations goals and objectives while keeping you competitive in the ever-changing marketplace.

SumTotal Mobile: Full suite functionality for your workforce to deliver your Talent Development solution wherever and whenever they need it.

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Corporate goal setting
Corporate goal setting is the ability to define corporate goals, and/or vision statements in the system.
Category average: 7.7
Line-of sight-visibility
Line-of-sight visibility is the provision of line-of sight visibility for each goal to see how goals support overall corporate objectives.
Category average: 7.6
Performance tracking
Performance tracking allows managers to track individual progress against goals as a component of overall performance.
Category average: 7.6

Organization and location management
Organization and location management allows employees to be managed across multiple geographical locations.
Category average: 7.7
Support for external payroll vendors
Support for external payroll vendors is the ability to integrate with 3rd-party payroll services.
Category average: 7.5
Benefit plan administration
Benefit plan administration is administration of health insurance plans and 401k plans, and other benefits.
Category average: 7.6

Abhideep Jain View profile

Manager Consultant - Business Development in Sales at Tiger Analytics (1001-5000 employees employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We are high-end Analytics staffing services provider company. Our basic business model is to hire best Analytics and data engineering talent out there in the world and put them on cutting-edge assignments. We used SumTotal Talent Development for our hire-to-retire journey of employees. From getting employee references to setting up multiple interview discussions, feedback, compensation, stock ownership, growth, and analytics on top.

Pros

Tracking employee learning goals and making sure they meet the goals
Capturing feedback from multiple interview discussions while hiring and showcasing it in one screen
Funnel analysis of candidate recruitment pipeline

Cons

I did not see any functionality to add multiple contractor companies to the hiring funnel and do partner level analysis
There are no AI capabilities for generating insights and recommendations on yearly or quarterly data

Most Important Features

Training, Learning, and Development goal setting and measurement
Hiring, Onboarding
Performance, Retiring
Analytics

Return on Investment

Reduced the email communication for hiring, onboarding, succession, performance
Automated training, goal setting, performance reviews

Alternatives Considered

SAP SuccessFactors, Skillate: AI Recruitment Platform, Freshteam and Darwinbox

Other Software Used

Skillate: AI Recruitment Platform, SAP Ariba Procurement, ZoomInfo SalesOS

Verified User

Director in Sales (11-50 employees employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We use SumTotal Learning Management System to support on-line courses, learning plans and ILT programs. It helps us to leverage knowledge among teams, to reduce training efforts and costs, to optimize management through decentralized administration and to get more reliable information for management decisions. It is a complete and robust plaftform that provides great functionalities.

Pros

Complete functionalities for learning and training management
Reliable data and performance
Integration to other products / systems
Mobile learning

Cons

Admin experience (a little hard to use)
Portal and look and feel customization
Gamification (user experience)

Most Important Features

Domain management
Mobile learning
Gamification
Learning tracks

Return on Investment

Positive: reduce training costs and management efforts
Positive: better and more reliable information for management decisions
Negative: it is an expensive platform when compared to other similar solutions

Alternatives Considered

SAP SuccessFactors and Docebo Learning Suite

Other Software Used

Trello, OpenVPN Access Server, Cornerstone OnDemand, Zoom, Microsoft Teams

Verified User

Manager in Finance and Accounting (10,001+ employees employees)

Pros

Calculates pay and taxes

Cons

Reporting
Mass importing of manual checks to be issued in California
Ability to fund pay cards immediately
Perform gross-up calculations within the payroll system automatically

Return on Investment

It has provided the basic HR and payroll functionality for the past several years.
In today's world, businesses need much more functionality within an HCM. More is needed as one platform vendors are abundant

Usability

Alternatives Considered

Ceridian Dayforce, UltiPro, ADP SmartCompliance, ADP Workforce Now, ADP Enterprise eTIME and RedPrairie

Other Software Used

Ceridian Dayforce, UltiPro, ADP Enterprise eTIME, ADP SmartCompliance

Verified User

Employee in Human Resources (10,001+ employees employees)

Pros

Clean front-end user interface.
Custom layouts for front page and individual users.
Flexibility on user roles.

Cons

Navigation (too many clicks to get anything done).
Reporting is complicated.
Buttons everywhere that don't do anything.
Features enabled that don't fully work or function the way they should.
Support for the product is lacking.

Return on Investment

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.

Kimberly Barricklow

Revenue Application Analyst in Information Technology at Spectrum Health (10,001+ employees employees)

Pros

It allows for simulations to address complex scenarios in the healthcare setting.
We can quickly review reports to see completion rate of an activity.
We have empowered our upper managment to utilize the tracking functionality to have quicker compliance on education modules.

Cons

Staff would like to see the links of assigned training to allow users to launch into an activity
Offer more reports within the programs so users dont have to make their own

Return on Investment

Consistent educational approach
Allows end users more acceptable means of receiving the education
Tracks completion rate

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Corporate goal setting

Line-of sight-visibility

Performance tracking

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Organization and location management

Support for external payroll vendors

Benefit plan administration

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