So like everybody else, I didn't know what to write on my first blog post. I figured introducing myself and telling you why I'm blogging would make for a good start.

My Background

I'm technical person, who started out in SAP HR fourteen years ago when I joined SAP in Germany as a developer. My HR focus leaned towards recruiting in 2000, when I was developing applicant tracking system integrations and representing SAP in the development of emerging HR-XML standards. This was way cooler than the payroll development I had been doing, and I got to meet a lot of smart people in the industry.

The SAP E-Recruiting module was first released in 2002. I very much enjoyed my time being the Product Manager during a phase of product maturity and education of the market. I left SAP in 2006 and went into the world of consulting services. This was a great learning experience for me, and brought me a different market perspective.

Where I am Now and Why Blog?

Here I am in 2010. I'm still growing and learning. I am very much interested in the areas of talent management outside of SAP, and how emerging technologies such as candidate sourcing and targeted career portals can be made to work with SAP. I spend most of my time in the world of SAP deployment, but am very much in admiration of the rest of the talent acquisition market, and what they're doing.

I aim to share my thoughts on the current state of SAP, HR technologies, and game changers such as new mobile technologies. The more I learn from the smart people in this market, the more I can apply it to SAP and best practices in building out the best solutions in talent acquisition, development, and retention.

I hope to in the future add future bloggers from IngramTalent, with specializations outside of recruiting. Your input on what you'd like to see, of course, is always welcome.

Cheers, Mark