Thought For The Day: “curse of knowledge: the better we get at generating great ideas—new insights and novel solutions—in our field of expertise, the more unnatural it becomes for us to communicate those ideas clearly. (Made to Stick) Mass Layoffs per month since 2004 The summary includes information about industry and geography. You might want [...]
Newspapers Grasp For Relevancy (Nov 10, 2008) I happened on Alan D. Mutter’s piece “It’s time
Thought For The Day: "In auspicious times, what was impossible six months ago is inadequate today." The genius behind SteveThis look at Apple paints a clear picture of the mundane logistics excellence required to deliver sexy design. It paints an interesting picture of the role of an Operations executive. Good background. Tim Cook, Apple’s COO [...]
Read The Recruiting Strategy Series So Far Introduction (Strategy or Toys) Recruiting Strategy 1: Various Definitions Recruiting Strategy 2: Underpinnings Recruiting Strategy 3: Elements Recruiting Strategy 4: Starting
Thought For The Day: “Now that Obama is president, Gen X is the new baby boomers.“ Twitter’s Evan Williams: Making money through corporate accounts? Is the real money always in Enterprise applications? Lot’s of companies are already using Twitter for internal communications. Craigslist Agrees to Curb Sex Ads Authentication of user identity is the key [...]
Recruiting Strategy 5: Organizational Self-Examination (Nov 06, 2008) Collecting, assessing and visualizing the information from within your organization is just the very beginning. Often this data rollup becomes such an exercise that it is barely complete by the time that the visioning thing begins. A pile of data in pretty graphs does not necessarily equate [...]
Thought For The Day: "The traditional solution for a recession is to print more money" When recruiters lose their credibilityYep, he did lose his mojo and yep it is surely back. “Can we just dispense with the flowery horsespit and go right to
Strategy 4: The Starting Point (November 05, 2008) Every good strategy begins with an operational assessment or inventory. The idea is to clearly define the baseline from which you intend to depart. It’s one of those exercises that tests the mettle of those involved. Retail businesses run inventories every year. You see the windows shuttered [...]
Thought For the Day: A niche is a survival strategy designed to avoid competition Here’s a great interview Fake Calls gives iPhone users an excuse to leave awkward situations If you can’t figure out how to say “I’ve gotta go,” this tool will call you at a predetermined time. Then, you can say “I gotta [...]
Recruiting Strategy 3 (Nov 04, 2008) Whether conscious or not, all organizations have a Recruiting Strategy. (This notion is akin to the idea that all organizations have performance reviews whether formal or not.) In other words, one way of thinking about Recruiting Strategy is that it is the organization’s consistent pattern over time. Company X [...]
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