Top 100 Influencers in HR v1.81 Craig Fisher

On September 19, 2011, in Applicant Tracking Systems, HR Influencers, HR Technology, HRExaminer, by John Sumser

There are two kinds of businesses emerging on the scene today. One, blessed with resources from investors, is heavily oriented towards tool creation in social technology. The other, personified by Craig Fisher, is being built by people with substantial time in the trenches.

 

090611 Newsy Links

On June 11, 2009, in Applicant Tracking Systems, Daily Links, by John Sumser

Thought for the Day: Social Media is Not about the tools. It’s not about what you can do with the tools. It’s about the social stuff. Asking More from Talent Acquisition System Providers Madeline Laurano notices that employers aren’t happy with their Talent Acquisition Software suppliers. They never are. One of the interesting things about [...]

 

Buzzword Parade

Buzzword Parade (April 14, 2009) I was talking with a colleague about the buzzword problem in HR Technology. Most of HR is discussed in a jargon that has been slowly evolving since the first Personnel Departments emerged during the depression. The language of job descriptions, merit increases, conflict management, skills and personality assessment all require [...]

 

The Sourcing Hierarchy: Rational Recruiting Expenditure

As budgets tighten, companies are beginning to wrestle with standard cost-effectiveness questions. Advertising and advertising-like functions are one of the first places that budget shaving takes root. Since much of Recruiting and Talent acquisition uses an advertising business model (upfront expense, limited quantification of returns), the cost cutter’s eyes are inevitably drawn towards expenses in [...]

 

080610 Daily Links (June 10, 2008)

On June 10, 2008, in All, Applicant Tracking Systems, Daily Links, JohnSumser.com, by John Sumser

Thought For The Day: The Job Of Technology is To Increase The Number of Choices What Magazines Still Don’t Understand About The Web It’s about right now, immediacy. Magazines are winter, the web is summer. Looks Like a Million To Me: How I Realized that Amazon’s Kindle and Sony’s E-Reader Were Exceeding Sales Estimates Is [...]

 

The Merger of Arbita and Job Machine

On May 23, 2008, in All, Applicant Tracking Systems, Employment Branding, Futures, JohnSumser.com, by John Sumser

If you haven’t noticed, Arbita, the Minneapolis based Internet Recruitment Advertising agency, is undergoing a market changing transformation. Once the

 

ATS.3 (Applicant Tracking Systems)

There are seven essential, interrelated components of an Applicant Tracking System. (You might take a look at this great little piece …Animals are Tracked, People have relationships.) The actual functionality is very simple and can all be generated from a single database. The

 
 

ATS.2 (Applicant Tracking Systems)

The response to the first couple of articles in this series is interesting. Significantly, a number of credible market leaders think that the game is locked. Companies (vendors) who enter the Recruiting Software market will end up having to deliver ATS functionality if they want to stay in the game. Companies (customers) know how to [...]

 
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