Thought For The Day: “What does it matter how we fill jobs like those that anyone can do?” It turns out that it matters quite a lot

• Digging Into RecruitingBlogs.com V2.13 Talent Is The Problem
  The use of the word “talent” to describe “people in an organization” is a carryover from the bubble economy. It’s demeaning to the vast majority of people who either don’t have or don’t think they have ‘talent’. Companies generally need far more hard-working, persistent, determined, hinest people who bring all of their resources to bear on the problem at hand. ‘Talent’ focuses on potential, not performance.
• 10 Experts on the Newspaper’s Future
  The newspaper (and the classified advertising section) has been an integral part of the HR Department’s existence. For decades, newspapers were the way that HR communicated with the world. It’s important to watch their evolution (and death) closely. Understanding the newspapers’ problem gives us an external window on the communications issues that face HR. This piece might be subtitled, “Fiddling While Rome Burns”.
• Things I believe in the Recruitment Space
  Simon Meth gives a great rendition of the view from a Recruiting Agency.
• “What does it matter how we fill jobs like those that anyone can do?” It turns out that it matters quite a lot”
  Commodity jobs require more than commodity workers. Think of this article as a good start at redefining the problem away from the generic notion of talent.
• Monster powers Microsoft Office career center.
  The Office Website now has a job board. Good positioning.

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