Entice Labs (Jan 30, 2009) This week, I had the good fortune to spend time with a number of CEOs in the Human Capital Industry. Deb McGrath, who runs HR.com, hosted a simultaneous event for the community that invests in the Human Capital Marketplace. More about the conference tomorrow. I spent about an hour with […]
Thought for the Day: What is the economy without growth? How would the sacrifice be distributed? Search Firms Must Innovate, But Will They? How are you innovating your way out of the recession? What Would Google Do? Demonization is always preceded by deification. There is no better predictor of the end of Google’s run than […]
Job Boards Revisited 3 (Jan 28, 2009) There are several major variables moving through the job board industry right now Job scrapers (like Indeed and SimplyHired) are rapidly growing into positions of dominance. They are currently 40% of the top five job boards and account for half of the industry’s growth in traffic. Their price […]
Job Boards Revisited 2 (Jan 27, 2009) The job boards are often maligned, mismanaged and misunderstood. Several recent tidbits create an opportunity for a review. The December Comscore rankings tell a big story. Monster’s database was hacked again. The questions about the value of job boards are increasingly loud (see here and here) This table […]
Job Boards Revisited 1 (Jan 26, 2009) The Monster database was hacked again. According to a variety of sources (here, here and here), Monster.com posted the warning about the breach on Friday morning and does not plan to send e-mails to users about the issue. The same attacks affected the USA.gov job board as well. […]
Thought For The Day: “The concept of “the trusted referral” is integral to the success of content sharing on Facebook. We’ve found that it is tremendously more powerful to get a piece of content — an article, a news clip, a video, etc — from a friend, and it makes you much more likely to […]
Now is a time to be circumspect in consumption, gentle in resource requirements and bold in personal action. It’s a time for imagining and living your dreams. It’s not such a good time to drive organizational change.
Instead, HR should be hammering its vendors for cost reductions. Get the same for less money; resist the promises more capability for the same money. In this environment, cash is king and HR must be a part of the effort to find it anywhere it can.
Thought For The Day: “People assume continuity where there is none.” Find + Attract Josh Kahn is building a powerful Recruiting industry resource. Check out the weekly report from the Diigo group. Josh is a part of the core of the industry’s next generation of leaders. Juan Enriquez: What Is A Country? Take a half […]
Thought For The Day: Jason Davis is 40 today. Drop by Recruitingblogs.com and Wish him a happy birthday. 5 Reasons to Worry About Google By the end of 2009, Google will be just another evil empire. The beating has begun. Corporate America, Swing Your Ax Wisely Knowing who, where and why to cut is essential […]
Thought For The Day: “The concept of “the trusted referral” is integral to the success of content sharing on Facebook. We’ve found that it is tremendously more powerful to get a piece of content — an article, a news how it works clip, a video, etc — from a friend, and it makes you much […]
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