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This is Not Your Father's HR

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Brian Quinn - IT Contractor - USA Sep 2, 2009 8:19 PM GMT My sentiments shared on a couple of points. Having to set up an account with secured passwords for every job is NUTS! I can't currently send my resume to Raymond James because I can't remember my passowrd (one of hundreds) or my security answer. Taleo will not reset passwords or allow customer support. You only get BOTS and FAQS that loop you around to nowhere. Do the clients support a scenario where the job seeker is blocked from being able to submit a resume for a job they are qualified for? The other point is who really is behind this? What is the overall motivation here? Taleo has a headquarters in CA but is there any offshore interest here? Could this be part of a process to disuade companies from hiring Americans and diverting more jobs offshore? We never had problems with getting talent onto the jobsites in contracting. I don't buy the line about HR departments being unable to get talent. In IT jobs the resonsibility is usually handled by a hiring IT manager that knows exactly what they need. A lot of bunk in you ask me. I say Taleo must be more flexible in the application process such as allowing for an email of a resume without an account very simple web code.
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Its still cold in Canada! Aug 1, 2009 2:09 AM GMT Recruiters and HR have had me scratching my head for over 2 years! Big name recruiters come-up with excuses like they employer wants a CA not an MBA! You have financial service experience (for a Financial Analyst position)but don't have consumer packaging experience!Nobody has the sense of looking at an overall package of good 15-16 years of experience, an MBA and a Masters in Finance degree.Lastly welcome to Canada!
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Wake up call Jul 30, 2009 12:02 AM GMT Look - I hope this resume company works great at helping to get you a job or boosting your career if thats what you want. It is indeed very creative. But dont think for 1 second that business is in business for any other reason than to make money. People are just the necessary tools needed to make that happen. And every tool is replacable...
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NY Giants Fan Jul 28, 2009 11:53 PM GMT Thank you James Gregware! FINALLY somebody gets it!! I love your prorezonline company and I love your concept. If it works as well as I hope, your innovation may just give some of us a chance!
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Derek Irvine Globoforce Jul 28, 2009 8:59 PM GMT I'm glad to see an understanding of the talent shortage reported in this article. Many would dismiss this concern out of hand, believing the high unemployment rates today will fill the void tomorrow. But many of those unemployed are not trained or skilled in the areas most desperate for employees today or those likely to recover the fastest in the upturn. Moreover, those of the boomer generation will retire, and the younger generation is not prepared to keep up. I was shocked by this statistic (from HBR):"As the economy rebounds, the shortages will become more pronounced. A very high percentage of the new jobs created today (some estimates run as high as 75% of all new jobs in the U.S.) require some level of post-high school education or experience. Yet our education patterns have not shifted to keep pace (in the U.S., less than 30% of Gen Y's graduate from college and over 20% do not even graduate from high school!)."Need more proof? Additional research (and links to that cited above) are available here: http://globoforce.blogspot.com/2009/07/war-for-talent-still-reality-are-you.html
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Martien Aerts Jul 27, 2009 9:24 PM GMT Great vision and true in my world!
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Melinda Blau Jul 27, 2009 4:04 PM GMT Interesting story. FOr more on this subject check out this article by Valdis Krebs: http://is.gd/1GVpi
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Marcia McLean Jul 27, 2009 2:16 PM GMT HR is a specialty that tends to latch on to trendy ideas, whether they make sense or not. If a reliance on automated testing and performance evaluation is this year's bright idea, then it provides an excellent argument for entrepreneurship as opposed to wage slavery.
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cindy Jul 27, 2009 9:58 AM GMT great story
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NoName Jul 27, 2009 1:25 AM GMT Until corporate America embraces and practices at all levels the concept of "a leader is first a servant to those he/she leads" turnover will always be a problem. Employees are people, not resources, assets or some other cold label. The cold label allows folks in charge at all levels to treat people like things, not beings with souls. HR folks have become complicit in the wholesale slaughter of American workers, by participating in layoff planning rather than planning for the sustainment of an enterprise and its workforce. More than a few senior HR folks have paid for fancy houses/cars with "blood money." The SVP for HR at IBM is incented for a good body count.
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