Steve Boese's HR Technology - Comments

Victorio comments on The HR Executive Conference

Victorio — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 13:45:30 +0000

Hi Steve,

The only question I would want answered is "Are you willing to humble yourself and learn from others?" If the conference organizers are making an effort to reach out to different HR communities (e.g., bloggers) then attendees should be able and willing to have an open mind.

Good luck!

Debbie brown comments on The HR Executive Conference

Debbie brown — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 13:33:12 +0000

Enjoy the experience- !

Debbie brown comments on When Jobs Can't be Filled

Debbie brown — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 13:30:41 +0000

Bravo Steve- excellent post- all people have strengths- diversity is also a strength. At the top of 85% of companies are a fairly homogeneous group looking to clone themselves throughout their companies. Perhaps this influences the perception they have?

Deirdre comments on When Jobs Can't be Filled

Deirdre — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 11:58:03 +0000

We have a Fortune 5 company locally and they have an awfully hard time filling the engineering jobs. Like 130+ openings. It isn't that they don't try. These are seriously excellent jobs. It's not all the employer.

Sarah Nguyen comments on When Jobs Can't be Filled

Sarah Nguyen — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 09:44:19 +0000

I think companies often set out with the best intentions and a clear idea of exactly who they want (the perfect candidate), but are unwilling to compromise when a not-so-perfect candidate comes their way. Perhaps this is a side effect of current business conditions? Things change so quickly, budgets are still tight across many countries, and companies want to find and recruit people who are ready to go to save money (costs associated with training the person, and the time spent doing so).

William comments on When Jobs Can't be Filled

William — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 07:11:54 +0000

Necessity is the mother of all invention. If you're complaining, you're not inventing a solution. This applies to companies who complain about difficult-to-fill jobs as well as individuals who complain about companies.

Paul Smith comments on When Jobs Can't be Filled

Paul Smith — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 02:46:30 +0000

No I don't think you're being too hard. I think you hit the nail on the head with the reasons they are not finding the right candidates.
I don't have any examples to share where I work. But previous experience & grapevine stories lead me to also say that sometimes it's bad managers. When you have such a large pool of applicants, sometimes managers just can't make up their mind. Or they believe because there are so many people out of work, if we just keep searching we will find the "perfect person" (who does not exist). And chances are, in their organizations, due to the recession-caused layoffs, they have employees who are doubling up or tripling up the work....3 jobs are being completed for the price of 1....so what's the hurry?

Dave Anderson comments on Workday Envy

Dave Anderson — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 00:11:52 +0000

Hi Steve,
I know this is an older post but I searched it to see if you had anything to say about Workday's HRMS. I looked at it last year but didn't get the budget approval for it. I think I might have the budget this year but it was a year ago that I last looked at it. Have you heard anything about them since--new developments, good/bad?

Thanks,

Dave Anderson
Global Human Resources Manager
Double-Take Software

kampanya comments on Shareflow - A new tool for collaboration

kampanya — Sun, 06 Dec 2009 01:04:57 +0000

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