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Social Media World Forum - London - Enterprise Solutions

Just over 12-months ago I wrote a report about Social Media in the Workplace hoping that social networks would be freely available to all employees.  So how does it look now?

Recruitment 20??: You will sell "product"

As direct recruiters have to continuously prove themselves they will need to look to move ever closer to a "net zero cost-per-hire."  If they don't, the RPO vendors will continue to circle ahead whilst the flat fee boys will nibble at their ankles; nice and friendly at first but they'll soon be wanting ever bigger bites!

Bad service: blame HR

When David Beckham scores the winning goal in the 89th minute of the 2010 World Cup from one of his famous free kicks he will be the hero of the England (again). 

Who's buying who in the ATS market? Stepstone and Mr Ted anyone?

It is only a matter of time before Axel Springer finally acquire Stepstone. For further details read:

STATEMENT BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF STEPSTONE ASA IN CONNECTION WITH THE MANDATORY OFFER MADE BY AXEL SPRINGER AG

The other rumour on the mill is that Mr Ted are being acquired by Success Factors.

HR: New name, new responsibility. Time to save the World!

Are we already out of recession and into recovery mode?

I suppose it depends which journalist you believe really. Whatever happens and wherever we are in this economic cycle I have decided to rename HR yet again. An old customer of mine always referred to HR as Human Remains but as a factory manager of 3000+ people he did have a few opinions about HR!  But that aside, I have decided that our fate lies in the hands of HR who are responsible for getting everyone back to work.

No, it’s not down to Gordon Brown and his cronies but HR or Human Recovery as I now call them.

Two great videos

The Corporate Recruiting System

When I was a young mechanic we followed a system for anything from making a cup of tea to rebuilding an engine.  All the big marketing Guru's tell you about "the system" they use and why it works.  To be honest, recruitment is just a system that if followed works.  Yes, if you are good you can develop your own but as most corporate recruiters are short on time, money and sometimes experience they do not need to reinvent the wheel.

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Best Buy: Why (some) UK retailers should be scared

How many UK retailers really display this kind of open, forward thinking, modern leadership?

Aberdeen Group Report: HR Exec's Guide to Web 2.0

I read the above report yesterday/today and was pleased to see some of the evidence that supports the views of various people (including me) around the importance of using social media as part of your talent management strategy.

You do need to register (and maybe pay) to get a copy of the report but here are what I consider to be the key points.

Onboarding new hires

A long time ago we put in place a system for a client called the First System.  It was designed to improve retention of new hires as they could show that where someone stayed beyond 12-months, they would often stay 3+ years.  But, 70% of new hires left BEFORE the first 12-months!