As an Engineer, my respect for the Advertising/Marketing/PR, as an industry, is diminishing daily. I see what is gorged behind the curtain and I see what is reguritated in front to the curtain. The degree of hypocrisy defies social responsibility.
Posts Tagged ‘HR’
A Clear and Present Value!
The value of conversations is real, clear and present – especially in the actions of those who profit wildly from them. I saw this in the negotiations of NAFTA when it was clearly in the best interest of the some negotiators to keep engineers poor weak and disorganized.
Social Media Staffing: $3 Trillion Opportunity
Suppose that 50 Million professionals employed in the United States with average salary is 70,000 per year. Suppose that they change jobs 3 times in their career and that the cost of placement is 30% of salary, or $21,000 dollars per placement. This equals 3 Trillion Dollars in Churn costs
Matchmaker, Matchmaker, Make Me a Match
The human resources department is responsible for matching a knowledge surplus to a knowledge deficit through the hiring process. Fortunately for them, there is no knowledge inventory in society and managers don’t necessarily know what they want.