Comments on: ebay’s purchase of skype offers insight into recruiting’s future http://www.cheezhead.com/2005/09/12/ebays-purchase-of-skype-offers-insight-into-recruitings-future/ Insight and opinion from the world of employment. Mon, 08 Sep 2008 14:04:44 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Glenn Mandelkern http://www.cheezhead.com/2005/09/12/ebays-purchase-of-skype-offers-insight-into-recruitings-future/#comment-276 Glenn Mandelkern Mon, 19 Sep 2005 08:07:40 +0000 http://www.cheezhead.com/2005/09/12/ebays-purchase-of-skype-offers-insight-into-recruitings-future/#comment-276 Well, for this technology to take off in terms of recruiting depends on the company and its managers. Do they view people as their most important assets, or do they view people as a bother? That's the question I've always had when a company goes on incessantly about how great its people are, only to clobber such an image with the words in bold print "No Phone Calls Please!" The authors of _Why Change Doesn't Work_ point out how companies proclaim that they're driven by Theory Y, yet insiders realize how Theory X is really running the show. Will having hiring managers more readily accessible reverse this? Or will it show exponentially how more gatekeepers prevent 2 professionals (employer and candidate) from truly connecting? Well, for this technology to take off in terms of recruiting depends on the company and its managers. Do they view people as their most important assets, or do they view people as a bother?

That’s the question I’ve always had when a company goes on incessantly about how great its people are, only to clobber such an image with the words in bold print “No Phone Calls Please!”

The authors of _Why Change Doesn’t Work_ point out how companies proclaim that they’re driven by Theory Y, yet insiders realize how Theory X is really running the show. Will having hiring managers more readily accessible reverse this? Or will it show exponentially how more gatekeepers prevent 2 professionals (employer and candidate) from truly connecting?

]]> By: Peter Gold http://www.cheezhead.com/2005/09/12/ebays-purchase-of-skype-offers-insight-into-recruitings-future/#comment-275 Peter Gold Thu, 15 Sep 2005 17:48:24 +0000 http://www.cheezhead.com/2005/09/12/ebays-purchase-of-skype-offers-insight-into-recruitings-future/#comment-275 How about the (passive) applicant is automatically contacted by the hiring manager (after his Googleclock has woke him up and connected his VOIP wi-max earpiece) based on some kind of cyber search agent that has been trawling the Internet looking for a particular skill set having searched your blog, gmail account, browser logs, IM logs etc etc and reckons now is the time to strike......Google Earth is even tracking you walking past the employers office so you could actually call in right now for an initial interview. Hmmmmmmm How about the (passive) applicant is automatically contacted by the hiring manager (after his Googleclock has woke him up and connected his VOIP wi-max earpiece) based on some kind of cyber search agent that has been trawling the Internet looking for a particular skill set having searched your blog, gmail account, browser logs, IM logs etc etc and reckons now is the time to strike……Google Earth is even tracking you walking past the employers office so you could actually call in right now for an initial interview. Hmmmmmmm

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