Commentary Watch:
Customer views
A strong debate thread
Outside the industry view
Analyst view
Reflex Watch:
I may have too strong a contrary gene, but I just don’t get this deal for Taleo.
Why now?
I don’t know the real story at Vurv. I know they were nowhere near the delusion of a […]

Richard Florida’s work on mapping talent and cities is quite interesting. I heard Richard several years ago shortly after “Rise of The Creative Class” came out and was intrigued. At the time I was living in Cincinnati - loved my job but was less than happy with where I lived. Recently, I […]

Recently I made a career decision. For a ‘boomer’ a fairly major decision. I have been in the search/recruitment technology business for 30 years. Since 1995 I have been on the technology side working to make sense and add value from the Internet and emerging technologies. And made some headway. On the other hand many […]

An interview with Susan Burns on ExtremeRecruiting.TV. Bill Vick is developing a great series of videos on the recruitment space and the role of technology. In this interview, Bill and Susan discuss the role of Web 2.0 on recruiting and the challenges therein. Click here to checkout the video interview now.

Two items this week. First is the Recruiting Roadshow coming to Cleveland- we are proud to sponsor the event and host it at our facility on April 29. Joel will be speaking, along with John Sumser, Don Ramer, and Jason Morris. The RR’s are free and they include a light breakfast and […]

I began writing a post on social networking the end of January – can’t believe it is already March! Due to a variety of events I’m just getting back to writing and what I quickly discovered is that this is a very different post than I would have shared in January and I think […]

Via Jim Holincheck, a Gartner analyst in our space, the Top 10 Laws for Saas Firms, by Byron Deeter, Bessemer Venture Partners.
Born to break the Law(s), I have to disagree with at least three and I suggest that the sample from which the rules were derived is not representative of the universe […]

I am preparing to appear on a panel in a month on the different generations in the workforce. How they work, what they want, who they are, how they will or won’t work with each other, etc? I don’t want to give away my age as I consider myself young at heart and understanding of […]

At Damsels In Success, we’ve recently begun offering employers an opportunity to sponsor the site. Corporate sponsors will receive placement of their logo on the Jobs home page, women-friendly company profiles, features about their executive women, editorials about their products/services, etc.
All the conversations we’ve had with potential sponsors have gone very well, but there’s one […]

Joel loves him some Twitter, and he notes that long-form blogging is hard, while tiny blogging is easy. Here is some medium form blogging: four items that caught my attention. To start, on a light note:
The Ohio Supreme Court has decided that crack dealers are employed in the eyes of the law. […]