[Daily post from itzbig] War on talent?! What war on talent?

Do those stats mean that the War on Talent is cooling off? Are employers going to be able to pick and choose from dozens of desperate candidates, hungry for a job, any job? Not even a little.

systematicHR: Some HR BPO Conventional Wisdom

“I can’t shut up about this. HR has to be broader, not only in HRO engagements but in everything we do. If we want to be business strategists, we need to think about everything as part of the business and not as a silo. Making this a broader objective early makes it easier to win later.”

Brazen Careerist by Penelope Trunk: Five situations when you shouldn’t change careers

“Each of us is probably better at one or the other. If you are great at starting over, but not so great at sticking with it, I can’t help you with your significant other, but I can help you with your career. Here are five situations when you should not change careers.”

YourHRGuy.com: Retaining Older Workers More Important

“Unfortunately, we can’t all work for a dot com where younger workers and older workers can enter the industry on essentially the same footing. There are many industries where the wealth of experience an older person brings to a company actually does make a real significant difference.”

The Sourcing Corner: Extra! Extra!! Spiderman is a sourcer!!!!

“Think about it, our favorite arachnid can do more than scale walls he can spin a web so fast and do so while in mid flight. As sourcers we can spin our web on the phone so fast even on the fly. Spidey shoots from the hip and with such accuracy; he can hit the only flagpole sticking out of a building for miles.”

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