Comments on: What’s Been, What Will Be http://www.ere.net/2006/01/25/whats-been-what-will-be/ Recruiting News, Recruiting Events, Recruiting Community, Social Recruiting Mon, 13 Feb 2012 20:48:24 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: George Watson http://www.ere.net/2006/01/25/whats-been-what-will-be/comment-page-1/#comment-4138 George Watson Thu, 26 Jan 2006 06:54:00 +0000 http://www.ere.net/2006/01/25/whats-been-what-will-be/#comment-4138 Could it be that those left behind are seen as too expensive? Certainly all those people didn't become incompetent overnight. There is also a trend to demand more and more versatility from employees. I've seen job descriptions that would require multiple degrees or certainly multiple career paths. And of course, as management always says, there is always a shortage of good talent. Best regards, George Could it be that those left behind are seen as too expensive? Certainly all those people didn’t become incompetent overnight.

There is also a trend to demand more and more versatility from employees. I’ve seen job descriptions that would require multiple degrees or certainly multiple career paths.

And of course, as management always says, there is always a shortage of good talent.

Best regards,
George

]]> By: Karen Mattonen C.A.C., C.S.P http://www.ere.net/2006/01/25/whats-been-what-will-be/comment-page-1/#comment-4137 Karen Mattonen C.A.C., C.S.P Thu, 26 Jan 2006 04:55:00 +0000 http://www.ere.net/2006/01/25/whats-been-what-will-be/#comment-4137 Yes Deborah, I do agree with you - One good thing coming from the Layoffs as well is that the companies are providing College Education opportunities to the people being layed off as part of the outsourcing package. This will also give many individuals who may not have either afforded to have an education, or had not been able to afford the 'thought' of going back to school to finaly advance themselves. This will also increase the level of applicants that will be knocking on our doors. Wow! Hope that many take advantage of the offer of 'free' education. Yes Deborah, I do agree with you – One good thing coming from the Layoffs as well is that the companies are providing College Education opportunities to the people being layed off as part of the outsourcing package.

This will also give many individuals who may not have either afforded to have an education, or had not been able to afford the ‘thought’ of going back to school to finaly advance themselves.

This will also increase the level of applicants that will be knocking on our doors. Wow!

Hope that many take advantage of the offer of ‘free’ education.

]]> By: Deborah Jones http://www.ere.net/2006/01/25/whats-been-what-will-be/comment-page-1/#comment-4136 Deborah Jones Wed, 25 Jan 2006 11:24:00 +0000 http://www.ere.net/2006/01/25/whats-been-what-will-be/#comment-4136 I like the positive and upbeat spin woven into this article. It just goes to show that in a 'free' economy, resilience, adaptation and flexibility within the workforce grows with every shift of the 'earth' underneath its feet. And Americans do it better than anyone. The boomers will survive...we won't retire just because some acutary has predicted it. And technology will create new ways of working and producing. We already are able to work from almost anywhere and perform a mind-boggleing array of services that we did not even imagine only two decades ago. And Karen, all those massive layoffs the media loves to moan about are offset by the nearly 200,000 jobs created per month in 2005 and an unemployment rate that is less than 5% as we speak. Yep, I love my job. I like the positive and upbeat spin woven into this article. It just goes to show that in a ‘free’ economy, resilience, adaptation and flexibility within the workforce grows with every shift of the ‘earth’ underneath its feet. And Americans do it better than anyone.

The boomers will survive…we won’t retire just because some acutary has predicted it. And technology will create new ways of working and producing. We already are able to work from almost anywhere and perform a mind-boggleing array of services that we did not even imagine only two decades ago. And Karen, all those massive layoffs the media loves to moan about are offset by the nearly 200,000 jobs created per month in 2005 and an unemployment rate that is less than 5% as we speak.

Yep, I love my job.

]]> By: Karen Mattonen C.A.C., C.S.P http://www.ere.net/2006/01/25/whats-been-what-will-be/comment-page-1/#comment-4135 Karen Mattonen C.A.C., C.S.P Wed, 25 Jan 2006 05:22:00 +0000 http://www.ere.net/2006/01/25/whats-been-what-will-be/#comment-4135 Kevin, it makes me think of a recent comment on another network Loosely translated - 'We worry and complain about the Retiring Baby Boomers and say that there are no people.. Yet.. We worry and complain about jobs going overseas via outsourcing and all the unemployed not having work What gives...' Today, more and more companies may move oversees, or are shutting doors and laying off(GM for example) - and when you read the layoff reports and see the number of massive layoffs for the Past Year Citadel, Aliant Tech, Boeing Comp, Sematech, Nova Chemicals, Washington Mutual, Tyson Foods, Sorin SpA, Del Labs., even Tulane University in LA due to Katrina is laying off 100-500 individuals. I tried to mention as many industries w/o sounding redundent. There were 58 - 50 were 100+ companies listed for the Week of Jan 19th, wow!! Many These companies are laying off from the Top-Down. There are choices of Skills, talent and abilities.. In 2004 In 2004, employers laid off nearly 1 million workers in 5,010 private nonfarm extended mass layoff (MLS) events . (quoted from BLS http://www.bls.gov/mls/mlsreport989.pdf) In 2003 there were 1.5 Million Workers laid off in MLS Events. Folks that is a Lot of people! Are we missing the boat here? So I do tend to agree with the beef of the Author of the initial comment.. Where did this idealogy that there is an impeding or necessary 'war for talent'. Where did all the Hype come from? Kevin,
it makes me think of a recent comment on another network Loosely translated -

‘We worry and complain about the Retiring Baby Boomers
and say that there are no people.. Yet..
We worry and complain about jobs going overseas via outsourcing and all the unemployed not having work
What gives…’

Today, more and more companies may move oversees, or are shutting doors and laying off(GM for example) – and when you read the layoff reports and see the number of massive layoffs for the Past Year Citadel, Aliant Tech, Boeing Comp, Sematech, Nova Chemicals, Washington Mutual, Tyson Foods, Sorin SpA, Del Labs., even Tulane University in LA due to Katrina
is laying off 100-500 individuals.

I tried to mention as many industries w/o sounding redundent. There were 58 – 50 were 100+ companies listed for the Week of Jan 19th, wow!! Many These companies are laying off from the Top-Down. There are choices of Skills, talent and abilities..

In 2004 In 2004, employers laid off nearly 1 million workers in 5,010 private nonfarm extended mass layoff (MLS) events . (quoted from BLS http://www.bls.gov/mls/mlsreport989.pdf) In 2003 there were 1.5 Million Workers laid off in MLS Events. Folks that is a Lot of people! Are we missing the boat here?

So I do tend to agree with the beef of the Author of the initial comment.. Where did this idealogy that there is an impeding or necessary ‘war for talent’.

Where did all the Hype come from?

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