Comments on: AIRS Acquired By TheRightThing http://www.ere.net/2008/02/18/airs-acquired-by-therightthing/ Recruiting intelligence. Recruiting community. Tue, 02 Dec 2008 02:19:27 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Steve Ramos http://www.ere.net/2008/02/18/airs-acquired-by-therightthing/#comment-3489 Steve Ramos Thu, 21 Feb 2008 01:18:00 +0000 http://www.ere.net/2008/02/18/airs-acquired-by-therightthing/#comment-3489 I can?t help but wonder if this doesn?t present a serious conflict of interest. If I?m associated with a staffing firm, and I decide I want to use a tool like SourcePoint, currently offered by AIRS, that means I have to purchase that tool from a parent company who?s main line of business is recruitment process outsourcing. Wouldn?t that potentially mean that to use that tool, associated with a RPO opens me up to having my recruiting talent potentially accessible for future recruitment purposes for that company? Not to say that is the intention, but I am uncomfortable with partnering with an organization that is not aligned with my core business and potentially a competitor under the right market conditions. I?m wondering if anyone else has concerns about their employee data being made available to an RPO under those circumstances. I can?t help but wonder if this doesn?t present a serious conflict of interest. If I?m associated with a staffing firm, and I decide I want to use a tool like SourcePoint, currently offered by AIRS, that means I have to purchase that tool from a parent company who?s main line of business is recruitment process outsourcing. Wouldn?t that potentially mean that to use that tool, associated with a RPO opens me up to having my recruiting talent potentially accessible for future recruitment purposes for that company? Not to say that is the intention, but I am uncomfortable with partnering with an organization that is not aligned with my core business and potentially a competitor under the right market conditions.

I?m wondering if anyone else has concerns about their employee data being made available to an RPO under those circumstances.

]]> By: Rachel Schneider http://www.ere.net/2008/02/18/airs-acquired-by-therightthing/#comment-3482 Rachel Schneider Tue, 19 Feb 2008 07:54:00 +0000 http://www.ere.net/2008/02/18/airs-acquired-by-therightthing/#comment-3482 Although I wouldn't call it hypocrisy, because what is said IS true - people do need people, training helps both channels (direct sales and channel sales = recruiters and agencies). The concern is that AIRS is a training organization that is now part of an RPO. Is the organization really "vendor neutral"? The Right Thing is now a real end-to-end solution, pardon the overused market term, which is fine for some larger organizations... I don't know, JobMachine joining forces with Maureen Sharib's company would be powerful and synergistic, plus beneficial to recruiters who want to learn everything under the sun in sourcing.... AIRS joining with an RPO just seems like a sales ploy more than anything. Doesn't set right with me either. Although I wouldn’t call it hypocrisy, because what is said IS true - people do need people, training helps both channels (direct sales and channel sales = recruiters and agencies). The concern is that AIRS is a training organization that is now part of an RPO. Is the organization really “vendor neutral”? The Right Thing is now a real end-to-end solution, pardon the overused market term, which is fine for some larger organizations…

I don’t know, JobMachine joining forces with Maureen Sharib’s company would be powerful and synergistic, plus beneficial to recruiters who want to learn everything under the sun in sourcing…. AIRS joining with an RPO just seems like a sales ploy more than anything. Doesn’t set right with me either.

]]> By: Glenn Gutmacher http://www.ere.net/2008/02/18/airs-acquired-by-therightthing/#comment-3481 Glenn Gutmacher Tue, 19 Feb 2008 02:16:00 +0000 http://www.ere.net/2008/02/18/airs-acquired-by-therightthing/#comment-3481 There will continue to be more cost-effective alternatives to AIRS training (cyberrecruitingsecrets.com, recruiting-online.com, risetrends.com, etc., as well as higher-end training/consulting vendors like jobmachine.net). Fortunately, the market keeps growing, so it's not clear that there's a problem. You call it "irony" that companies of this type are merging. Others would call it hypocrisy. Time will tell. There will continue to be more cost-effective alternatives to AIRS training (cyberrecruitingsecrets.com, recruiting-online.com, risetrends.com, etc., as well as higher-end training/consulting vendors like jobmachine.net). Fortunately, the market keeps growing, so it’s not clear that there’s a problem. You call it “irony” that companies of this type are merging. Others would call it hypocrisy. Time will tell.

]]>