Comments on: Tech Vendors Report Good 3rd Quarter; Job Boards Down http://www.ere.net/2008/11/04/tech-vendors-report-good-3rd-quarter-job-boards-down/ Recruiting News, Recruiting Events, Recruiting Community, Social Recruiting Mon, 23 Nov 2009 11:02:01 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Sylvia Dahlby http://www.ere.net/2008/11/04/tech-vendors-report-good-3rd-quarter-job-boards-down/comment-page-1/#comment-8588 Sylvia Dahlby Thu, 13 Nov 2008 20:40:38 +0000 http://www.ere.net/?p=4741#comment-8588 I had to laugh at the positive spin of the headline's juxtaposition of the article's doublespeak content: "We had a great third quarter even though we lost money or our stock is in free fall or we're laying off a bunch of people." Huh? On one of the ERE groups, the brilliant Martin Snyder of Main Sequence pointed out that ATS is where investment dollars go to die. The smaller, privately held providers with conservative growth & emphasis on customer service are more reliable, stable business partners than those seeking to market share dominance. Anyone remember EZ Access? Or iSearch? Or Recruitmax? I came across an item in Forbes, a bit of historic wisdom on the curse of bigness. "The trend toward bigness is one of the most characteristic features of modern society. It manifests itself in the emergence of superpower, big business, big government, and big labor. Local controls have almost disappeared in many aspects of industrial, commercial and political life," said George B. De Huszar at the Conference on Science, Philosophy and Religion in their relation to the democratic way of life. The Conference was held at the International House of the University of Chicago on September 9, 10 and 11, 1946. The current economic slowdown and spread of recession across the globe is a symptom of this curse of bigness. Let's not forget that America is built on SMALL BUSINESS. The bigger they are, the harder they fall. -- Sylvia Dahlby www.smartsearchonline.com >> SmartSearch >> Recruit the Right Way. Right away. Staffing Management & Talent Acquisition Software from APS, Inc. I had to laugh at the positive spin of the headline’s juxtaposition of the article’s doublespeak content: “We had a great third quarter even though we lost money or our stock is in free fall or we’re laying off a bunch of people.”

Huh?

On one of the ERE groups, the brilliant Martin Snyder of Main Sequence pointed out that ATS is where investment dollars go to die. The smaller, privately held providers with conservative growth & emphasis on customer service are more reliable, stable business partners than those seeking to market share dominance. Anyone remember EZ Access? Or iSearch? Or Recruitmax?

I came across an item in Forbes, a bit of historic wisdom on the curse of bigness.

“The trend toward bigness is one of the most characteristic features of modern society. It manifests itself in the emergence of superpower, big business, big government, and big labor. Local controls have almost disappeared in many aspects of industrial, commercial and political life,” said George B. De Huszar at the Conference on Science, Philosophy and Religion in their relation to the democratic way of life. The Conference was held at the International House of the University of Chicago on September 9, 10 and 11, 1946.

The current economic slowdown and spread of recession across the globe is a symptom of this curse of bigness.

Let’s not forget that America is built on SMALL BUSINESS. The bigger they are, the harder they fall.

–
Sylvia Dahlby
http://www.smartsearchonline.com

>> SmartSearch >> Recruit the Right Way. Right away.
Staffing Management & Talent Acquisition Software from APS, Inc.

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