Tuesday, February 21, 2006
The Sky Is Falling...
Another article proclaiming doom:
The talent shortage is becoming a reality for a larger number of employers around the world," Manpower's CEO and Chairman Jeffrey Joerres said in a statement. Joerres said that in 10 years' time, many businesses would fail because they had not planned ahead for the talent shortage and would be unable to find the people they need to run their businesses. "This is not a cyclical trend, as we have seen in the past, this time the talent crunch is for real, and it's going to last for decades," he added.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060220/bs_nm/services_manpower_dc
Even with the facts, it seems we are unable to see beyond existing models of doing business. Sure, if I'm running Manpower, and all these businesses are calling me and ordering a scarce resource, I'm going to stress out. Most of us recruiters have borne this experience for years with little recourse. Changing our business model was not one of our options. But worse, it seems Mr. Joerres can only view business 10 years from now being conducted in the exact same way. That's unlikely.
The talent shortage is becoming a reality for a larger number of employers around the world," Manpower's CEO and Chairman Jeffrey Joerres said in a statement. Joerres said that in 10 years' time, many businesses would fail because they had not planned ahead for the talent shortage and would be unable to find the people they need to run their businesses. "This is not a cyclical trend, as we have seen in the past, this time the talent crunch is for real, and it's going to last for decades," he added.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060220/bs_nm/services_manpower_dc
Even with the facts, it seems we are unable to see beyond existing models of doing business. Sure, if I'm running Manpower, and all these businesses are calling me and ordering a scarce resource, I'm going to stress out. Most of us recruiters have borne this experience for years with little recourse. Changing our business model was not one of our options. But worse, it seems Mr. Joerres can only view business 10 years from now being conducted in the exact same way. That's unlikely.
