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Blog Post: Botox Season on the Web- Facebook-Myspace-Linkedin: Thursday, June 19, 2008

Botox Season on the Web

By David Berkowitz

Earlier this week on "The Daily Show," Larry Wilmore reported on how Beverly Hills is coping with today's…; Added by 01. Lonnie McRorey at 1:11pm on June 19, 2008

Blog Post: TLS Continuum: What do we mean by Process Ownership?: In last week’s post we asked the question, who really is your process…; Added by Daniel T. Bloom at 6:23pm on March 19, 2016

Blog Post: Take Care Of Your Roofs And Save Money: The skin is the first line of defense of the body in response to the presence of harmful substances that may elicit one to produce different symptoms which may lead eventually to different…; Added by Geo Msn at 7:39am on December 10, 2016

Comment on: Topic 'Demo'ing 4 ATS systems tomorrow, what questions should I be asking?': e coming from a person who has been involved with over 3000 "ATS" projects in 11 years with every kind of organization. 1) In the first place "ATS" stands for Applicant Tracking System. Clearly, many if not most people who recruiters work with (and need to "track") are not applicants. 2) People who wear the "recruiter" title can range from hardcore salespeople to order-taking clerks. Clerks work with applicants, usually generated by job-board posts. 2) All four of the named offerings are mature, offered by reliable firms, and have large numbers of satisfied customers. 3) All four of the named offerings have numbers of dissatisfied customers. 4) All four could easily consume 8 hours by themselves for a complete demonstration. 5) Doing 4 demos in one day and expecting to derive a non-superficial understanding with which to differentiate products is asking for trouble. 6) Some products "demo" much better than others. 7) Some products "work" much better than others. 8) Different Stakeholders on the Buy-side have different needs and success definitions. 9) Generally but not always, Recruiters and Clerks are interested in Tactical issues, owners and managers are interested in Strategic issues. 10) Tactical stuff; "Look and Feel", number of clicks, automation of admin functions, personal productivity metrics, "ease of use", fit with current practices (e.g. does this mean I have to stop using Outlook). 11) Strategic stuff; How is the vendor capitalized?, What happens if/when there is a change of ownership? What are the technical and security aspects?, what is the lifecycle costs? How do the costs change/scale up or down? What is involved with changes to the system? what is involved with wanted / needed integrations ?, management reports, legal compliance for hiring. 12) Vendors sell every single day, Buyers buy just once every number of years. There is information asymetry as to what is really important on both sides. 13) Computer "Matching" of candidates to roles is overrated because nothing can beat the brain of a skilled recruiter, and Clerks dont do matching (the Applicants match themselves) 14) Day to day click counts and the general area of email transaction and tracking is underrated (because end-users spend a great deal of time working with and around email) 15) Versatility is a key aspect of successful ATS/Recruiting software projects because people, business cycles, and methods change more often than realized. 16) Price and vendor cost structure are not always connected in the beginning, but they are always connected in the end. The lower the vendor's cost structure, the lower the lifecycle cost CAN be. Too low is naturally not good either. 17) People take this choice seriously and there is a real loyalty and self-identification with vendors in many cases- why ? Because the most important idea of all: 18) THIS DECISION IS NOT A PRODUCT DECISION: ITS A RELATIONSHIP DECISION ! These applications answer to sometimes complex needs, and to get the best out of any of them requires a good working relationship with the vendor. Yes, with some projects its a set it and forget it deal, but even that level requires a certain understanding between the parties. Sometimes its daily or weekly interactions with the vendor basically forever- nothing wrong or unexpected about that outcome either because success (and failure) occur both ways and everywhere in the middle. 19) Its not the last system any ongoing enterprise is going to select. ITs an evolving market. Find out how much and how easy it is to decommission and move along with any given choice. and finally 20) Many times, there simply is NOT a "better" or "worse" choice- only questions of differences and focus that in the end will give about the same ROI to the buyer if they hold their end up and vice-versa. If you set out to buy a BMW and drive home in a Benz, or even a Chevy, it still all depends on how well the choice fits your exact situation, and that choice would hold for nobody else in specific, but hundreds of thousands of others in general.…; Added by Martin H.Snyder at 12:44pm on January 14, 2009

Blog Post: Why the Recession is Good for You, the Buyers of Software. 3 Emerging Trends From the Fishbowl: “You better start swimmin' or you'll sink like a stone. For the times they are a-changin’”

Bob Dylan

The Fishbowl

A couple of weeks ago I learned that…; Added by Joel Passen at 2:16pm on July 13, 2009

Blog Post: New ways to get new business in 2012 #recruitment

New ways to get new business in 2012.

So cold-calling Employers for new business is less effective than it used to be and the recruitment consultant’s traditional markets…

Added by David Palmer at 10:27am on January 13, 2012

Blog Post: Sourcecon 2013: Turbocharge Your Front-End Talent Sourcing Efforts for (Nearly) Free

Sourcecon 2013: Turbocharge Your Front-End Talent Sourcing…

Added by Dean Da Costa at 4:04pm on October 10, 2013

Blog Post: Unlocking the Potential: How Gig Economy Jobs Can Benefit Students: The rise of the gig economy has opened a plethora of opportunities for people from all walks of life, including students who need extra money besides their maintenance loan to enjoy their…; Added by Alicia Walker at 5:41am on September 20, 2024

Blog Post: Selling to a New Generation: It's been proven time and time again that millennials aren't consuming media in the same way that past generations have. Millennials don't watch television like they used to, and they…; Added by Devin Caldwell at 5:11pm on August 1, 2017

Comment on: Topic 'Selecting a new ATS and need some feedback': how some love for a vendor that they like, and that's a great thing, but it's also a mild abuse of recipricocity (who is going to say no?) and of the random readers of the thread who think this outpouring is organic. No problems, issues etc. to be seen, although of course every single customer has one now and again..... It's really an abuse of the commons that Jason provides for all of us- if you want an ad, buy one from the guy ! Let me ask Leslie, Paul, David, Marsha, Kyle, and Denise: did your Bullhorn rep send you an email or a phone call ? Was it one rep, or was it BH management ? Just a little curious......from the long client tenure described I'd guess a senior rep myself.... Jason as always I appreciate your careful stewardship of this site. Makes all the difference.....you know a day without some Beadle action is a day without sunshine for me ! Slouch said:Hey Marty, it's funny, last night at about 1:30 I was thinking and was going to make the same comment. I decided not to because I think it's pretty obvious when you read it and look at when some of the people joined and then commented. I think and hope that people are smart enough to recognize when this sort of thing comes rolling through town.Martin H.Snyder said:Looks like somebody came through here with the Bullhorn stick. FWIW, I can easily line up 15 (or 50) testimonials to swear that PCRecruiter is the greatest product ever conceived, and that if you do not use it, inevitable chemical addiction, divorce, bankruptcy, and homelessness will follow. This thread is kaput- hijacked that is....... …; Added by Martin H.Snyder at 1:47pm on February 23, 2010