Christopher Poreda's Blog – May 2011 Archive (2)

It amazes me how little capital is spent on recruiting Human Capital, the most important capital of all!

  1. Viagra:  Created by an employee of Pfizer, not Pfizer.
  2. Super Glue:  Invented by an employee of Eastman Kodak, not Eastman Kodak
  3. Penicillin:  Created by an employee of St. Mary's Hospital, not St. Mary's Hospital.

I can go on but I hope by now you get the idea.  The successes of any company usually has little to do with the company and everything to do with it's employees.  Sure, employees are given resources by the company, but…

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Added by Christopher Poreda on May 19, 2011 at 1:18pm — 5 Comments

The "Ballerina File" ain't such a bad thing!

If you don’t have a “Ballerina File” you’re losing money!

 

One topic that seems to be a hot button for many is the lack of qualified candidates derived from job board ads.

 

First, let’s be clear the role of a job board.  A job board is not the Holy Grail or a guarantee of a quick placement with little effort; neither is an ATS, Linkedin.com, target lists, etc.  A job board is a tool and like any…

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Added by Christopher Poreda on May 5, 2011 at 11:34pm — 6 Comments

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