Opinion Snippets - 10/2001

TO READ THE ARTICLES IN FULL, PLEASE CLICK ON THE SUBSCRIPTIONS BUTTON AT THE TOP OF THE PAGE.



1) How I do it with Woolworths by resources manager Iain Lewis
How Woolworths incorporate online recruitment into their hiring strategy.



2) How I Did It With newmonday by managing director, Roderick Wijsmuller

Paradoxically, workplaces in the UK are socially less hierarchical, although more authoritarian. Here, everybody talks to everybody, and all staff go by their first names. Respect for management is strong, though - instructions are rarely questioned. In Holland, the opposite is the case. You refer to your seniors as Mr. or Ms., but its perfectly acceptable to question their authority, and ask why you must carry out the tasks you have been given.



3) Niche Co-operation, Barry Wade, editor, HRlook

The aftershocks of the Internet goldrush are starting to rattle the global economy. No longer are the eager over-valued start-ups the lone victims of cyber-hype. Telecoms manufacturing has slumped and even the great infrastructure giants such as Cisco can't give out P45s quickly enough.



4) Moving forward with search technology, Paul Ryder, GoJobsite


The Internet is an immense and unfathomably deep sea of electronic data. Since the very earliest days of the World Wide Web, engineers have worked to find better and faster ways for users to search this pool and extract the information they need.



5) When the going gets tough.., Simon Appleton, CEO of PlanetRecruit

In the face of the much-trailed economic slowdown, predictions for the recruitment market are mixed. Even those of us old enough to remember the last recession can't use that as a reference point. Recruitment, like so many industries, has shifted ground significantly since the early 90s. An integral part of that change has been the arrival of 'e-cruitment'. The impact of online recruitment, though difficult to gauge, is no longer negligible. And it's set to be tested in the face of the new harsher economic climate.



6) How To Find The Best E-Recruitment Solution To Meet Your Needs
Melanie Rembrandt, Public Relations Manager, Employment Wizard/CareerSite Network, www.careersite.com

When searching for an e-recruitment solution, look for the following features: security measures, comprehensive searching mechanisms, easy-to-use technology from one website, special services, and effective promotional tools that will speed up the hiring process and fit your budget.



7) Benefits of online recruitment in today's economic climate, mohsin siddique,managing director,
ukplacements


Currently we are witnessing a wave of consolidation. The major recruitment websites are looking to work together rather than against, and this has obviously been a result of increasing competition for the same businesses and users.

TO READ THE ARTICLES IN FULL, PLEASE CLICK ON THE SUBSCRIPTIONS BUTTON AT THE TOP OF THE PAGE.