Business 2.0 is running an interesting series of short pieces by business figures. The one that caught our attention: Make Hiring a Top Priority the rule of Steve Ballmer. I did all the hiring myself for a long time. No one joined Microsoft without my interviewing them and liking them. I made every offer, decided [...]

Wherever you read today, you hear about the aging population, the need to get twice as many technical degrees by 2015, or the fact that turnover will increase more than you think. According to a recent Spherion study, employers expect that 14% of their employees will leave next year. And if you ask the employees, [...]

Just when you thought you were receiving too many unqualified applications from Eastern Europe, get ready to accept the volume from many more developing countries. The MIT Media lab is pushing a new prototype device at the World Summit on the Information Society in Tunis yesterday. The device is a simplified PC, with an electricity-generating [...]

Peter Drucker’s Legacy: It’s All About the People is the title the Wall Street Journal gave to the obituary of the most influential business guru on the past century. We at Taleo and in this industry are in the business of people and cant agree more! He was the person who created the phrase knowledge [...]

This week I am in Australia to meet customers, conduct roundtables and release our new Taleo Research report on ROI of Talent Acquisition and Mobility. Because of its Commonwealth heritage and its immigration policy and history, Australia is an interesting blend between Europe and the US. But because of its proximity to the emerging markets [...]

The Wall Street Journal reported on a briefing held today by Microsofts Bill Gates and Ray Ozzie, where they showed how they were planning to offer Microsoft Office and Windows products as on demand services. They also described a way to compete with Google by targeting the online advertising market. Ray Ozzie has a long [...]

HR often complains that they are not perceived to be strategic and dont represent much of the overall budget of a company. We have to acknowledge that indeed, as shown on the chart below, HR and certainly talent management as a percentage of revenue is often below 1%. But for all of us that believe [...]

Today we released a report about contingent labor. The results show a huge potential. Consider this: 92 percent cite inconsistent costs and a lack of price control a primary pain point with their current contingent labor workforce. 69 percent are highly concerned about their organizations compliance with industry regulations such as Sarbanes-Oxley, SEC, FDIC, etc. [...]