Update and thoughts on 2007

I know it has been a long time since my last post. What can I say, I have been extremely busy over the last few weeks. A trip to Chicago for the GPHR review class, a trip to Houston to find a buy a house and participating in an upgrade project for Taleo are just a few items that have been on my plate.

It is a little early to to be writing a year in review, but I thought I would take a few minutes and jot down some of the year's highlights that I see have had an impact on Recruiting in 2007.

1. Mortgage crisis and the Housing slow down: What recruiter that lived through the downturn in 2001-2002 can honestly say that these events do not remind you of the past?
2. America's Job Bank closing down: Thousands of companies were left to scramble for a solution to remain OFCCP compliant.
3. Insourcing model starts to gain momentum: Companies start to bring work back "onshore".
4. Source: Finding good source still remains high on the list of concerns for recruiters, enough said!
5. Social Networks are truly here to stay: Linkedin, Myspace, Jobster and Facebook to name a few.
6. Metrics: Quality of the hire and the overall hiring manager satisfaction with searches continue to remain the hot metrics
7. Workforce Planning: It take more than sourcing and hiring good people to be a "Strategic Partner".
8. Millennials: Text, chat, avatars, cell phone, IM's, Facebook, MySpace, Iphone, Itouch, Icarumba.........will we ever er understand them and how do they not go crazy multi-tasking the way they do.
9. Retention: Good employees can switch jobs, get a +20% increase and not even have to change their parking spot all in one week. How do we compete with that!
10. Blogs: If I can do one, anyone can!