Getting a job: the beauty of qualifications
This week marks my 18 month anniversary of unemployment. Jimmy Carter was President the last time I had such a consecutive stint of not generating income, and that was before I started high school. I’ve been reflecting on what employment means in today’s economic climate. Hiring, firing and managing personnel is one of the most important and challenging tasks that an executive faces. Labor is generally the largest cost center for many organizations. The key ingredients in making personnel decisions are the same whether running a small business with a handful of staff or a huge enterprise with tens of thousands of people. Each position has tasks associated with it that must be accomplished for that position to fit into the overall business objective. The more specific the tasks are the more effective result will be for the employer and the candidate. It makes the ‘matching’ process much easier. In today’s highly automated hiring process systems are in place where candidates ar...