Comments on: Slugging Through the War for Talent http://www.rcirs.com/blog/2007/03/19/slugging-through-the-war-for-talent/ The Official Blog of RCI Recruitment Solutions Sun, 23 Nov 2008 12:46:10 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.1 By: Business and Personal Finance http://www.rcirs.com/blog/2007/03/19/slugging-through-the-war-for-talent/#comment-2249 Business and Personal Finance Mon, 10 Sep 2007 19:37:02 +0000 http://www.rcirs.com/blog/2007/03/19/slugging-through-the-war-for-talent/#comment-2249 <strong>Business and Personal Finance</strong> I couldn't understand some parts of this article, but it sounds interesting Business and Personal Finance

I couldn’t understand some parts of this article, but it sounds interesting

]]> By: Amitai Givertz http://www.rcirs.com/blog/2007/03/19/slugging-through-the-war-for-talent/#comment-76 Amitai Givertz Sat, 24 Mar 2007 12:04:44 +0000 http://www.rcirs.com/blog/2007/03/19/slugging-through-the-war-for-talent/#comment-76 Laurence, we are in agreement. Thanks for your comments and point of view. Laurence, we are in agreement. Thanks for your comments and point of view.

]]> By: laurence haughton http://www.rcirs.com/blog/2007/03/19/slugging-through-the-war-for-talent/#comment-75 laurence haughton Fri, 23 Mar 2007 22:14:59 +0000 http://www.rcirs.com/blog/2007/03/19/slugging-through-the-war-for-talent/#comment-75 You know the product better than I do so I accept your opinion. I wasn't knocking their offer. I am suggesting a big reason why bright marketers publish stuff that doesn't add "much to our understanding of the underlying issues or appreciation for the possible solutions." And why those same marketers don't understand clients well enough to avoid stuff "that falls short of what [clients] should expect as consumers of professional services." That pork chop thing has taken over. You know the product better than I do so I accept your opinion. I wasn’t knocking their offer. I am suggesting a big reason why bright marketers publish stuff that doesn’t add “much to our understanding of the underlying issues or appreciation for the possible solutions.” And why those same marketers don’t understand clients well enough to avoid stuff “that falls short of what [clients] should expect as consumers of professional services.” That pork chop thing has taken over.

]]> By: Amitai Givertz http://www.rcirs.com/blog/2007/03/19/slugging-through-the-war-for-talent/#comment-74 Amitai Givertz Fri, 23 Mar 2007 21:29:23 +0000 http://www.rcirs.com/blog/2007/03/19/slugging-through-the-war-for-talent/#comment-74 Laurence, an interesting take but I would disagree on your description of DDI's products being ugly, in need of a pork chop. I think the screening and assessment tools that they provide, like DDI's usual standard of subject matter, adds a lot to the mix. What makes this paper hard to swallow is that it falls short of what we should expect as consumers of professional services, not adding much to our understanding of the underlying issues or appreciation for the possible solutions. Of course, when you get a "scholarly" paper co-authored by Monster's VP of Alliances, one has to wonder if it is Monster that needs the pork chop, DDI trying to oblige. If that is the case, DDI may have failed on both counts. Laurence, an interesting take but I would disagree on your description of DDI’s products being ugly, in need of a pork chop.

I think the screening and assessment tools that they provide, like DDI’s usual standard of subject matter, adds a lot to the mix.

What makes this paper hard to swallow is that it falls short of what we should expect as consumers of professional services, not adding much to our understanding of the underlying issues or appreciation for the possible solutions.

Of course, when you get a “scholarly” paper co-authored by Monster’s VP of Alliances, one has to wonder if it is Monster that needs the pork chop, DDI trying to oblige. If that is the case, DDI may have failed on both counts.

]]> By: laurence haughton http://www.rcirs.com/blog/2007/03/19/slugging-through-the-war-for-talent/#comment-73 laurence haughton Fri, 23 Mar 2007 20:21:28 +0000 http://www.rcirs.com/blog/2007/03/19/slugging-through-the-war-for-talent/#comment-73 When I was a kid a schoolmate told me, “You’re so ugly your mama has to tie a pork chop around your neck to get the dog to play with you.” It took me a few minutes but I finally got his point. My appearance was unpleasant enough to repel pets. And my only means of attraction was to wear a scrumptious doggie snack as a necklace. I think the kind of marketing you see in that white paper is the result of marketers spending their time and energy inventing pork chops to tie around ugly products instead of understanding the client and making their company's products irresistible. When I was a kid a schoolmate told me, “You’re so ugly your mama has to tie a pork chop around your neck to get the dog to play with you.”

It took me a few minutes but I finally got his point. My appearance was unpleasant enough to repel pets. And my only means of attraction was to wear a scrumptious doggie snack as a necklace.

I think the kind of marketing you see in that white paper is the result of marketers spending their time and energy inventing pork chops to tie around ugly products instead of understanding the client and making their company’s products irresistible.

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