Archive for the 'Talent Acquisition' Category

So the unemployment rate in Singapore is at a 14-year low of 2%. Most countries would kill for such low numbers! I want to look at the issue from the perspective of recruitment.

I came across this cute and smart way of using social media as a recruitment medium. Enjoy!

In recent years, high-touch selling has been the mainstay in the sales world. Essentially, it is selling not through high-pressure tactics but rather selling by way of asking questions to uncover the needs of the client in a very in-depth manner such that the sales person is seen as a partner with a solution to the client’s problems. Cisco Systems is a firm believer in high-touch selling and many of its sales managers go through the rigors of such training before unleashing their sales force to corporate clients.

After procrastinating for the better part of 3 years, I’ve finally gotten down to starting a website dedicated to looking at talent acquisition issues in the Asia Pacific. Having been a subscriber of various US online recruitment sites and blogs, I’ve often wanted to start something similar out here in Singapore. Don’t get me wrong. Content on these US-centric sites are fabulous. Some of the ideas that I find on these sites are so cutting-edge that I’ve used them in my training workshops and recommended new technology to clients too.

But I often wondered why nothing similar is done here in Asia. Going forward, I hope this site will spawn more people who are in a recruitment function to contribute ideas and articles on this site.