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lunatica

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26. Yeah, that we're basically money to them
Sun May 6, 2012, 02:24 PM
May 2012

The way to make more money by cubicle-izing skills and spending less on salaries

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as a headhunter I can tell you in all certainty that many/most companies are elehhhhna May 2012 #1
And as a former corporate Learning and Development executive, I can tell you... MANative May 2012 #2
Wow - and a Red Sox fan too! WinniSkipper May 2012 #4
Hiring the right person is as much science as art... MANative May 2012 #6
Spot on WinniSkipper May 2012 #9
You get no argument from me! MANative May 2012 #11
I blame the 'MBA class' in general and Reagan\Bush in particular for the coalition_unwilling May 2012 #12
when hr stopped reporting to the ceo's and was put under the cfo's elehhhhna May 2012 #7
Exactly... MANative May 2012 #10
When Personnel was renamed Human Resources hootinholler May 2012 #22
Bingo!! MNBrewer May 2012 #23
At UC Berkeley the Human Resources Management Services name recently changed to lunatica May 2012 #24
So now it's moving from a resource implying we are consumed hootinholler May 2012 #25
Yeah, that we're basically money to them lunatica May 2012 #26
Agree. MichiganVote May 2012 #5
Furthermore.... musical_soul May 2012 #20
We just have to fall back on our pioneer lore and wisdom kenny blankenship May 2012 #3
This may be a stupid question, but where is that photo from? coalition_unwilling May 2012 #14
From the film, "The Road" based on the Cormac McCarthy book FSogol May 2012 #17
Ah, I've neither seen the movie nor read the book (yet). Saw the coalition_unwilling May 2012 #18
I read it, but never saw the film. Too depressing. n/t FSogol May 2012 #19
Let's face it.... RagAss May 2012 #8
It's a skill mismatch between representative government and the corporate shills hired to do it. nt lumberjack_jeff May 2012 #13
A skills mismatch is a large part of the problem. bluestate10 May 2012 #15
I have a friend who is a truly talented machinist.. Fumesucker May 2012 #16
Ah hah, is that why we have unemployed engineers begging President Obama for help? Zalatix May 2012 #21
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