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« Back to December 2004 Explorer newsletter
What’s Hot & What’s Not
Recent reports and happenings that could affect your world. Through our extensive research channels, Rocket-Hire keeps an ear to the ground to learn what’s changing
HOT: Latest Manpower Survey - Hiring Stats for 2005 Looking Optimistic
Try some of these numbers for some holiday cheer:
- 24% of employers surveyed plan an increase in Q1 hiring
- 10% say they will decrease staff, down from 13% same time last year
Finance, Insurance, Real Estate show strong increases, as do Construction, Mining and Manufacturing. Get all the stats.
NOT HOT ANYMORE: PeopleSoft & Oracle – Married at Last
After a long, often violent, 18 months of courtship, the union is official and some may sigh with relief now that it’s over. And yes, it will impact the world of recruiters along with all of human resources. Many colorful, opinionated articles on the topic. Here are a few:
HEATING UP: The Feds Pulling In Top Talent
Thanks in part to continuing fall-out from 9/11, yellow-stage alerts and military build-up, the government sector is experiencing a hiring boom that is easily competing with the private sector.
“During the dot-com boom, the government sector was losing talent to the commercial side. What we're seeing now is a huge growth in the government contracting market.“ For an insider’s view from D.C. read this interview with Ed Newman, founder of The Newman Group. Full story »
HOT COMMODITY: Taleo Rides Again
Remember that company called Recruitsoft? Who started life as iLogos? And changed their name earlier this year to Taleo? Well, they’re one of the successful survivors of the ATS wars in recent years. Still going strong and winning awards, Taleo’s Assessment solution was named as one of HR Executive’s 2004 Top Ten Products of the Year. Congratulations to the product managers at Taleo who continue to expand their offerings of integrated talent management tools. Full story »