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We continue to hear today that there are not enough job applicants for our technical jobs with the right skills for where businesses are headed or to meet expectations for supporting the growing demands

I recently had lunch with a colleague whose business provides software and technology solutions to small and mid-sized companies.

It makes sense and a number of organizations are observing it.

Retained search for HR executives is up as CEO's and Boards take closer looks at the issues generated by the recession and try to figure out how to wrestle with them.

Business colleague and risk management expert Charles Wilson writes in his most recent blog post about the vital roll checklists play in managing risk.

It feels like considerably more than three months since the last HR Star Conference in San Francisco, and if you are anything like us it is probably because of the many ups and downs in the market and the starts and stops while trying to move ahead.

Change Study Results Available

Counterpoints to Fatal Flaws that can Doom
Large-Scale Organizational Change Projects

Many issues are surfacing in the results of Merit's current Engage-to-Change® research study regarding how companies implement large-scale change projects.

Jobs are still getting filled in spite of the alarmist headlines.

So first time unemployment claims go up for a week. What doesn't get reported is that the four-month rolling average shows a decline in claims.

From the Harvard Business Review:

Business thinker and author Peter Drucker wrote the following in 1992, "…the modern organization is a destabilizer. It must be organized for innovation and innovation…is 'creative destruction'."

Based on a combination of dynamics going on in the current employment market we found the following blog post chock-full of very timely suggestions for those serious about taking advantage of the best talent available — now.