Words of Merit

For those of you who believe that, "although children make up only 24 percent of our population they make up 100 percent of our future" — the thought of wasting the educational experience of any one of them, I'm sure, is gripping.

Without question we still are experiencing tumultuous times. And as is typical it will take the passage of time for most of us to be able to evaluate how it all happened and how we fared.

CBS 60-Minutes’ recent feature with the Bay Area’s own David Kelley, founder of IDEO Design, inspired us to revisit a blog we had previously posted that still speaks volumes about current needs HR organizations have

A quick look over our shoulder as we head into the New Year offers a perspective on where we are in HR today and the progress made in the past 12 months as part of the recovery.

Who should read this article?

• HR professionals
• Business decision makers
• Near-term retirees
• Contingent workers
• People searching for a different way to work

We have received a number of responses to our recent blog discussing what we are hearing and observing about the current HR job market that affects planning and hiring decisions for 2013.

The discussions have been good ones with a thread that seems to run through many of them.

From our day-to-day perspectives of working with hiring managers needing to fill key HR positions, and staying in contact with HR professionals at all levels who are either actively or passively pursuing jobs in the Bay Area, we are beginning to see some misalignments of expectations

Anyone who has worked with us for a while knows how seriously we take providing quality resources and support to our Merit Resource Group clients and candidates.

We recently wrote to you about the importance of staying involved with what is going on around you, because everything is changing so rapidly.

Sometimes a quick catch up on a number of topics can be helpful given the busy schedules we all keep. If you find something of interest you can then pursue it more deeply. Here are three topics to consider.