[ernie] The Interbiznet ERNIE_00.10.13

[Carrie Baggs <interbiz@interbiznet.com>]

		interbiznet this week   (through October 13, 2000)
interbiznet.com Electronic Recruiting News Our Rate Card S P O N S O R S Receive email when this page changes   Click Here Find out more About IBN Got a news tip? Tell us at news@ interbiznet.com Our Rate Card Presentations     - Basic (PDF)     - Strategy (PDF) Recruiting Trends Archives Recruiting Eyeballs Key Industry Suppliers Resume Databases (Over 60) Company Job Listings (Over 4000) Salary Surveys NATSS Enterprise Fidelity HR Live HR Online SHRM Workforce Mag DejaNews Suggestions? It is better to not be on the web than to be on and not know why John Sumser Reality is more complex than it seems. John Gall It's better to do a few things really well than than to do a lot of things badly. If you can't make the necessary commitments of time and energy to your electronic marketing efforts scale back your plan. John Sumser All material on this website is the property of IBN (The Internet Business Network: interbiznet.com) You may download a copy for personal use. Redistribution without permission is strictly prohibited. All material on this site is © 1995 - 2000 by IBN OUR HOME	Daily News. Archived Weekly. Click Here For The Current Issue. Click the 'OK' to make the ERN your default homepage Read Today's Interbiznet Bugler 2000 ERI Executive Summary Requires Acrobat. The 2000 ERI is now available. Order your copy today! If you wish to receive the Electronic Recruiting News as a daily email, please use the form at the bottom of the page to subscribe or unsubscribe. Thank you - Interbiznet Staff Foundations Of an SBB (Part 2) (October 13, 2000) Recently, Headhunter.net signed alliances with a number of high profile ASP providers of applicant tracking systems. Saying that they were backing out of the competition for the Recruiter's desktop, the company opened the doors to a number of customers by deciding to 'stick to their knitting'. The ASPs in the alliance are: Brainhunter (www.brainhunter.com) BrassRing Systems (www.brassringsystems.com) Hire.com (www.hire.com) HRsmart (www.hrsmart.com) ijob (www.ijob.com) jobs.com e-cruiter (www.jobs.com) Peopleclick (www.peopleclick.com) SmartSearch Online (www.smartsearchonline.com) Webhire (www.webhire.com) This is a remarkable step that underscores our emphasis on objectivity. Rather than trying to be all things to all people, the agreement positions Headhunter.net as a source destination that can be reached through a variety of channels. Any entity that wants to play in the SBB (single belly button) arena will need to have interfaces with each of these ASPs (and a number of others). "The Middle is The Middle and our job is to help customers get maximum bang for their buck" should be the motto of any SBB player. It will require expertise in applicant tracking systems, candidate sources and enterprise integration. While the SBB could run the back office of job boards, it would, by design, have to be uninvolved in their marketing or profitability. Two additional pieces are essential components of an SBB play: The ability to measure performance dynamically, and A coherent design that limits choice to relevant issues. On the surface, both appear to be insurmountable technical issues. With 30,000 actively competing candidate sources, a simple map of the terrain is very difficult to imagine, let alone execute. The SBB would have to demonstrate a very consistent pattern of movement towards this information engineering objective. Measuring performance, while bandwidth intensive, is a simple exercise (if patentable). The trick in this regard is to have enough control of the center to force the various outlets into routine measurement. (There's a lot of many being made by not allowing this to happen currently). While we can imagine an SBB that hosts job boards, we have a harder time imaging one that demands the use of a specific workflow or applicant tracking process. Again, too much specificity robs the SBB of its most important attribute: objectivity used to further the ambitions of its customers. - John Sumser ****************************************************************************************** Discover fresh ideas and new strategies at Kennedy Information's e-Recruiting and Staffing Conference and Expo, November 16-17; New York City. Sign up before October 13 and save $200!!! ****************************************************************************************** Contacting Us: Call, fax, write, email. We'd love to talk about your project. All material on this site is © 1995 - 2000 by IBN: interbiznet.com (The Internet Business Network), 346 Starling Rd., Mill Valley, CA 94941 415.380.8244 staff@interbiznet.com   To Subscribe or Unsubscribe From the ERNIE... 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