A blog you can use. Really.

Welcome to the latest recruiting blog on the Internet. According to Google, that makes this something like the three hundred millionth blog on the ‘net devoted to the subject that’s near and dear to our hearts, and judging by the numbers, it must be that every recruiter in the country is writing something like three or four of these, in addition to the time spent responding to their colleagues’ blogs. The reality is, though, there are only a select number of sites that we, as recruiting professionals, have come to rely on for various aspects of our career. And not just blogs. Commentary from noted pros and thought leaders who have a knack for getting us the latest information on what’s working and what’s not. And what we need to be looking forward to…or at least, what we should be.

You’ll find some of that here. Every day, we’re talking with recruiting leaders and executives about their challenges, and what they feel they need in order to to be more effective, more strategic, and more cost efficient. And as we’re sharing with you the all too familiar stories about doing more with less, we’re going to leverage the experience of Aon Consulting and share some of the stories of how others are addressing these problems and transforming their organizations in to world-class, strategic business partners.

That’s what makes this blog different. For the first time, Aon Consulting, with 6500 professionals, $1B in revenue, and industry leadership as a premier HR consulting organization, and specifically our Human Capital/RPO division, is going to make the case that there is a better way. And no…if you think this is going to be only about RPO, and why you should outsource everything to us, you’d be mistaken. Because the reality of RPO is that it’s not for everyone, and too many of the failures of an RPO engagement that we’ve all read about in the papers or on the ‘net are precisely because the wrong thing got outsourced to the wrong people at the wrong time for the wrong reasons.

There are a hundred different arrows in your recruiting “quiver”, and we’d like to share our 26 years of expertise on some new ways to take those arrows, and hit your target. So welcome. And enjoy what we know will be a lively discussion. Because at the end of the day, what makes for a successful blog is the same thing that makes for a successful conversation: two way communications.

Michael