Layoffs in the Information Age

re: Layoffs in the Information Age

sponng — Fri, 19 Aug 2005 19:58:07 GMT

right on with web 2.0

i'll laugh right with you.

re: Layoffs in the Information Age

HeatherLeigh — Fri, 19 Aug 2005 19:11:37 GMT

Dan, we usually do engage with the outplacement company in a situation like this but their offerings are usually around referring individuals directly to us on a one-off basis. We've had more traction finding the affected folks on our own through other means (company alumni, etc). I guess my point is that there's an opportunity there for the outplacement firms to add more value by using the same technology that the rest of the industry is using to better deliver the opportunities to the candidates and the candidates to the potential employers.

re: Layoffs in the Information Age

Dan Hynes — Fri, 19 Aug 2005 14:04:58 GMT

Heather
Have you tried contacting HP's HR dept to see if there is a "list" or similar? With a lay off that big they will have an outplacement company who I imagine would love to talk to you.

Best of luck
Dan

re: Layoffs in the Information Age

Gautam — Fri, 19 Aug 2005 13:59:26 GMT

Good post !

Linking it on the HP Alumni egroup...

regards
Gautam

Easing the pain of layoffs.

larry borsato — Fri, 19 Aug 2005 04:19:52 GMT

Heather at Microsoft comments on companies (she mentions HP) that don't help employees that are affected by RIFs or layoffs:I get it, the folks managing this kind of messaging are thinking mostly about customers and shareholders. I'm thinking about affected...

re: Layoffs in the Epoch of Web 2.0

Canadian Headhunter — Thu, 18 Aug 2005 23:54:26 GMT

Heather, how dare you! I just signed on to "Web 2.0"

And it has a lot of traction on the search engines as well. The people have spoken.

It's the way to go.