If you are in a recruiting function in a corporation (HR) and perceived as a cost to the organization then you know who you are. Your life is not your own. Doing more with less is no longer working - we've blead those resources dry long ago, if in fact they haven't turned over by now.
It's time to renegotiate the Service Level Agreement. What is the talent agenda - what are the resources available (humans and technology) and how big is the GAP? Until those conversations are measured and next steps agreed on, if you are a recruiting manager/director you will burn through staff members on an average of 11-14 months. This costs the organization time and money. You know this. We need to education the whole joint.
So, get your metrics together. Work with finance if they've done a budget based on headcount (this is important!), review and measure the gap. You will have one..I did. Good news is that it's November. And if you are a C-corp then you are likely on a Jan-Dec budget cycle...so there is hope!
It'll be a busy year end for most of us as we close the gap for 2007 and ramp up for 2008 - but information (even if it's scary) is power. I forget where I read the following but say it aloud each day:
"The Best Way Out is Through"
