Some are due to mergers and acquisition, some are due to general cost cutting, and others are the result of a strategic reorganization in which new types of roles are born because the company is actually changing focus of their business and new employees with totally different skills are needed.

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Are there any special tactics and considerations when an job application is submitted into the corporate job portal or “black hole?” When an applicant tweaks a resume for two companies and both companies subscribe to the same Talent Intelligence Network does the software flag the applicant as suspicious? Alternatively, if a person is actually working at a company subscribed to a Talent Intelligence Network, can the employer be automatically notified that one of their employees is doing an active job search? These are the concerns and questions about Talent Social Networks run by Taleo, Brassring and others.

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My comments were featured in an Special Report published by Xin Hua New Agency entitled “China Inc.” According to Li Guoxue, a researcher at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, China is redefining its position in the global economy, edging up in the value chain from being the factory of the world.

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My predictions for 2014 where cited in an article published by Xinhua News Agency of People’s Republic of China (PRC).

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Happy New year! On the eve of annual Consumer Electronics Show (CES), here are my predctions for this year 2014.

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