Filed Under: Hr

Published on: Wednesday, February 22, 2012

How HR Shared Service Units are Crushing Organizational Capability

Posted By: Joseph Daniel McCool
Filed Under: joseph daniel mccool, hr, cfo, competitiveness, quality, business practices

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Large, global corporations have been doing major harm to their organizations over the past four years, and most don't yet know it.

The unbridled pursuit of cost-cutting opportunities has led many companies to create so-called shared service organizations or shared service centers, through which functions such as human resources and IT are centralized and from which their resources as internal service providers are carefully rationed to the rest of the enterprise.

Published on: Tuesday, January 31, 2012

Six-Figure Hotline: Network Past Education Bias

Posted By: Dave Opton
Filed Under: execunet, executive job search, dave opton, six-figure hotline, career change, bias, education, hr

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As part of ExecuNet membership, I conduct a weekly teleconference called Six-Figure Hotline where members call in to ask the questions keeping them up at night, and to gain market and trend insight from the career experts who join me in talking about issues that are important to executives today.

An ExecuNet member asked: "After over 15+ years of a successful career as a procurement specialist, considered a lobbyist/partner within the law firms where I was affiliated in DC, I am changing careers to business development and want to work in-house. Although I have worked with corporate CEOs, Presidents and Emirs, I find that my lack of formal education stops my application when it hits HR. I'm frustrated because in my field it's about delivery and not about your degree. How do I overcome this challenge?"