The changing role of HR

Seth Godin wrote an interesting article about the changing role of HR in today's companies. He says companies should refer to the process of HR as recruiting "talent". Talent is hard to find, and not obvious to manage. Seth recommends changing the department from HR to talent.

He goes on to say: "Like it or not, in most organizations HR has grown up with a forms/clerical/factory focus. Which was fine, I guess, unless your goal was to do something amazing, something that had nothing to do with a factory, something that required amazing programmers, remarkable marketers or insanely talented strategy people."

So, here's my small suggestion, one that will make some uncomfortable.

Change the department name to Talent."

This change is already taking place at organizations, and conferences like the Future of Talent show case this change. Finding good people to join interactive organizations is not easy to do. You need the right talent, the right skills, and the right dynamic. Filemobile is always looking for good talent...and we mean it... check out our latest postings.

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