Staffing and Job Fit

Last week I was invited to be part of a panel on talent management at a meeting gathering over 300 senior executives from my (undisclosed) department. By my sides were Jocelyne Cormier (Visiting Director General, Canada Public Service Agency) and Julie Cirillo (Vice-President, Talent Management and Organizational Development, Rio Tinto Alcan), which made me the "insider", and the only non-EX on the panel.

Of all my remarks, the one that received the most attention was the one about my organization systematically staffing all its vacancies internally in less than three weeks for nearly the past two years. I guess the word hasn't gone around yet. :-(

Since I am on the topic of staffing, here's a list of interesting blog postings I have come across on staffing:

• Help Candidates Self Select with Work Levels Job Descriptions
• How not to conduct a selection interview
• You’ve got to distinguish between skills and credentials
• Knowledge and experience are two very different things
• How New People Can Bring Unexpected Problems
• Hiring Star Performers Can Be a Mistake - The Dangers of Overhiring
• One in Five Employees is Underutilized
• Hiring the Right Employee - Not Hiring is Better than Hiring the Wrong Person for the Job
• The Dangers of Promoting from Within - Avoid “Right Place at the Right Time” Promotions
• Why Perfect Candidates Still Fail on the Job
• Who’s Onboarding Your New Hires?
• Canadians have trouble fitting in at work: survey
• Who is Accountable for Hiring Mistakes?
• The Best Way to Evaluate People is to Watch Them Work
• And in case, you hadn't seen it, PSC’s Five Year Evaluation Framework

Also, two more links related to my last post:

• What Kind of HR Pro Are You?
• 2009: What Will Happen?