About - Recruiter’s View

Sooner or later, everything in real life influences the jobs markets. So, our topics here range all over the place.

In our search to discover and share what’s really going on, we are particularly trying to answer the questions:

  • Where will jobs be created (and why?)
  • Where will jobs be destroyed (and why?)

This is my commentary on what I see and what I think it means.

People sometimes ask my opinion, because they assume a Recruiter’s activity can be a useful indicator.

And in fact, it’s true that I can pick up on changes in the business environment months ahead of the published numbers.

Understanding the implications of those changes is the trick. Daily conversations with business leaders give me the equivalent of perpetual survey results. And talking to candidates is the perfect reality check.

Ultimately, then, my evaluation is largely formed as an extension of what many, many others have been kind enough to share with me.

So, when you think I’ve got it wrong, I encourage you to tell me what you see from your side of the mountain.

We’re all trying to figure this out together.

Thanks for being a part of our effort!

-TD

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Onshoring

By Ted Dieck | Recruiter’s View - Business Climate - Economy - Employment Scene | April 21, 2010
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U.S. producers consider bringing their work back home. Trade barriers, security risks, international tensions, and currency uncertainties make it tempting. Rising costs in emerging nations may make it necessary. As Americans brace themselves for high prices and higher taxes, is labor willing to take a pay cut to go back to work? Remember when companies…

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Health Care Commotion

By Ted Dieck | Recruiter’s View - Business Climate - Employment Scene - Health Care | April 9, 2010
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Political double talk is now the law of the land. Patients, doctors, insurers, and employers begin taking positions. Make way for confusion. A reader suggested that I may be drawing the wrong conclusions about the Health Care debate. I wrote that Americans were not in favor of it, by a wide margin. The reader rightly…

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Companies Need To Hire; Try To Wait

By Ted Dieck | Recruiter’s View - Business Climate - Economy - Employment Scene - Political Commentary | April 6, 2010
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The new ISM report says everything is getting better. But hiring growth is slowing, and suppliers aren’t delivering as fast as before. What’s going on? The ISM Report on Business for March, 2010 was released on Thursday, April 1. They didn’t draw these conclusions, but I did.  Let’s take a walk through their report and…

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