Confusion in Kuwait

I have been looking for the inspiration to start my blog for some time, and found it this week when visiting Saudi Arabia and Kuwait. Firstly I'll aim on the blog to share my perspective of the eRecruitment landscape from across the Middle East, Africa and the Far East markets.

The inspiration initially came from seeing yet again just how confusing eRecruitment is being made by a multitude of sinners (read: Vendors). I visited a Corporate in Kuwait City who thought they has bought an ATS, only to find they had actually procured a Pychometric test product which handles Assessment Centres. Clearly the client needs to up their vendor selection process here, but this is something we see time and again across the region, and in my mind only serves to slow down progress.

In researching the various blog providers I did see a related article discussing the difference between, an ATS, a TAS and a TMS - see how easy it is to confuse - but maybe more on that in a future blog.

One of the most interst things I've seen recently when reviewing blogs, is all the talk about companies having blogs dedicated to recruiting. Seen good work from Skype, Microsoft in this regard and PwC have just launched their own too. We're working with a retailer who represent The Body Shop in the MEA market and have been discussing adding a blog to their popular www.kojcareers.com careers site. The debate so far has been whether each employee should have their own blog, or whether a collective approach is wise. Any opinion on this would be most welcome as we are breaking new ground for the Middle East here and it would be good to have some sound reference points.

Blog you shortly..