Talent Management - Fix the Attitudes not the Software

        HR vs. IT - A Battle Talent Management Software Can't Solve Alone

Please check out this story: http://www.cioupdate.com/career/article.php/3732731 ("HR Still Doesn't Get It"). It discusses findings from a Deloitte study about how HR doesn't understand or offer what technical hires want/need in a career.

I've been expecting more stories like this as too many companies view HR as a process to put butts in seats. Career discussions are viewed as irrelevant anymore as many employers have no intention of retaining anyone a second longer than absolutely necessary. That callous attitude can 'work' sometimes when there exists an overabundance of talent but IT is not in that space. For that matter, neither are fileds like nursing, engineering and other technical skills.

Thank you Deloitte for documenting this.

As to vendors who hawk Talent Management software, you really need to tune up your sales presentations as your software alone will not solve the attitudinal problems of less-informed, transactionally oriented prospects. You can't help those who don't want to (or refuse to) address the entirety of their staffing and talent management problems. The answer isn't business analytics, 360 degree evaluations or other modules. It's basic business management and that's a tougher problem to solve.