The new streamlined process created by eWorkforce can amount to big savings, according to Merritt. Initial users of eWorkforce have high hopes for the system. When you hire people faster, you increase the productivity from a position, he adds. At AMD , in Sunnyvale, Calif., Director of Corporate Staffing Paul Maack predicts the system will pay for itself in the first few months of operation. Although recruiters may be skeptical about conceding any portion of their turf to managers in their company, leading edge hiring experts like Sullivan warn truculent headhunters that the unified approach to hiring embodied in systems like eWorkforce are the wave of the future.
Recruiters resisting the change do so at their own peril.
Managers will own and do all HR and HR will become productivity consultants, coaches, and trainers. Stop weakening your managers by 'doing their people job' for them.