The 2001 Electronic Recruiting Index pre-sales have begun. The web flattens and disintermediates. It encourages serial communications between peers. It resists top down governance. It flickers and then burns.
Technology is a funny word to use to describe the work people are doing in our industry.
While the real work looks like Database Administration and design, the mysterious implications of the word 'technology' keep us from seeing the simple things that are getting done. If asked, we'd suggest that the word 'technology' be limited to real invention, not clever ways of using existing tools. The reason that our industry continues to grow is that there is no real technology underlying the business. It boils down to a service that automatically underlines important classified ads in an electronic newspaper. As delicious as that may be, it's automatic highlighting and nothing more.