Bill Kutik- POD CAST#13 with Jason Averbrook

Just a side note. This was the first podcast I have ever listen to. In this podcast, Bill Kutik introduces Jason Averbrook who is the CEO of Knowledge Infusion, a consulting authority on human resources and talent management.  Jason spoke about how companies were spending so much on software which could not be used to the fullest potential due to people who were not SME's to rollout or introduce new application software.  Jason reiterated that there were shortages on "skills" and the CEO's of companies started to be involved. Bill Kutik said that Web 2.0 is a big hype, but no one is actually using it.  Many companies are not comfortable with change. In my previous companies, our database that we used was called MicroJ. This was an application where we would manually type in candidate's information on skills sets, education, work experience, and other personal information. This database was used to match up skills sets, experience, to any open job order we needed to fill. Not only would our searches come up with the same people, because we relied on people coming into our office to sign up we were not utilizing applications such as Linkedin to find new candidates.  With the use of LinkedIn and Facebook, such applications where it is free and with more information, MicroJ is unnecessary. The company spent millions on this program and it needs to be constantly updated. With LinkedIn and Facebook, the information is constantly being updated without the time an effort of an employee.  This would save so much money for the company, but the issue is security. Web 2.0 allows a more centralization of interacting with people. It is collaborative and community based. Such application that Jason talks about is Linkedin, Facebook. He states that Linked In and Facebook knows more about an individual than the CEO of a company. With that in mind, this allows Jason and Knowledge Infusion to scan individuals who are experience in certain skills and experience.