THE RECRUITER AS WE KNOW IS A WALKIN' FOSSIL!

I've been involved with International Souring for about six years now. In my virtual travels to places like Australia, India, China, South Africa, Germany, Eastern Europe, and of course Canada and the UK (and dozens of places in between) I've seen that things work very differently "over there." From Azerbaijan to Zimbabwe, each region has a unique set of cultural and technological challenges which need to be addressed differently. Highlighting this is one of the principal reasons why I chose to speak at Onrec this year. Though the Internet has no borders, to me International Sourcing is the last great fronteer in Recruiting. As technology matures all over the world, so will the use of Internet methods accross borders. Soon many world regions will catch up, or maybe even exceed us, in their sourcing powers.
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At Microsoft I work with an amazing group of people, some of them focused solely on International Recruiting efforts. Over the last few months I've been lucky to be able to spend some time working with one such "Global Citizen" located in Ireland, Declan Fitzgerald. His creativity in leveraging sourcing to solve some of his European recruiting challenges and gigantic goals really stands out. During a recent exchange of ideas he shared with me a "story" he wrote when inspired by the book "The World is Flat: A Brief History of the 21st Century." His story really struck a cord - maybe because I'm a big "Hard SciFi" fan or maybe just because it made so much sense. I asked Declan if he wouldn't mind me sharing it with the rest of the world, and he agreed. So, dear rest-of-the-world, here in all its glory I present to you...