According to a recent study, business schools are the most popular type of solution provider for executive education.   From open-enrollment, non-degree programs to customized management education programs, 27 percent of companies are using business schools to develop and deliver their leadership programs.    Supported by their academic, research based perspectives and high-caliber professors, business schools have the edge on the executive education market. Yet, according to more than 200 HR professionals, business schools still fall short in designing comprehensive open-enrollment learning solutions.   Based on this study’s findings, the top two areas that business schools miss the mark for open-enrollment include: Integrating experiential/action learning into a solution – Open enrollment programs are designed to meet the general needs of a targeted audience.
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Are job boards becoming obsolete? Monster doesn’t seem to think so. In fact, the original member of the job board triumvirate bought out Yahoo HotJobs for $225 million last week with plans to continue running their ads for the next three years. In a post-recession environment where companies are re-evaluating their talent acquisition strategies and questioning the effectiveness of the “Big Three” (now the “Big Two”), why would Monster buy-out the competition? Why wouldn’t Monster look to re-invent the model?    After announcing a significant 27% loss of Q4 revenues, Monster had to make a move. By acquiring HotJobs, Monster hopes to become the leading job board and push out some of the up-and-coming job board aggregators. Monster has also taken action to enhance its search capabilities by announcing 6Sense- a semantic search technology that will help organizations identify candidates.
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