Anticlue

Instant Messaging and Work

I am one of the professed im users at work. It is a nice communication tool, sometimes a little intrusive, but generally pretty useful.

While surfing the net for the first time in a while, I came across this article.

Interesting stat is that four in ten adults use im. And more than 11 million people use it at work.

Due to this reason, I believe corporations need to consider an im policy on when to use, how, and what to be wary of. I for one think im messages save alot of email server space.

Cost of Hiring/Turnover

JDA explores the cost of hiring a new employee article found here.

Interesting point, the old category of stablized IT workers, those with eight to ten years of IT experience, are now also joining the job jump experience.