The marketplace is quickly filling up with
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and HR is no exception.
GOING MOBILE
Carol MacKinlay, vice president of human resources at San Francisco- based software firm Coverity, relies on social networks to broaden the base of job candidates for her company.
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Heather Polivka can see the future—and she’s begun preparing for it now. “At some point, the economy is going to start turning around,” says Polivka, director of employment marketing at UnitedHealth
Group. “Right now, a lot of baby boomers are delaying retirement. But when
they do retire, there will be a talent shortage.”
Carol MacKinlay, vice president of human resources continued on page 14
