Careers: Inherent to the recruiting, and ultimately hiring, process are a few problems, two of them being that we try to attract talent when we need it, and the fact that the folks we really want are not out looking for pipelines. “We can be waiting for the best [people] when they are ready, or we can be out chasing people who are chasing jobs,” Nick Corcodilos writes in Pipelines & Interviews. “The Zen of it is this: You don’t identify the people you want in the interview process.” From the Test Center: Whereas traditional document management tools require a centralized system for tracking documents, “NextPage 2 Document Retention changes all that,” Philip Windley writes. “The beauty of Document Retention is that it increases compliance with your organization’s document retention policy without requiring significant changes to an employee’s normal work habits.” Sound too good to be true? Bear in mind it’s no panacea. “Remember that this is not an enforcement engine; it will track a document’s movements, but won’t prevent it from being sent to unauthorized users.” Read the full review. SOA: According to an analyst report, SOA consolidation is heating up. “So, is this good news, or bad news?” David Linthicum asks. “Depends on who’s buying whom … the things that seem to be lacking are clear and concise product plans around these larger acquisitions.” Best of the blogs: Call it an inevitable introduction. Dilbert meets an environmentally-friendly consultant, aka Dogbert. As Ted Samson points out in Scott Adams grooms Dogbert as green consultant, “Dilbert can be a pretty good gauge for when a biz-tech trend achieves mainstream recognition.” And kind of fun, too. Careers