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November 29, 2005

Berg's Fourth Law of Corporate Conservation

The universe will contain an absolutely stable number of "professional staffing" (aka "staff augmentation") firms. The firms will in fact be the same firm; each "staff augmentation" firm will change names every few years, but the overall number of firms will remain static.

First Corollary: If one "professional staffing" firm absorbs another, equilibrium will be maintained by a staff member from the absorbed firm starting a new firm. Both firms will have new names.

Second Corollary: While the number of "professional staffing" firms will remain static over time, the quality of the names of a population of such firms in a professional vocational system (henceforth called "proctosystem") will sustain linear entropy over time. Example: "Smith Technical Recruiting" will eventually become "STR Professional Staffing", then "Smithstaco Inc", then "Smithstaff", then "Smith Dynamix", then "Smynamix", then "Smyneon", and so on. The degredation is both linear and constant, and is not bound by the limits of human cognition; "Smyneon" will at some point adopt a name too stupid for even their own management to pronounce with a straight face.

Posted by Mitch at November 29, 2005 05:26 AM | TrackBack
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Stick with Manpower.

Posted by: Kermit at November 29, 2005 10:17 AM

When you see that it has become 'Smith Technical Recruiting' again you will experience enlightenment.

Posted by: Terry at November 29, 2005 05:23 PM
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