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title: Strategic Talent Management Blog - Black Box Consulting | Carole Seymour
description: Carole is a strategic partner to her clients, helping them realize the business value of their talent management processes and systems. She brings 20 years of Program Management, Change Management and Talent Management experience solving business problems with her clients, specializing in global and complex strategic initiatives.
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# STRATEGIC TALENT MANAGEMENT BLOG

Human Resources Vision, Strategy and Execution: We’re with you all the way.

# Carole Seymour

Carole is a strategic partner to her clients, helping them realize the business value of their talent management processes and systems. She brings 20 years of Program Management, Change Management and Talent Management experience solving business problems with her clients, specializing in global and complex strategic initiatives.

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I can implement that ATS in 30 days! This is about as easy to do as naming a tune in less than 3 notes, yet it is the most common statement I hear when ATS vendors are selling their technology to customers. Is this really possible? It could be, but the results usually leave you far from the expectations set during the ATS sales cycle. Here is what typically occurs:

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