Adidas will be going live at the end of August with a corporate careers site it’s convinced will be an “industry disruptor.” It took a year and a half for adidas to put its new site together, with help from Carat (which is now Freestyle Interactive ). Steve Fogarty, adidas North America Recruiting Captain, was the project leader. Other major stakeholders included adidas Group Global Head of Recruiting Steve Bonomo; Reebok Recruiting Manager Tara Gallone; and TaylorMade Recruiting Manager Kate Hinshaw.

This was originally written in response to a post made by Sharon Astyk in her blog on the 30 th July – http://sharonastyk.com/2009/07/30/will-the-internet-still-be-here-in-tough-times/ I’ve re-worked it a bit to make it a stand alone article – please come and comment if you have any thoughts on the matter… Will be be able to log on to the internet after oil has peaked? Beware…