Michael Specht

An imperfect blog from Australia looking at technology, enterprise 2.0, management, Human Resources (HR) and other random thoughts.

Entries from June 2007

Salaries on the rise in India

June 7th, 2007 · No Comments · HR Management · 2,371 views

A recent Watson Wyatt salary report for India shows the tremendous growth in the country is starting to take it’s toll and read like a great HR manager’s challenge come nightmare:-

16.5% attrition, with some of the highest figures in junior and middle management and customer service roles (aka call centres)
Double digit salary growth across all [...]

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JobsJobsJobs

June 6th, 2007 · 1 Comment · Recruitment · 2,659 views

JobsJobsJobs.com.au launched today, well at least their beta.
First thoughts, nice user interface which is a good start. But on the surface it looks just like any other job board. My question is it? Here are my very quick, 30 minutes worth of thoughts.
Sign up Process
Fairly easy and standard, no fancy AJAX to help [...]

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Thoughts on recruiting at the high end

June 6th, 2007 · No Comments · Recruitment · 1,377 views

Over the last couple of weeks I have been thinking a lot about The Ladders, a US$100K plus jobs site that mainly charges job seekers not recruiters (yes I know they have Recruit Ladders where recruiters pay for additional services). and the potential in Australia for such a service. I have been thinking about [...]

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HTC Releases a new touch phone

June 6th, 2007 · No Comments · Technology · 2,308 views

Overnight HTC released a touch phone in direct competition to the Apple iPhone, more from the HTC Press Release
The HTC Touch is the first device to feature TouchFLOâ„¢, the new underlying touch screen technology developed by HTC. Consumers simply sweep their finger up the display to launch an animated, three-dimensional interface comprising three screens: Contacts, [...]

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links for 2007-06-05

June 5th, 2007 · No Comments · del.icio.us · 1,327 views

Breaking Rumors, News, Truemors
New site from Guy Kawaski focusing on rumors but including votes like Digg
(tags: conversation networking web2.0 truemors TGGP)

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Can’t find a domain name, Kevin Ham has it

June 5th, 2007 · No Comments · Technology · 1,448 views

Following the recent discussions around the purchase of jobs.com.au and the resulting owner I was very interested to read about the activities of Kevin Ham king ping domainer.
Trained as a family doctor, he put off medicine after discovering the riches of the Web. Since 2000 he has quietly cobbled together a portfolio of some 300,000 [...]

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In search of a new phone

June 4th, 2007 · 11 Comments · Technology · 2,816 views

After months of putting it off I am looking for a new phone (current one is held together by tape), the whole process is very difficult.

Windows Mobile 5.0 for push email and seamless Outlook integration
HSDPA or at least 3G
240 x 240 minimum screen resolution
QWERTY Keyboard
WLAN 802.11 b/g (a would be great)
Bluetooth 1.2
Ability to run Skype, [...]

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The innovators dilemma

June 4th, 2007 · No Comments · New Media, Technology · 1,352 views

Another article from the NY Times where it seems the technology that “made” the pornography industry is being used against itself and as such could fundamentally change the industry.
Basically as Clayton Christensen called it “The Innovator’s Dilemma”. Existing powerhouses invest heavily in technology (the big traditional pornography houses) only to be beaten at their [...]

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Cyber attacks, SaaS, SOA and your business

June 2nd, 2007 · No Comments · Digital Identity, HRIS, Technology · 1,317 views

Over the last month or so Estonia (a small Baltic nation) has been under attack, not a traditional military attack but a cyber attack. The NY Times provides a good run down (via Kim Cameron) of what has been going on.
When Estonian authorities began removing a bronze statue of a World War II-era Soviet [...]

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Lack of skills in Canberra push up contractor rates

June 1st, 2007 · 1 Comment · Recruitment · 1,603 views

The Australian Government has a problem, in a recent article in the Australian IT it was stated that they can’t find enough contractors at the right rates in the nation’s capital.
SURGING contractor costs in the nation’s capital are straining federal government projects worth more than a billion dollars and forcing a rethink of employment strategies [...]

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