Michael Specht

Over the last couple of weeks I have been pondering the impact of the mobile web on recruitment. As such I have been thinking through several possible use cases but at this stage I have not found the killer app.
We have already seen several companies trying to use SMS notifications for job adverts and shift [...]

Popularity: 11% [?]

[Read more →]

Over last several months I have gone through several changes in my life which has resulted in me reviewing many things.
I have been struggling with how to conduct this process, but I figured it is a bit like a reboot but I can’t really turn myself off and on again like a computer now can [...]

Popularity: 48% [?]

[Read more →]

There is a lot of talk these days about social graphs, a newish term used to describe our online social relationships across the myriad of web sites these days. If you are unsure what a social graph is read this description from Jeremiah Owyang.
Another common discussion at the moment is the cross over of [...]

Popularity: 45% [?]

[Read more →]

There are several classic cliché’s such as “money makes money” and “success breeds success” that basically mean the more you have of something the more you get. Normally I would dispute these concepts but I am starting to question my personal perspectives.
Two things have happened to make this happen. Firstly I spent an hour or [...]

Popularity: 78% [?]

[Read more →]

Over the last few years there has been lots of talk about how to measure the ROI of a corporate blog, I have written about it a fews times. At the end of the day ROI of a blog is hard to measure, unless you sell advertising which most corporate blogs do not.
A week or [...]

Popularity: 33% [?]

[Read more →]

I subscribe to Presentation Zen to find the latest and greatest trends in presentations. Some of the presentations they reference are fantastic others I don’t really relate to but I still stay subscribed. So today when I saw a couple of people referring to the Top 10 Presentations I was interested.
KnowHR have pulled [...]

Popularity: 24% [?]

[Read more →]

Jim Durbin provides us with details on the judging criteria in the Recruiting.com Best Blog Awards.
I like his general statement, someone who is advancing the brand, where the brand is recruitment. He will be looking for someone who is making an impact on the size of the recruiting blogosphere and how they are using [...]

Popularity: 20% [?]

[Read more →]

Over the last few weeks I have become very concerned about the state of the recruitment industry in Australia, in particular around IT although the comments will also hold true of other industries. I am preparing a few posts to work through the issues, mostly for my purposes but others might also benefit. [...]

Popularity: 22% [?]

[Read more →]

Hugh Macleod’s post from last week, on the porous membrane, is popping up everywhere! I showed the picture to my wife (who is studying biology and psychology together), who immediate reaction was it looked like cells with the different chemicals moving in and out to generate an action potential. Even in this light [...]

Popularity: 13% [?]

[Read more →]

As Heather said there has been lots of discussion (here, here, here, here, and here) recently on recruiting metrics and the quality of a hire. Andrew Marritt provides a very interesting perspective on why quality of hire is even only appropriate in a limited number of circumstances.
All in all a fantastic discussion. But [...]

Popularity: 23% [?]

[Read more →]