Michael Specht

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

Entries Tagged as 'Branding'

eRecruitment systems and your employer brand

September 3rd, 2008 · 2 Comments · Branding, Communication, Recruitment · 639 views

Today while conducting some research I found what looks on the surface as a bug within PageUp’s PageUp People application, but turns out is not. (For international readers PageUp is the leading eRecruitment vendor in Australia.)
I was reviewing the Optus careers web site and went to review a listing of jobs and I opened the [...]

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Jobs on the go

August 12th, 2008 · 4 Comments · Branding, Future, Recruitment, Technology · 628 views

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 [...]

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Innovating to Reboot

March 25th, 2008 · 1 Comment · Branding, Management, Personal, Productivity · 941 views

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 [...]

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When your social graph breaks

January 25th, 2008 · 2 Comments · Branding, Digital Identity, Social Networks · 1,942 views

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 [...]

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Twitter influence and follower growth

November 20th, 2007 · No Comments · Blogging, Branding, Social Networks · 1,503 views

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 [...]

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