Michael Specht

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

Entries Tagged as 'HR Management'

Glasshouses allow you to see inside

June 11th, 2008 · 2 Comments · Engagement, HR Management · 1,468 views

Today I saw two posts float past on the Friendfeed feed in Twhirl about a new startup Glassdoor that has recently launched so I figured I needed to take a look. The first post was from my newest tech news location The Inquisitr, which provided a good basic “tech like” overview of the service.
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Fire non workaholics?

March 9th, 2008 · 3 Comments · HR Management, Management, Recruitment · 2,675 views

Oh man what a storm.
Jason Calacanis has triggered quite a storm in the tech community with his post “How to save money running a startup (17 really good tips)“. Overall the tips are very very good, but the one that caused a lot of the stir was:
Fire people who are not workaholics. don’t love their [...]

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Carnival of HR

March 9th, 2008 · No Comments · HR Management · 1,012 views

It’s time for another Carnival of HR. Ok don’t leave you might learn something.
Gautam Ghosh (who seems to be everywhere these days) hosted the long running Carnival of HR over on his blog.  There are links to 8 or 9 great blog posts from all over the global, including a audio post. Even on of [...]

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Disengaged employees

March 7th, 2008 · No Comments · HR Management, Management · 1,019 views

We all know disengaged employees are bad. Here is a story of a guy who had his mate shoot him in the shoulder (Hat Tip Evil HR Lady) so he did not have to go to work!! True story, I kid you not.
Sheriff’s detectives in Franklin County, Washington, say a man had his friend shoot [...]

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101 Links about HR

February 2nd, 2008 · 2 Comments · Blogging, HR Management · 1,046 views

Today I received an email directing me to a new list called “The HR Bible: 100 Articles Every Human Resources Pro Should Read“. Given at one point had grand plans of building a one stop shop of this information, I had to look.
An initial scan over the titles provided we with a sense of excitement, [...]

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