Michael Specht

Well there has not been a lot of movement here, but neither I nor this blog are dead.
At this point some of my larger projects are taking a lot of my time and most of what I am doing is not at a point where it can be shared on the blog. Having said that [...]

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Irony is after 5 years of blogging I am so busy with other activities I have not blogged for 10 days. Right now things are not going to get any better. I leave tomorrow for my annual ski holiday and will not be back until August 2nd.
What has been keeping me from blogging?

Major project for [...]

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5 years ago today I started blogging with a small and unassuming post called “Welcome” (original I know), with the first topic to be covered being recruitment. Over the years I have written a lot about recruitment, but also technology, management, and HR.
In summary over the last 1,825 days:

I have typed out 1,313 posts, a [...]

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I am officially joining the Cult of Done. There I have said it. I also blame John Sumser for pointing to it over at Social Recruiting. The original link comes from Boing Boing.
So with no further intro here is the Cult of Done Manifesto:
1. There are three states of being. Not knowing, action and completion.
2. [...]

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Just a quick final post for the year.
Firstly wishing all my readers a great break and a fantastic new year, be safe and make sure you spend time with your family.
Now to look back on 2008.

The year started with a bang working fulltime as Senior Project Manager for Nortel looking after Corporate Systems for Asia [...]

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