Michael Specht

For several years now I have been watching the development of social media and its eventual impact on both the HR and Recruitment professions. I have attempted to define social recruiting, run presentations on the development of a strategy, and worked with several clients on creating a strategy.
If you attended some of my presentations in [...]

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Earlier this week Twitter and LinkedIn announced a partnership whereby you can now share updates between both services. Given that according to Pew Internet & American Life Project a total of 19% of American online adults have posted a status update this change is significant.
Firstly it will give all those professionals on LinkedIn who feel [...]

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It has been an interesting week or so since Phillip and I released the sources of talent report for Australia. We have had both positive and negative feedback, which is to be expected.
Some of the commentary available online:

Gerry Crispin
Alice Snell
Ross Clennett
Six Figures
Peerlo

I would like to review some of the concerns raised over the accuracy of [...]

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I was beaten to the punch by Kelly Magowan with her post yesterday as to why you need to upgrade your corporate careers site to be successful with social media. This was my flow on post from the Corporate Careers Website Report I released on Wednesday night.
However Kelly only scratched the surface of the issue.
Next, it [...]

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In late 2008 I spent some time reviewing the career websites of the BRW Top 200 organisations within Australia, based on the work by CareerXRoads in the US. The process included a physical review of each of the BRW Top 200 web sites during September to December 2008.
I sat on the report for a long time [...]

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