Michael Specht

At the upcoming ATC Social Media conference (early bird prices until 30 September) I will be talking briefly about mobile recruiting. A topic I know is a little strange to some people, but I think effective use of mobile technology is going to become a critical part of a recruiters toolkit. Let’s face it mobile [...]

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Last week while I was at ATC Sydney there was lots and lots of talk about employer brands and who really controls them in today’s social media world. For example Steve Fogarty, Recruiting Captain, from adidas in North America covered the topic highlighting that recruiters need to think more like marketers to attract top talent, [...]

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A bit of lighthearted humor following a few days of heavy posts, from BackoftheClass. The video is a hair metal anthem for anyone whose mom mum is ruining Facebook!

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While we are still in the first few weeks of the new year I through it would be good to look at come of the things you should focus on during 2010 to.
In no particular order here is my list of 10 things to do in 2010:

Have an HR/Talent Management/Recruiting application blueprint
The IT environment in [...]

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I was forwarded an interesting Facebook event invitation today, someone seeking a job!

Here is the deal, our hero today is Paul a recent uni graduate in Engineering majoring in Robotics and Mechatronics and minoring in Mechanical Design Engineering with 18 months professional experience. Paul is having issues getting a job, so he put a call [...]

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