Michael Specht

A blog from Australia looking at technology, enterprise 2.0, management, Human Resources (HR) and recruitment.

Thoughts on the Peopleclick Authoria merger

January 8th, 2010 · 3 Comments · HR Management, Recruitment · 1,916 views

On 5 January 2010 Authoria and Peopleclick combined to form the largest privately owned company in the Talent Management marketplace. The new company, Peopleclick Authoria, claims to serve almost 60% of the Fortune 100 organisations. The new CEO will be Charles S. Jones, Managing Partner of Bedford Funding, the private equity firm undertaking the deal.
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Movement at Stepstone?

December 18th, 2009 · 1 Comment · Recruitment · 1,306 views

After performing well in the latest Gartner Magic Quadrant report it seems things are changing for Stepstone . Earlier this week they held an Extraordinary General Meeting to vote on de-listing the company from both the Norwegian and UK exchanges.
De-listing of the shares of the company from Oslo Børs
In accordance with the Board’s proposal, the general meeting unanimously resolved [...]

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Magicality of a Gartner Magic Quadrant

December 16th, 2009 · No Comments · HRIS, Recruitment · 1,486 views

Ok magicality may not be a real word but who cares.
Being in the magic quadrant for a vendor can make or break them in the sales process as so many people place so much emphasis on these results. As such Gartner released the 2009 eRecruitment Magic Quadrant last week with some interesting results.

Firstly Taleo is [...]

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The future of recruiting technology

May 26th, 2009 · 6 Comments · Future, Recruitment · 2,390 views

I have been thinking a lot recently about the future of recruiting technology. While social networking is all the rage at the moment it is not new, and was first seen as a recruitment tool at least two to three years ago if not longer.
So where to next?
I usually look at future technology trends with [...]

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Are you adapting your services to stay relevant?

January 6th, 2009 · 1 Comment · Branding, Recruitment · 1,055 views

An old saying by Heraclitus a Greek philosopher that “Nothing endures but change”. If this was true in 500 BC, then today if you are not preparing for change you are dead in the water. Period!
Today I was reading a Gartner research report by Thomas Otter, aka Vendorprisey, The Effects of Social Software on Your Employer [...]

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