Michael Specht

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

Some visual changes

March 2nd, 2010 · No Comments · Blogging · 394 views

Yesterday I made a few minor visual changes over at Inspecht and a fairly major change on Inspecht TV. There will be some more changes coming over the new few weeks, along with an upgrade to the blog, but for now I am running with these themes.
The Inspecht TV changes were in direct response to [...]

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ATC Social Media Event

December 4th, 2009 · 3 Comments · Enterprise 2.0, Recruitment, Video · 1,437 views

Yesterday was the first joint ATC/Inspecht event looking specifically at the usage of social media in recruitment. My personal opinion is that overall the day was a great success, although we will wait for the formal feedback from participants to know their feelings. Here are some of my thoughts and observations.

Having over 130 people in [...]

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Conference update

January 16th, 2009 · No Comments · HR Management · 794 views

Just a short post.
Early bird registration closed yesterday, if you missed out sorry it is now $400 for the day. Still great value if you compare with many of the other events where you can spend $400 for half a day or even a few hours!
I have had a TBD session on the agenda as I [...]

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Self Management & Inspecht Update

October 13th, 2008 · 1 Comment · Personal, Productivity · 859 views

The last month to 6 weeks has been very busy, but I have to say I have not made a lot of progress in many different areas. Before we get to the challenges let me review the positive things from the last month.

I started attending Jelly in Melbourne and have met some great folks.
We went [...]

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Quoted in the AFR

September 9th, 2008 · 1 Comment · Recruitment, Social Networks · 835 views

A couple of weeks ago I spoke to Beverley Head a freelance journalist about recruitment and web 2.0. Today the Australian Financial Review launched their IT Innovations special report with Beverley’s article quoting me. While the article is primarily about KPMG’s virtual career fair that kicks off later this month, I do end up with [...]

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