Michael Specht

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

Chandler Macleod Group says employment opportunities still exist

March 30th, 2009 · 3 Comments · HR Management, Recruitment · 5,206 views

During February 2009 the Chandler Macleod Group (CMG) conducted a survey of 5,250 candidates in the Australian workforce and found some interesting but not surprising results. I have summarised some of the highlights from the press release below, or you can read it in full online.

30% of all candidates have been affected directly or indirectly [...]

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Tips for laying off employees in a social media world

October 19th, 2008 · 4 Comments · Blogging, Enterprise 2.0, HR Management, New Media, Social Networks · 5,273 views

Over the weekend Techcrunch posted about the layoffs traking place due to the economic downturn. There are two main themes in the post; first some of the layoffs are clearing out of dead wood and the other being it is hard to keep layoffs a secret when everyone is a publisher.
To the first point. This [...]

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