Michael Specht

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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This is the third instalment in my look at the hype around social recruiting, if you have missed them see the intro, parts 1 & 2.
HR/Recruiters should focus on ensuring their operational service delivery is excellent instead of creating unrealistic expectations that social recruiting will save them. Like any business there is no point trying to work [...]

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Following yesterday’s post on future recruiting technology, which looking back should have read future talent management technology, here is an example of thing I am seeing in the market.
SAP has built a Social Network Analyzer prototype for inside the organisation. (Hat tip James Governor.)
It aggregates existing enterprise data to display and discover organizational relationships. It provides the missing [...]

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This is one of those posts I have been meaning to write for a while, there are still another 3 or 4 that I have to catch up on.
I met with Richard Breden Managing Director of PeopleInsite a while back to discuss their product PI Employment, Richard contacted me following my post of Workforce Guardian. PI Employment [...]

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