Michael Specht

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

Social Media for Recruitment

August 30th, 2010 · 3 Comments · Recruitment · 11,454 views

One of the things that has been going on in the background for the last couple of months has been the building of a social media for recruitment training program, in partnership with InsideJob. The program consists of three modules; one hour webinar, 1 day introduction and 2 day advance course and is structured to [...]

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Excellent operational service delivery

June 14th, 2009 · No Comments · Recruitment · 4,194 views

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 [...]

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Social media recruitment strategies

December 11th, 2008 · 3 Comments · Recruitment · 12,873 views

Following on from the 52 social media ideas for HR I have pulled together a few ideas on ways to improve your organisation’s recruitment strategy. They are based around seven key principles Transparency Conversation Wisdom of Crowds Data is Key Speed Reuse Rich User Experience Here is a the slide show for you: Designing Your [...]

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2Vouch for your friends and get paid

September 1st, 2008 · 1 Comment · Recruitment, Social Networks · 2,574 views

Launching their public beta today, September 1, is Australia’s newest social recruiting service called 2Vouch. (Disclosure: I have done some work for 2Vouch.) Having been in private alpha testing over the last month or so the Melbourne based company is for the first time allowing the public access to their service. The best way to [...]

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