Michael Specht

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

RecruitTECH September 2009

July 15th, 2009 · 1 Comment · Recruitment · 1,475 views

On September 18 in Canberra I will be speaking at RecruitTECH with a host of other people. What is RecruitTECH?
The RecruitTECH conference will provide delegates with an insight into the future of recruitment and how technology will increasingly impact upon the sourcing of employees in coming years.
Themes to be covered during the conference include:  the use of [...]

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Is social media a SCAM for recruiting

June 5th, 2009 · 8 Comments · Recruitment, Social Networks · 2,433 views

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Last week a US recruitment expert Peter Weddle called social media a SCAM for recruiting. He stated that it was a waste of time with no ROI, although he did not use the term ROI. Finally his prediction was that social media will not be the future of recruiting until 2014 while job boards will [...]

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Twitter in the recruitment process

May 29th, 2009 · 3 Comments · Recruitment · 1,690 views

I am sorry but I have to call this out.
The RCSA is the peak Australian association for the recruitment and on-hire sector (according to their web site) but I do wonder sometimes if they know what is going on. (Disclosure I am not a member and have only attended a few of their events so my comments [...]

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