Michael Specht

While we are still in the first few weeks of the new year I through it would be good to look at come of the things you should focus on during 2010 to.
In no particular order here is my list of 10 things to do in 2010:

Have an HR/Talent Management/Recruiting application blueprint
The IT environment in [...]

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I sit here typing this post during the first week of the second decade in the 21st century however some many organisation’s HR strategies are still stuck in the 20th century.
Let me explain.
Today most organisational HR strategy is based on a asynchronous model where the organisation does something and at a later time employees react. For [...]

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If you have been following this blog for a while you would know that I am always looking for the next thing. I have been doing the same thing with using social media in business.

Social Recruiting has a lot of  buzz at the moment. How do I know there is a buzz, well 200+ people [...]

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Earlier this week Twitter and LinkedIn announced a partnership whereby you can now share updates between both services. Given that according to Pew Internet & American Life Project a total of 19% of American online adults have posted a status update this change is significant.
Firstly it will give all those professionals on LinkedIn who feel [...]

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For the last couple of months Twitter has been testing out a new feature, Lists, and as of yesterday Lists were available to all users. So what is a list?
Anyone can curate and publish lists, so if you have an idea for one, just click “New list” in the sidebar of your Twitter account and [...]

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