Work to rule – National – smh.com.au The myth is us Australian’s play more than we work, that is just not true. Here is an article from the Sydney Morning Herald covering the issue Sydney has with a WorkLife balance, for more info see my essay on the topic. (tags: WorkLife) Look a little closer:Continue reading “links for 2006-02-07”
Monthly Archives: February 2006
links for 2006-02-06
CNN.com – 25 words that hurt your resume – Jan 20, 2006 From CNN 25 words that can hurt your resume, an informative read. I wonder what would happen if ATS vendors started to use these words to disregard candidates, oh boy! (tags: recruitment resume) Scobleizer – Microsoft Geek Blogger » Track your comments, noContinue reading “links for 2006-02-06”
Job ads on Search Engines
(Via Recruiting.com) It seems there is a discussion happening on ERE on the effectiveness of using Pay Per Click (PPC) ads (Google Adwords and Yahoo’s Search Marketing). While there are differing views on the whole topic I personally feel this type of advertising should be in the Recruiter’s Toolkit and used for the right job,Continue reading “Job ads on Search Engines”
The Art of Recruiting
In traditional Guy Kawasaki style he provides us an introduction into The Art of Recruiting via a top 10. Hire better than yourself Hire infected people Ignore the irrelevant Double check your intuition Check independent references Apply the Shopping Center Test Use all your weapons Sell all the decision makers Wait to compensate Don’t assumeContinue reading “The Art of Recruiting”
What’s your conversational index?
I noticed over the last few days a bit of a buzz on the Conversational Index (CI) of your blog, originally started by Stowe Boyd and continued all over the place, ToDoOrElse.com, Don Dodge, Frank Arrigo and Mitch Denny. Basically it goes like this. Get your total posts and divide by the sum of yourContinue reading “What’s your conversational index?”
Microsoft US is recruiting in downunder
Just saw that Microsoft US is recruiting here in Australia. If you are a recruiter and a blogger from Microsoft US (and even Australia) and happen to come down to Melbourne drop me a line and let’s catch up.
The Phantom!
There is a new blog over at hrblogs.org called Recruitment Stuff written by the Phantom Recruiter an Aussie recruiter. It is great to see another Aussie from the HR profession getting involved. Welcome to the Phantom Recruiter.
Corporate communication
While internal communications does not always sit within the realms of HR, how it is perceived by your employees is critical to their engagement. Personally internal communications sits within the Employee Relations area, but I know not everyone agrees. Watson Wyatt recently released a Communication ROI Study which focuses directly on internal communication with employeesContinue reading “Corporate communication”
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