SHRM’s premiere event has just finished and we right in the middle of conference season for North America. All of these conferences now generate lots of discussions online. For example was a great conversation that has been going on spearheaded by Your HR Guy, then Amitai Givertz then Your HR Guy and finally by AmitaiContinue reading “Tips for virtual conference attendance”
Monthly Archives: June 2006
Careers & Job Channel at Netscape.com
I have just unsubscribed from the Netscape Careers & Jobs Channel RSS feed after a couple of weeks. Why? The content is terrible! When I say terrible I mean really terrible. Over the last week the feed seems to now include many of the top stories from the whole Netscape site. Today the feed includedContinue reading “Careers & Job Channel at Netscape.com”
links for 2006-06-29
Resume Design | Resume Management | Resume Improvements | emurse.com An online resume tool that claims to create the perfect resume! Anyone have experience with the system want to comment on the quality of the resume? (tags: resume jobs) e-Literate: Why We Need More Standards A quick look at why standards are needed within theContinue reading “links for 2006-06-29”
Update to last post
If you are reading via an RSS feed make sure you get the new average Technorati ranks. I got the numbers wrong in the original post due to the way I was storing the data.
Over 400 blogs and 500 posts in 24 hours!
We have now broken the 400 blog mark over at community.hrblogs.org, with well over 500 posts in a 24 hour period. Being one who subscribes to the overall RSS feed from the site it is no wonder it is taking me so long to get through my RSS reader! A quick review on the sitesContinue reading “Over 400 blogs and 500 posts in 24 hours!”
Why we hate HR 2.0 (Will this hurt)?
Fast Company has just posted a counter point to the one and only “Why we hate HR” story from last year. They list some findings from a survey conducted by Jacquelyn Thorp Kinworthy, a professor at Cal State-Fullerton and CEO/founder of HR-Coach Products and Services. In summary:- 1) Companies hire inexperienced and unqualified people toContinue reading “Why we hate HR 2.0 (Will this hurt)?”
New sites in the HR blogging community
I have just been added a few new sites over at community.hrblogs.org, a few I found, and a few who submitted themselves. The newest sites in the community are:- Get Career Confessions of an HR Director Focus on Talent and Workforce Performance Australian HR Technology Thoughts MAPping Company Success Charles A. Krugel, Labor & EmploymentContinue reading “New sites in the HR blogging community”
Tools for bloggers
Darren Rowse has released is list of A – Z of Professional Blogging a fantastic list of 124 different tools and services for the professional and not so professional blogger. Some of the ones that jumped out at me were (they are not necessarily new or the only ones in their market segment they justContinue reading “Tools for bloggers”
How to manage gaming geeks, or any geek for that matter
Just finished listening to show number 51 from The Cranky Middle Manager Show where Wayne spends time chatting with Matt Manuel from EA who looks after the development of FIFA 2006. A great show with some really interesting ideas covering on-boarding, peer mentoring, and team management. It seems that a number of the manager’s atContinue reading “How to manage gaming geeks, or any geek for that matter”
Confessions of an HR Director
Have you even wondered what about the inner workings of an HR Director’s mind? What they thought about their job, their boss, those resumes that get submitted from email addresses like sexylegs@hotmail.com? If the answer is yes head on over to hr-director.hrblogs.org for an insight into the world of being an HR Director!
Michael Specht 