At the begining of last week Taleo announced a restatement of their 3Q results due to revenue recognition issues. At which point the stock dropped from US$12.01 on Friday November 7 to US$7.83 by close on Tuesday November 11. “Our auditors have asked us to re-evaluate the timing of certain elements of our revenue recognition,”Continue reading “Taleo announces restatement & stock down 21%”
Monthly Archives: November 2008
Job loss news continues to be bad
Everywhere I turn at the moment there is more and more talk of job losses! it does not seem to matter what your industry is jobs are disappearing quicker that most news rooms can report on them. A quick round up: Citigroup 50,000 worldwide after four quarters of heavy losses. BHP Billiton looks like itContinue reading “Job loss news continues to be bad”
Social media sacked employees and The Mother Test
First let me say this is not new people have been losing their jobs for years based on what they publish online, it is now the services being used are changing slightly. Last month Virgin Atlantic sacked 13 cabin crew for criticizing the airline and its passenger on Facebook. The action follows an investigation into the remarksContinue reading “Social media sacked employees and The Mother Test”
Year End != Performance Management
Today I was catching up on some of my feeds and noticed many of the major HR technology related blogs I follow were discussing performance management, for example Jason, Meg, Justin and, it even gets a mention on Thomas’s blog. So I felt I would get in on the game. So let’s start at the beginning,Continue reading “Year End != Performance Management”
Career websites and your brand
Wanting your employees to feel proud of working for your brand is one key part of retention, there are many others but today I am only talking about brand. You also need the best candidates to want to join your organisation, not just anyone who needs a job. The term “best candidate” does not onlyContinue reading “Career websites and your brand”
Halo HP’s Telepresence Solution
Yesterday I attended a media event, as a blogger, for the Australian launch of HP’s Halo Telepresence product. The event was simultaneously held at HP’s office in Sydney and Melbourne using HP’s Halo product and included a Halo hook up to the US and audio hook up to HP’s PR company. Down to the product:Continue reading “Halo HP’s Telepresence Solution”
Brands and Social Media
I am pulling together a bit of research into which brands are doing what with social media in Australia during the process I uncovered some interesting statistics which I will share. The list of companies I started with was the BRW Top 200 and added a couple of well known brands for the companies whenContinue reading “Brands and Social Media”
New content and products
Over the last week I have released a few new items on the Inspecht site. Short introduction on how to use Google to find candidates Quick overview of some key social media and Web 2.0 terms Email marketing campaign tool The first two probably make sense to most readers but the third might surprise aContinue reading “New content and products”
Relocation activities
Just a quick post to belatedly let you all know things will be a bit quiet for a few days while I move house. The process started about 4 days ago, and while most stuff has been completed I suspect blogging will be a bit light until next week. Anyway I am sure you allContinue reading “Relocation activities”
Michael Specht 