Shai Agassi has announced at the European Sapphire details of SAP’s new metrics and reporting platform. The solution was compared to being almost as easy as Lego to put together.
Author Archives: Michael Specht
Recruiting Metrics
As Heather said there has been lots of discussion (here, here, here, here, and here) recently on recruiting metrics and the quality of a hire. Andrew Marritt provides a very interesting perspective on why quality of hire is even only appropriate in a limited number of circumstances. All in all a fantastic discussion. But whatContinue reading “Recruiting Metrics”
Resume tool follow up
A one of the features in CVOz that I originally did not fully appreciate was the email alerts. Steven Hair from CVOz responded to an email enquiry I had about the product and provided some additional information. The email alert will inform employers when a person matching their ideal criteria goes live within the system.Continue reading “Resume tool follow up”
Australian Resume Tool
On Friday I was browsing a site (which I can no longer remember) that had Google AdSense, from this I found an interesting new Australian site CVOZ that allows you to post your resume for prespective employers. I originally wrote a long review of the site only to have Blogger crash during the post, henceContinue reading “Australian Resume Tool”
How to take notes
Michael Hyatt has some great advice on how to recovering the lost art of note-taking. He is right on the mark with his ideas:- Note-taking enables you to stay engaged. Note-taking provides a mechanism for capturing your ideas, questions, and commitments. Note-taking communicates the right things to the other attendees. His pointers on how toContinue reading “How to take notes”
What a web I have woven
Just sitting here on a lovely Anzac Day afternoon (on a Monday which makes it even better), going through all of the places I need to update due to the fact that I have moved “house”, makes me tried just thinking about it. I will be kept busy over the next few weeks just catchingContinue reading “What a web I have woven”
iTunes – do I get excited again?
The Gadget Lounge points to several rumours that we might finally get an ITunes Music Store in Australia. But do I get excited as we have seen this before.
More on blog success
Amy Gahran posts on an interesting metric that Regina might be interested in, link per thousand circulation. While more suited for mainstream new sites or A-list bloggers it does begin to show how metrics can be developed to answer the question “How successful is my blog?” Update:- Just found that Lee Lefever from CommonCraft isContinue reading “More on blog success”
Old posts appearing again
Ok, I have decided to cross post some of the last few posts from the old site to the new site, this is instead of loading up all of the Blogger posts into WordPress. (Warning this idea may change as time goes on.)
Advice to job seekers
Steven Kempton (The Asia Pacific Headhunter) wrote an interesting letter to NZ Herald with some very important advice to job seekers, you have to work at it to find a job. (BTW I am really begining to like the change to WordPress.)
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