Yesterday was the first joint ATC/Inspecht event looking specifically at the usage of social media in recruitment. My personal opinion is that overall the day was a great success, although we will wait for the formal feedback from participants to know their feelings. Here are some of my thoughts and observations. Having over 130 peopleContinue reading “ATC Social Media Event”
Author Archives: Michael Specht
What’s next with social recruiting
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+ peopleContinue reading “What’s next with social recruiting”
Twitter and LinkedIn
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 whoContinue reading “Twitter and LinkedIn”
Twitter Lists for All
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 accountContinue reading “Twitter Lists for All”
Talent Management Power Blog?
Yes it seems I have risen to the ranks of a power blog for the first time. Yep I appeared today on the Fistful of Talent/HR Capitalist’s 5th listing of the top 30 blogs on talent management. Previous listing have been judged by humans to determine if a blog was to be included. This timeContinue reading “Talent Management Power Blog?”
Crowdsourcing promotions?
I am a firm believer in the whole “Wisdom of Crowds” process so this article in The Age today made me think a bit. Austereo, Australia radio network, had teamed up with Jelli a US network to provide Australians with the first 24 hour a day crowdsourced radio show. Basically listeners go online to voteContinue reading “Crowdsourcing promotions?”
Some unrelated thoughts
The famous Web 2.0 Summit wrapped up late last week with lots and lots of product announcements and more news stories than I could ever hope to digest. (Not helped by the fact that I have been sick for about 4 days now.) Anyway here are a few summary items: If teens are confused byContinue reading “Some unrelated thoughts”
It’s all about the message
A lack of clear communication is cited as a common cause of many relationships failures, be they personal or professional. Many a study has shown that clearly communicating the employment deal up front is a critical first step in having an engaged employee. This should be obvious, no one likes to buy a product only toContinue reading “It’s all about the message”
54 Percent of Companies Have Bad Management
These types of articles really really get me going. 54% of Companies Ban … I’m sorry but I am not surprised that 77% of employees who had access to Facebook used it during the work day! Ok how many logged onto personal email accounts, made a personal phone call, used their personal mobile phone, hadContinue reading “54 Percent of Companies Have Bad Management”
ATC Social Media Conference
We are coming to the end of the early bird discount period for the joint event between Inspecht and ATC Social Media: A Recruitment Revolution. while the early bird discount is good, register 2 or more delegates and you get an even better deal. So why attend? Listen to Australian case studies from Ernst &Continue reading “ATC Social Media Conference”
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