A couple of interesting things passed under my nose today. Firstly I saw from Scoble and Steve Rubel that several well known bloggers are trying to get some more blog life balance. Then I was listening to the second ComputerWorld Live show where they were discussing the Australian Computer Society’s (ACS) Work Life Balance policyContinue reading “Work life balance do you have it”
Author Archives: Michael Specht
JobsBlogCasts
The forward thinking (read cool) Gretchen has released a new podcast called Jobcast where she is interviewing Microsoft employees, managers and recruiters to give us all a first hand understanding of Microsoft from all perspectives. All these cool things almost makes me want to go work for Microsoft… Maybe that is the point 😉 DownloadingContinue reading “JobsBlogCasts”
Business spam
This morning I checked my Gmail and found some spam that Google had not caught. Why am I surprised? Because it was actually interesting, relevant and real. I got two emails from Tom Schmidt CEO of ResumeFit.com while the content was interesting and the proposed service might work it is still spam. However this doesContinue reading “Business spam”
HR and your company’s brand
Regina from deep your brand is instilled within your organisation. Very interesting read. It got me thinking about the different clients I have worked with over the years and which of them had their brand instilled in their HR systems and processes. Some of the best implementations of workplace systems have certainly been in organisationsContinue reading “HR and your company’s brand”
Background checking and recruitment
It is strange how things come together and where ideas pop up. Last week I meet up with some guys from RefSure, a background screening company based in Australia with global reach. I originally meet them several years ago when they were getting set up, pre 9/11. Now business is booming! Like all background checkingContinue reading “Background checking and recruitment”
US based Jobs via XML
The Indeed Blog has pointed to a real world example of a JobRoll based on their XML API in the same manner that I wrote about recently. Great to see!
Another “On The Pod Session?”
Hmm just noticed both Mick and Cam pop online at the same time on Skype. Could this mean there is another “On The Pod” coming soon?
Apparently I am going to be rich
I just received an email (in my Yahoo account) from someone by the name of Patrick Taylor who can gain access to the US$32mil in fund of the late president Gnassingbe Eyadema of Togo, who died on the 5th of February, 2005. It has been a while since I have been privileged enough to beContinue reading “Apparently I am going to be rich”
Senator Andrew Bartlett weighs in
Will pointed out a comment from Senator Andrew Barlett on his blog around the recent proposed changes where bloggers will need to provide the names and address details on election related blogs. In fact it seems the Senator Barlett not only reads blogs he has one himself and provides a lengthy review of the issues.Continue reading “Senator Andrew Bartlett weighs in”
Finally getting things done
I feel like I must be the last person on the planet to be Getting Things Done! Ok maybe not the last, I suspect there is someone somewhere in the middle of South America that might be after me but I could be wrong. Over the last 36 hours I have made it through mostContinue reading “Finally getting things done”
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