Michael Specht

State of Australian Corporate Career Websites

In late 2008 I spent some time reviewing the career websites of the BRW Top 200 organisations within Australia, based on the work by CareerXRoads in the US. The process included a physical review of each of the BRW Top 200 web sites during September to December 2008. I sat on the report for a longContinue reading “State of Australian Corporate Career Websites”

Best job title ever?

There are some funky job title’s going around at the moment, Chief Happiness Officer, Chief Trouble Maker but none like the one advertised on Mumbrella Jobs earlier today: “Head of Getting Shit Done“.

PageUp People: Integrated Talent Management

What is Integrated Talent Management (ITM)? Well that was the question posed at this morning’s breakfast briefing session run by PageUp People to launch their new white paper, “ITM – The Evolution”. Their answer: Credit: Lumaxart ITM leverages the same data, process, workflow management, security model, user portals, and reporting and analytics tools across allContinue reading “PageUp People: Integrated Talent Management”

Australian Payroll: Chris 21

One of the reasons I have been so busy over the last few months is a specific client project I have been working on: a payroll upgrade and implementation of a new time & attendance system. While I not going to cover the details of the engagement I want to touch on the payroll systemContinue reading “Australian Payroll: Chris 21”

RecruitTECH September 2009

On September 18 in Canberra I will be speaking at RecruitTECH with a host of other people. What is RecruitTECH? The RecruitTECH conference will provide delegates with an insight into the future of recruitment and how technology will increasingly impact upon the sourcing of employees in coming years. Themes to be covered during the conference include: theContinue reading “RecruitTECH September 2009”

Social media in the workplace

The use of social software tools inside the firewall is called Enterprise 2.0, a term coined by Professor Andrew McAfee in his 2006 article “Enterprise 2.0 The Dawn of Emergent Collaboration“. Within this article he talks about the building blocks of Enterprise 2.0, SLATES. Search Links Authoring Tags Extensions Signals This makes sense as theyContinue reading “Social media in the workplace”

A blog story 5 years on

5 years ago today I started blogging with a small and unassuming post called “Welcome” (original I know), with the first topic to be covered being recruitment. Over the years I have written a lot about recruitment, but also technology, management, and HR. In summary over the last 1,825 days: I have typed out 1,313Continue reading “A blog story 5 years on”