Arnotts the biscuit people (I know they are now Campbell Arnotts but I am a slow learner) have just rolled out their new jobs site to Asia Pacific over the weekend. Had a look and while they don’t have my dream job it is an cool example of a jobs site, if you are lookingContinue reading “Would you like a biscuit?”
Author Archives: Michael Specht
The user experience
Dean Wong over at the Job Blog has a great reminder to us all about managing user trust and expectations. I’m sure Dean meant this in his post, however I try to look at this from a customer point of view. It does not matter what you do you need to manage the trust andContinue reading “The user experience”
Last post clarification
I have just been re-reading my last post, and a couple of clarifications. Something I missed in the last post were a couple of fantastic points that Phil made during his presentation. He gave four interesting points that make up collaboration:- Information Communication/Sharing Action/Accessibility Analysis He also highlighted a fact that I had forgotten. CollaborativeContinue reading “Last post clarification”
Wikis and HR
Ok, more from recruiting.com (I can’t believe I just found this!). Jason has a short intro into a new company called JotSpot. There are a few differences between Jotspot and other Wikis like SocialText the main one is the guys at Jotspot have created some prebuilt applications for users. This is a fantastic idea andContinue reading “Wikis and HR”
More on Moral, ethical or what?
Just having a peek around recruiting.com and found some further comments on, take a look.
Weblog policies
In the continued battle to have HR departments produce workable acceptable use guidelines for the internet, I stumbled across this old items from Ray Ozzie.
Recruiting & technology the future
Lou Adler has a great article on as he puts it “a story of missed opportunities, lack of vision, not enough courage, and hope for the future.” He talks about the lack of vision in applicant tracking systems, pointing the finger not at the vendors but recruiters instead. He feels that recruiters are not forwardContinue reading “Recruiting & technology the future”
Resume recognition?
Heather over at “Marketing at Microsoft” blog talks about lots ovf different things ranging from marketing, recruitment and like me follow bright shiny objects. Anyway she has suggested that I you want her to find your resume just link to her blog post and she will follow the referrals (technical term, ). I don’t haveContinue reading “Resume recognition?”
The planets are out of alignment!
Ok, this has nothing to do with HR or technology. I found this on Yahoo News a man died yesterday in north Queensland after accidentally stabbing himself. After reading the short news item, I just cringe at the thought of how he went, ouch. For all us men out there BE CAREFUL!
More silly (really silly) recruiting ideas
I originally saw this early in the week and dismissed it as just dumb, kind of like an April Fool Joke. Not being a recruiter I did not know that this was once a serious activity. However this morning while I ate my cheese on toast, drank my coffee I saw Johanna Rothman’s comments atContinue reading “More silly (really silly) recruiting ideas”
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