I have successfully transferred from Bigpond to Swiftel Broadband. The transfer process went very smoothly, about 9:30am the Bigpond connection went down, 9:45’ish I noticed the WAN link was back up. I then spent about 30-40 mins to reconfiguring my router and modem and everything was back up by 11am.
Author Archives: Michael Specht
Who wants to work for Google?
Many of us have seen the tests bootlegged around the Internet I guess they have taken to heart the old saying “If you can’t beat them join them”. Google labs have published their standard test and asked if you complete it, send it in.
Employees, GPS and privacy?
News.com had an article on how organisations in the US are starting to use GPS to help monitor their workforce. This comes as local Fuji Xerox repairers are striking over a number of things including the potential for similar technology being introduced to track them. Cameron Murphy President of NSW Council for Civil Liberties hasContinue reading “Employees, GPS and privacy?”
Online recruiting trends
It is Tuesday, and that is Workforce.Com’s newsletter day, this week they have several interesting items on online recruiting (You have to register to view them). They bring up an article on blogging as a recruiting tool (originally published in May 2004), even mention The Moon Girls and Johanna Rothman. They bring up several ofContinue reading “Online recruiting trends”
Does your organisation need a Wiki?
Hot on the tail of blogging Wiki’s are shaping up to be the next big collaborative tool in the workplace. Steve Rubel led me to a couple of interesting articles and a vendor (SocialText) that plays in the space. If you don’t know what a Wiki is, it is a collaborative space that allows anybodyContinue reading “Does your organisation need a Wiki?”
Mainstream blogging
There is a new site/blog setup just for CEO’s who blog, (thanks to Lee LeFever at CommonCraft) does this mean blogging is now completely mainstream and not just for technical people. Heather Leigh has even had her parent’s asking about blogs and speculates what it would be like if her mother wrote one. All ofContinue reading “Mainstream blogging”
Changes in applicant tracking systems
Lou Adler talks about the benefits of hiring “non-active” candidates. A good article on overall recruiting “dos and don’ts” but also raises some interesting points about how to use applicant tracking systems (ATS) to track and find these non active candidates. However this process has been made harder in Australia with the privacy and anti-spamContinue reading “Changes in applicant tracking systems”
Consolidation of ERP instances
An interesting piece of research from AMR Research on the pros and cons of regional ERP instances, thanks to the ZDNet Blog. As Bill Swanton mentions regional instances were all the rage, and now they seem to be consolidating. This is good news to HR practitioners, why? One of the biggest challenges faced to effectiveContinue reading “Consolidation of ERP instances”
Yahoo Search blog used for recruiting
Not to be out done by Microsoft and Google the Yahoo Search team have used their blog to advertise several positions currently available within their organisation. I guess the use of coporate blogs as a recruitment tool is growing.
ADSL providers & customer service
Today is a big day, I have decided to change ADSL providers. For the last several years I have had BigPond ADSL, I was one of the silly ones who registered early and have experienced the good and bad of BigPond. So this morning I submitted my application to change to Swiftel Broadband. The onlineContinue reading “ADSL providers & customer service”
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