I have been watching the growth in non recruiting SaaS tools for HR professionals in Australia with great interest. We have had payroll and time tracking services for a while, and a few full fledged HRIS tools floating around but most have grown out of the old bureau offerings and not really built with the InternetContinue reading “Australian Online tools for HR”
Author Archives: Michael Specht
Violence in the workplace
Violence in general is terrible and should never be in the workplace. But when it happens HR is usually involved. Years ago I remember talking to a senior HR executive who had an employee come into his office and sit down. The employee calmly announced that he had just murdered his family. I have knownContinue reading “Violence in the workplace”
Meet Jobs in HR founder Kevin Howard
Last month I posted an interview with an internal recruiter from Oracle Australia, David Talamelli, and decided this will become a regular feature. I have always wanted to profile interviews on the blog however up until nowI did not feel Australia had enough of a local online market to generate interesting posts. That has changed.Continue reading “Meet Jobs in HR founder Kevin Howard”
A small but important clarification
A couple of days ago an anonymous blog, The Didge, here in Australia posted a fairly length review of the job referral service 2Vouch during which they stated that I am the owner. This is incorrect I have no ownership in the business. 2Vouch are a client of mine and that is all. I did suggestContinue reading “A small but important clarification”
Your help is needed
About a week ago I had one of my wild ideas, organise an HR and Enterprise 2.0 conference in Melbourne at the beginning of 2009. Over the last week I have been pulling together some figures and making contact with people to see if they would be interested in speaking or attending. The response soContinue reading “Your help is needed”
Cloud/Grid/Utility Computing what is it & must you have it?
Today I want to discuss the latest hype in the HR technology space, Cloud/Grid/Utility Computing. Now the terms utility computing and grid computing have been around for a while now, however cloud computing is areasonable new term. First up they are not the same thing! They can be related but they are not the same. Let me start withContinue reading “Cloud/Grid/Utility Computing what is it & must you have it?”
Background checking as part of your hiring decision
Warning a Michael rant coming. While regular background checkinf is a standard part of most recruitment processes, using search engines and social networks to background check candidates still seems to be the exception. I find this amazing that a quick 5 minute search online to learn about a candidate is still not part of standardContinue reading “Background checking as part of your hiring decision”
Taleo announces restatement & stock down 21%
At the begining of last week Taleo announced a restatement of their 3Q results due to revenue recognition issues. At which point the stock dropped from US$12.01 on Friday November 7 to US$7.83 by close on Tuesday November 11. “Our auditors have asked us to re-evaluate the timing of certain elements of our revenue recognition,”Continue reading “Taleo announces restatement & stock down 21%”
Job loss news continues to be bad
Everywhere I turn at the moment there is more and more talk of job losses! it does not seem to matter what your industry is jobs are disappearing quicker that most news rooms can report on them. A quick round up: Citigroup 50,000 worldwide after four quarters of heavy losses. BHP Billiton looks like itContinue reading “Job loss news continues to be bad”
Social media sacked employees and The Mother Test
First let me say this is not new people have been losing their jobs for years based on what they publish online, it is now the services being used are changing slightly. Last month Virgin Atlantic sacked 13 cabin crew for criticizing the airline and its passenger on Facebook. The action follows an investigation into the remarksContinue reading “Social media sacked employees and The Mother Test”
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