Today I was catching up on some of my feeds and noticed many of the major HR technology related blogs I follow were discussing performance management, for example Jason, Meg, Justin and, it even gets a mention on Thomas’s blog. So I felt I would get in on the game. So let’s start at the beginning,Continue reading “Year End != Performance Management”
Author Archives: Michael Specht
Career websites and your brand
Wanting your employees to feel proud of working for your brand is one key part of retention, there are many others but today I am only talking about brand. You also need the best candidates to want to join your organisation, not just anyone who needs a job. The term “best candidate” does not onlyContinue reading “Career websites and your brand”
Halo HP’s Telepresence Solution
Yesterday I attended a media event, as a blogger, for the Australian launch of HP’s Halo Telepresence product. The event was simultaneously held at HP’s office in Sydney and Melbourne using HP’s Halo product and included a Halo hook up to the US and audio hook up to HP’s PR company. Down to the product:Continue reading “Halo HP’s Telepresence Solution”
Brands and Social Media
I am pulling together a bit of research into which brands are doing what with social media in Australia during the process I uncovered some interesting statistics which I will share. The list of companies I started with was the BRW Top 200 and added a couple of well known brands for the companies whenContinue reading “Brands and Social Media”
New content and products
Over the last week I have released a few new items on the Inspecht site. Short introduction on how to use Google to find candidates Quick overview of some key social media and Web 2.0 terms Email marketing campaign tool The first two probably make sense to most readers but the third might surprise aContinue reading “New content and products”
Relocation activities
Just a quick post to belatedly let you all know things will be a bit quiet for a few days while I move house. The process started about 4 days ago, and while most stuff has been completed I suspect blogging will be a bit light until next week. Anyway I am sure you allContinue reading “Relocation activities”
Writing an eBook
I have been reviewing many of my posts from the last 18 months and decided to try and turn some of them into an eBook, estimated about 40-50 pages. At this stage the book will cover the impact of web 2.0/social media on recruitment, exact title unknown. While a majority of the content is availableContinue reading “Writing an eBook”
Meet Australian Oracle Recruiter David Talamelli
When it comes to corporates’ who blog the typical names mentioned have been Sun Microsystems, Microsoft, and IBM. One company who has been quietly working away at their social media strategy is Oracle. Globally they have hundreds of blogs, a customer focused wiki, employees on Twitter and in general tackling social media on all fronts.Continue reading “Meet Australian Oracle Recruiter David Talamelli”
Second Life Business Teleconferencing
Today Second Life & Red River announced a new service called “Immersive Workspaces” providing an special area on the Second Life grid to allow business meetings to take place. Some of the interesting features of the system: Organizations then have the option of a completely exclusive and secure experience, with no connectivity to the SecondContinue reading “Second Life Business Teleconferencing”
10 Recruiting trends for 2009
As the world economies seems to be collapsing around us what will be the best practices in recruiting for 2009? Will video resumes be the killer app? Will niche job boards take over from the big boards? Will social media be the killer app? Nope, none of these alone will get you the best candidates. Sorry.Continue reading “10 Recruiting trends for 2009”
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