I had a thought over the last couple of days; “What are my most popular posts?” About 7 years ago I installed a plug in called WP-PostViews as I cannot remember exactly when I installed it I have no solid starting point for the numbers. However it is still interesting to see what has beenContinue reading “Popular posts”
Author Archives: Michael Specht
Assessing cloud for HR Technology
I was driving home today listening to The Cloud Computing podcast where Chris Dailey discussed an article entitled Scrap you code. Start from scratch for cloud which was suggesting that smaller companies do not need to invest on-premise computing offerings instead they can go straight to the cloud for everything. The premise of this, goingContinue reading “Assessing cloud for HR Technology”
Reputation in the workplace
After reading a post about collaboration and recruiting from Jobscience I went to watch the TEDGlobal Video of Rachel Botsman who explores the currency that makes systems like Airbnb and Taskrabbit work: trust, influence, and what she calls “reputation capital”. To me what Rachel is talking about is really the same as Whuffie, a termContinue reading “Reputation in the workplace”
Plans for 2013
Just a short update and a small reflection. At this stage nothing set in stone, still talking to a few people and looking at the jobs on offer. My review of next steps has me looking in two different directions both equally interesting; IT project management ideally in HR Technology (either vendor or customer) orContinue reading “Plans for 2013”
Cloud Computing and HR
Yes another trend post, there might be a few more as I get my head across all that has happened in the last year or so. Cloud Computing has been gaining momentum over the last few years, in HR it is getting some significant airtime and how could it not with the success of cloudContinue reading “Cloud Computing and HR”
The glass is full with Google Glass
One of the coolest inventions of 2012 is Google Glass, a wearable computer, running Android, that looks like a set of regular glasses that includes a video camera and augmented reality head-up display unit. Wearers of the glasses interact with them using natural language input while connected to the Internet. The best way to describeContinue reading “The glass is full with Google Glass”
MySpace is Back and Different
Yes you read that right. MySpace is back, new, improved and very different. Mashable have a very good round up of the new MySpace service with the opening paragraph summing up how I felt after using the service for the first hour: The new MySpace is pretty. It incorporates many of the trends in modernContinue reading “MySpace is Back and Different”
Mobility and HR
Source: Flickr user smemon Be it mobile phones or tablets Australians love our mobile devices with 76% of us having a Smartphone and almost 40% of us now have tablet devices, however only 50% of these with non-wifi communication capability limiting the remainder to use in cafes and other public wifi locations. The 8th AustralianContinue reading “Mobility and HR”
Big Data and Management
Over the last couple of weeks I have been very interested in the growth of Big Data. A few years ago Big Data was primarily found in academic and marketing writing, ie not in the main stream. This has changed with many commentators now discussing the merits that this new frontier has to offer. ForContinue reading “Big Data and Management”
Search Update
A bit of an update. Yes the networks do work, got a few interesting leads and a couple of meetings to follow up to see where things might go. In addition I have been reviewing my resume and looking at what I enjoy doing as a step to determine the right sort of role andContinue reading “Search Update”
