With claims by Apple that they sold one million 3G iPhones in the first 3 days it is no wonder that everyone it talking about them. One of the key attractions of the iPhone since day 1 has been the amazing user interface, superb screen and general Apple industrial design. One of the key detractionsContinue reading “iPhones are all the rage”
Author Archives: Michael Specht
Do I want a job or a date?
Newish recruitment site in Australia JobX who promote their site is “all about giving you control and enabling you to promote yourself and network with others” is having a bit of an identity crisis. It seems they are not sure if they want to be a job board or a dating site! How do IContinue reading “Do I want a job or a date?”
Social networking in the work place
There are many barriers to the take up of social networking tools, and Enterprise 2.0, within organisations. One of the big ones is fear, which in part is due to a lack of understanding of the tools and a lack of governance. A couple of days ago ComputerWorld published a story about the six commandmentsContinue reading “Social networking in the work place”
Yet even more data stolen!
Once again more HR data has been stolen, and guess what again it was not encrypted! This time Colt Express Outsourcing Services, an HR outsourcing vendor, had data for many of it’s clients stolen in a burglary on May 26. The clients affected include Google and CBS’ CNET Networks. The data stolen in the burglaryContinue reading “Yet even more data stolen!”
CMyPeople follow up
About 3 weeks ago I posted about a new service from Chandler Macleod called CMyPeople, following the post Roger Christie from Sefiani Communications Group called saying that he had read the blog post and arranged for me to go into Chandler Macleod to complete the full survey before the official release. Not only did heContinue reading “CMyPeople follow up”
Job referral survey – Take it now!
An area that has always been of interest for HR is how to keep the cost per hire down while still getting high quality candidates. One common method to do this is through a referral program either formal or informal. As part of my consulting I am doing research into the referral habits of AustralianContinue reading “Job referral survey – Take it now!”
What is Enterprise 2.0?
One of the big questions facing anyone working (or wanting to work) in the new world that is being called Enterprise 2.0, is how to define both what it is and the business value. I have seen lots of people attempting to do this with complex diagrams and huge documents, which just don’t work. TodayContinue reading “What is Enterprise 2.0?”
Inspecht is live & other interesting news
Another quick business update. After a week of getting logos and the like completed the site for my new venture is up and running. Where can it be found? http://inspecht.com.au, http://inspecht.com, http://in.specht.com.au and finally http://specht.com.au also redirects there as well. Right now the site is very basic and more just to get some content outContinue reading “Inspecht is live & other interesting news”
Social recruitment in the investment community
A small post and badly written, ie copy and paste from a press release, but I wanted to document this somewhere. Jobvite a new’ish recruitment software vendor has been selected by Advent Software as their new recruitment solution. Jobvite is a collaborative approach to recruitment that has all employees in the organisation get involved inContinue reading “Social recruitment in the investment community”
Business Update #3
I thought I would give you a quick update on where things are going with my new venture. Set up I have a company and name. Inspecht. I have engaged a graphic designer to create a logo. I got some initial concepts last night, current favourites are: Web site is coming, the content has beenContinue reading “Business Update #3”
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