(Sorry long post.) Today I was emailed about a new job referral tool in the Australian marketplace, Hoojano in semi private beta. As far as I can tell has stayed under the radar of almost everyone, a Google search yields 38 results. OnRec blog have covered it in a limited fashion, along with James ChristianContinue reading “Become a recruiter for your friends”
Author Archives: Michael Specht
Learning and YouTube
A couple of days ago I came across an article in the Australian IT about how a leading Australian university, Macquarie University, is starting to look at using YouTube to deliver lectures. Very interesting idea. Macquarie has been making lectures available for download to students for about 3 years now, so a move to videoContinue reading “Learning and YouTube”
Reader numbers mean a rethink
When I setup my blog several years ago I decided to use FeedBurner to manage my RSS feed (http://feeds.feedburner.com/myhrblog). There were several reasons for this decision the top two were portability and statistics. When I moved my blog to WordPress a good couple of years ago I kept my FeedBurner feed and put a linkContinue reading “Reader numbers mean a rethink”
101 Links about HR
Today I received an email directing me to a new list called “The HR Bible: 100 Articles Every Human Resources Pro Should Read“. Given at one point had grand plans of building a one stop shop of this information, I had to look. An initial scan over the titles provided we with a sense ofContinue reading “101 Links about HR”
Twitter, Twitter, Twitter
A quick update post on my rant. A couple of days ago Twitter announced they would be working with Joyeur to help stablise their infrastructure. Well it seems after the last 24 hours that relationship is now more. Posts from Joyuer, Download Squad, & Data Centre Knowledge.
Twitter – Something is technically wrong.
Rant ahead, leave if offended. First let me say I ❤ Twitter, and would pay for the service assuming below is fixed. Twitter must be the most unreliable web service ever, there I said it! I help organise the Melbourne Twitter meet ups so normally I am very biased but reliability is something Twitter doesContinue reading “Twitter – Something is technically wrong.”
Employee engagement
Found a great video (for some reason I can’t embed it in my blog) via Employee Engagement: Results That Matter put together by McDaniel Partners detailing some very interesting insights and statistics around employee engagement, well worth the 4 minute watch. (Hat tip: HR 101).
Top companies to work for
Just a quick follow up post, on my higher ESAT = profitable companies post last week. The 2008 Fortune Top 100 Places to Work for in America has been released, and the winners are:- 1. Google 2. Quicken Loans 3. Wegmans Food Markets 4. Edward Jones 5. Genentech 6. Cisco Systems 7. Starbucks 8. QualcommContinue reading “Top companies to work for”
When your social graph breaks
There is a lot of talk these days about social graphs, a newish term used to describe our online social relationships across the myriad of web sites these days. If you are unsure what a social graph is read this description from Jeremiah Owyang. Another common discussion at the moment is the cross over ofContinue reading “When your social graph breaks”
Tips on being laid off
Amazing what happens during a week of stock market turmoil. I have seen a number of posts over the last few days about losing jobs, getting new jobs, companies going broke etc, etc. Today I read a post from one Robert Scoble, you might know him :-), who provides 17 tips for job seekers. ReadContinue reading “Tips on being laid off”
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