If you have the inside information on what is happening with HR in Australia, or you want to have the inside information, head over to a new site called HR Buzz. The site is the brain child of Kevin Howard, Jobs In HR fame and frequent commenter on this blog. The site will be aContinue reading “Do you have the inside info HR?”
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links for 2007-07-19
Employee Evolution – The Voice of Millenials at Work Group blog on Gen &, business, management and HR (tags: Blog career GenY Management HCM) Knowledge worker 2.0 – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia What is a knowledge worker 2.0? (tags: KnowledgeManagement Management HCM) 12 IT skills that employers can’t say no to – Network World (tags:Continue reading “links for 2007-07-19”
My productivity tips
A couple of weeks ago Tony Goodson sat down and had a chat with me about productivity, being a productivity buddy, Twitter and life in general. The audio is not the best, Skype was playing up and we had to record in 3 different sessions but we got through it. Following recording Tony went andContinue reading “My productivity tips”
The skills of Gen Y
It seems that Gen Y is not all bad, their technical skills save them, other than that we need to write the off as a wasted generation. What! Well that’s what 315 business leaders across Australia would like us to think based on the results of a survey conducted by SmartCompany in conjunction with RoyContinue reading “The skills of Gen Y”
Social Networks
Lee LeFever and his wife Sachi are at it again with another video Social Networks in Plain English, worth a watch. Of interest is I really grok the concept that networks get things done, d’oh! Also a social network site allow you to uncover the hidden value of your social connections, be it for money,Continue reading “Social Networks”
Communication with employees
We all know that most issues in our lives result from a lack of, or the wrong type of communication (well most of us know this) . A lack of communication between employees and their managers can be and many times is the bottom line problem in employee performance. Basically the manager is incapable ofContinue reading “Communication with employees”
Always On communication update
It has been just over a week since I started using the HP iPaq 6900. My thoughts Battery life is a bit low, standard battery just makes it through the work day, I have been running the extended life battery, just bigger. Having push email is very good, allows me to keep tabs on whatContinue reading “Always On communication update”
Can you build a company in a weekend?
An interesting team development activity took place of the weekend of Jul 7-8. Get together a group of people, lock them in a room and for 54 hours build a product, set up a company, and launch it to the market. The idea is called Startup Weekend! The weekend had all the social media blog’dContinue reading “Can you build a company in a weekend?”
Culture at Microsoft & Google
About a week or two ago an anonymous blogger posted what is meant to be from an internal mailing list in Microsoft that compares the culture of the different workplaces. The comments, all 425 of them at the time of writing, tend to indicate that the email might be true but there is also anContinue reading “Culture at Microsoft & Google”
Testing out always on contectivity
Just got my hands on a demo HP iPAQ 6965 unit to trial over the next few weeks, as my boss is away who is testing it out and has another few weeks to go on the test program. It will give me a great chance to learn about how I would use such aContinue reading “Testing out always on contectivity”
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