The New York Times is reporting about the growth in using video as a format for resumes. The article talks about WorkBlast a new site to make the creation of these video resumes even easier. This is not new but is becoming more popular and for some roles it will become a mandatory part ofContinue reading “Here come the Video stars”
Author Archives: Michael Specht
Performance reviews
In a week that for many in the US will be remembered for a long time we see another reported workplace shooting. This time over a performance review. Police in the US state of Texas say yesterday’s murder suicide at NASA’s Johnson Space Centre happened after the space engineer responsible was given a bad jobContinue reading “Performance reviews”
Can your blog be your resume??
For me this is a question that has been floating around for a number of years, for others it is just coming to the fore front. Take today, Techmeme, it is a topic on the front page, based on a post from Adam Darowski. The simple answer to this question is no your blog isContinue reading “Can your blog be your resume??”
Best places to live
A while back Guy Kawasaki published a post about the 20 happiest countries in the world. The list was based on a study by Adrian G. White, a psychologist at the University of Leicester. The meta-analysis is based on the findings of over 100 different studies around the world, which questioned 80,000 people worldwide. ForContinue reading “Best places to live”
Top Australian blogs
Over the last week or so there has been some renewed interest in the top blogs in Australia, first was Craig Harper’s Ultimate Australian Blogroll. Then Meg from dLook pulled together a really good view of the Australian blogosphere taking Technorati and Alexa rankings to come up with the Top 100 Australian Blogs, she hasContinue reading “Top Australian blogs”
RIP jobs.com.au??
It seems a fancy advertising campaign will not save you is the cut throat business that is online job boards in Australia, just deep pockets! Jobs.com.au seem to have gone they way of the dodo. The Fin Review was reporting yesterday that receivers have been appointed (Hat Tip Trevor Cook & Mark Fletcher), today theirContinue reading “RIP jobs.com.au??”
Warning on domain registrations
Last night I received a letter from Domain Registry of America about renewing a couple of my domains. Not so strange except they are NOT my domain registrar!! Once again we seem to have someone in Australia trying to scoop up domain registrations through not the most honest of tactics.
Is privacy a C level concern?
Privacy of your employee and customer data should be one of the top priorities of any board for any organisation. However sometimes C level exec’s are more interested in things right in front of them, like this quarters sales or the new product introduction. To get them to pay attention you sometimes need to beContinue reading “Is privacy a C level concern?”
Fat blogging and employees
Jason Calacanis a while back decided to loose some weight, coined the term fat blogging, registered the domain and got a few overweight geeks to join in to loose those kilos (pounds if you are still old-school). Over the last 6-9 months I have gone through my own weight loss program. I needed to reduceContinue reading “Fat blogging and employees”
Jobster, recruting.com, Cheezhead pile on
Joel Cheezman has stirred up a hornets nest asking “Is Jason Goldberg killing Jobster?” There is some very heated debate going, with what looks like death threats, don’t we learn!! Joel will be posting a follow up in the next couple of days after he gets some facts which will be interesting. My view isContinue reading “Jobster, recruting.com, Cheezhead pile on”
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