We have now broken the 400 blog mark over at community.hrblogs.org, with well over 500 posts in a 24 hour period. Being one who subscribes to the overall RSS feed from the site it is no wonder it is taking me so long to get through my RSS reader! A quick review on the sitesContinue reading “Over 400 blogs and 500 posts in 24 hours!”
Author Archives: Michael Specht
Why we hate HR 2.0 (Will this hurt)?
Fast Company has just posted a counter point to the one and only “Why we hate HR” story from last year. They list some findings from a survey conducted by Jacquelyn Thorp Kinworthy, a professor at Cal State-Fullerton and CEO/founder of HR-Coach Products and Services. In summary:- 1) Companies hire inexperienced and unqualified people toContinue reading “Why we hate HR 2.0 (Will this hurt)?”
New sites in the HR blogging community
I have just been added a few new sites over at community.hrblogs.org, a few I found, and a few who submitted themselves. The newest sites in the community are:- Get Career Confessions of an HR Director Focus on Talent and Workforce Performance Australian HR Technology Thoughts MAPping Company Success Charles A. Krugel, Labor & EmploymentContinue reading “New sites in the HR blogging community”
Tools for bloggers
Darren Rowse has released is list of A – Z of Professional Blogging a fantastic list of 124 different tools and services for the professional and not so professional blogger. Some of the ones that jumped out at me were (they are not necessarily new or the only ones in their market segment they justContinue reading “Tools for bloggers”
How to manage gaming geeks, or any geek for that matter
Just finished listening to show number 51 from The Cranky Middle Manager Show where Wayne spends time chatting with Matt Manuel from EA who looks after the development of FIFA 2006. A great show with some really interesting ideas covering on-boarding, peer mentoring, and team management. It seems that a number of the manager’s atContinue reading “How to manage gaming geeks, or any geek for that matter”
Confessions of an HR Director
Have you even wondered what about the inner workings of an HR Director’s mind? What they thought about their job, their boss, those resumes that get submitted from email addresses like sexylegs@hotmail.com? If the answer is yes head on over to hr-director.hrblogs.org for an insight into the world of being an HR Director!
links for 2006-06-26
Where the Hell is Matt? | Copyblogger A unique viral marketing event undertaken by a crewing gum company. Matt originally travelled the world and danced at different location. Now he has been paid to do the same by a crewing gum company. (tags: marketing viral) Linkie Winkie I have seen Linkie Wikie referenced several timesContinue reading “links for 2006-06-26”
4th July – Declare independence from mainstream media!
Found this interesting idea on Cameron’s Brain, declare 4th July as a day of independence from mainstream media. Not being in the US the 4th July is usually just another day, so this is a great idea to give it meaning. The idea was kicked around but a number of people on the New EnglandContinue reading “4th July – Declare independence from mainstream media!”
Restoring my son’s computer
Last weekend I had a bright idea of rebuilding my son’s computer, an old HP Pavilion 6535 we bought while we were in Canada and had shipped back to Australia in 2000. Bad idea! Initially I could not find the HP restore disks. But being a bit of a geek I had an old WindowsContinue reading “Restoring my son’s computer”
Interviewing for Google
We all know Google is a tough place to interview for, a bit like Microsoft. I came across this old post detailing two questions asked during an interview at Google, provides some interesting insight into Google as an organisation. The questions were:- 1. You have been shrunk down to the size of a nickel andContinue reading “Interviewing for Google”
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