It has been a couple of very busy days since I last posted, here is a brief update. On Wednesday I started my new job at Nortel, and my feet have not really touched the group. The thing about going back to a place you use to work at is many of the traditional “firstContinue reading “An update on this week and next”
Author Archives: Michael Specht
Job Boards Vs. Craigslist how do they rate?
CM Russell from AllCountyJobs.com tried a little experiment on the quality of candidates returned by Craigslist. He got 6 candidates from Craigslist, 1 from Califorina, 4 from Russia and 1 from Ireland. From the other board 3 fully qualified candidates. He hired one from the job board!
links for 2006-05-08
Bosses consider blog ban. 03/05/2006. ABC News Online One fo the first mainstream articles I have seen in Australia on blogging policies. HR professionals take note! (tags: blogging legislation australia HRM policy) LeeAnn Prescott – Hitwise US: Simply Hired, Indeed and Jobster Compete for Market Share Hitwise’s Lee Ann Prescott provides an interesting comparison USContinue reading “links for 2006-05-08”
Google’s Ten Golden Rules of Management
Late last year Eric Schmidt and Hal Varian published in Newsweek 10 Golden Rules that Google has implemented to help effectively manage knowledge workers. Hire by committee Cater to their every need Pack them in Make coordination easy Eat your own dog food Encourage creativity Strive to reach consensus Don’t be evil Data drive decisionsContinue reading “Google’s Ten Golden Rules of Management”
New blog features
I have been playing with a couple of new features on my blog before looking to add them to selected themes on hrblogs.org. In no particular order A list of the last 10 posts on the side bar A list of 5 related posts on each post Using Notable, you now have the ability toContinue reading “New blog features”
Getting noticed in the HR blogosphere
A couple of weeks ago there was a big discussion on link-swapping over at Recruiting.com that caused all manner of conversations to break out. I also got into the conversation by letting everyone know about communiy.hrblogs.org an aggregation come directory of HR blogs that I have found or been submitted. The communities resident SEO expert,Continue reading “Getting noticed in the HR blogosphere”
links for 2006-05-05
Want a job in the secret service ASIO is using Google to help them recruit, type in “Australian Security Intelligence Organisation” and you get sent to their recruitment page. (tags: recruitment australia) MyLinkWiki for LinkedIn A wiki to help you get the most out of LinkedIn (tags: recruitment search wiki people)
Seth Godin talks about Recruiting
(Thanks to Dave Lefkow for the pointer) Seth Godin provides Todd Raphael, editor in chief of ERE, with an interview on recruitment and the intersection with marketing. The quote I really like from the interview:- Employee satisfaction is entirely related to the respect and autonomy employees are given. Over and over again, it has beenContinue reading “Seth Godin talks about Recruiting”
Removed my Blogroll
Today I decided to remove my Blogroll! Why? Because of community.hrblogs.org. I am finding myself reading the category feeds and end up on all sorts of different sites that are not on my Blogroll. Therefore I removed it, I hope this does not offend anyone.
AHRI Victorian HRIS SIG Discussion Forum
The Victorian HRIS Special Interest Group is running a discussion forum to review HR systems over the next 10 years. Discussion forums provide an informal and flexible face to face environment for people who are interested in HR systems to meet, discuss and network around a specific topic. We will not have keynote speakers, presentations,Continue reading “AHRI Victorian HRIS SIG Discussion Forum”
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