Just saw that Microsoft US is recruiting here in Australia. If you are a recruiter and a blogger from Microsoft US (and even Australia) and happen to come down to Melbourne drop me a line and let’s catch up.
Author Archives: Michael Specht
The Phantom!
There is a new blog over at hrblogs.org called Recruitment Stuff written by the Phantom Recruiter an Aussie recruiter. It is great to see another Aussie from the HR profession getting involved. Welcome to the Phantom Recruiter.
Corporate communication
While internal communications does not always sit within the realms of HR, how it is perceived by your employees is critical to their engagement. Personally internal communications sits within the Employee Relations area, but I know not everyone agrees. Watson Wyatt recently released a Communication ROI Study which focuses directly on internal communication with employeesContinue reading “Corporate communication”
links for 2006-01-30
Tizag Tutorials Web development reference covering html, css, php (tags: development Javascript PHP XML CSS) Gautam Ghosh on Management: You give recruiting a bad name The underbelly of the recruitment industry is highlighted in this fastinating news items from India, thanks Gautam. (tags: recruitment jobs ethics) Introducing Six Sigma: A Company’s Quest for Cultural ChangeContinue reading “links for 2006-01-30”
Now Hiring for free
Launched in November NowHiring is making a play for the job board space in Australia. How are they doing this? Offering FREE job postings, yes free, for their basic employer package. Now if you are an employer in Australia and recruit you should check them out. If you just can’t help yourself and just haveContinue reading “Now Hiring for free”
Spam attack
Over the last hour I have been under a comment spam attack from 195.225.177.80. Based on a whois search they seem to be coming from an ISP in the Netherlands, specifically RIPE Network Coordination Centre. Doing some background checking on RIPE I would suggest that it is a user on their network somewhere. Maybe theyContinue reading “Spam attack”
Dr Death a Top Search for 2005
It seems that Dr Death (Jayant Patel) has topped 2005 as one of the most searched news items on Yahoo last year. How many of your recruitment mistakes have ended up like that? None I hope.
Jobs In RSS
Over the last few months I have been exchanging emails with Kevin Howard from Jobs In HR, a niche job board here in Australia for HR jobs, I first wrote about them a while back. Jobs in HR is a email service sent out to over 5000 subscribers on a weekly basis. Jobs are alsoContinue reading “Jobs In RSS”
Hot and Hoter
The last few days have been very hot here in Melbourne, around 40-43C (or 104-109F), just a bit hot. We went to the shopping centre to try and escape, like everyone else, and I would guess it was in the mid 30’s inside the centre. The shops kept turning the lights down to try andContinue reading “Hot and Hoter”
links for 2006-01-20
Work vs. Life Balance in the Extreme (by Jeremy Zawodny) Jeremy provides a reflection on work life balance in California (tags: WorkLife)
Michael Specht 