Dr John has published his wrap up of 2005 on ERE, and Jason Davis has been a bit taken back by it. In a section “What and Who Needs Rethinking” John discusses “the individuals, firms, or concepts I have encountered this year that clearly need to “rethink” their approach to recruiting.” Blogging seems to haveContinue reading “Are you ahead of the curve?”
Category Archives: Blogging
Judge Jim & co.
Jim Durbin provides us with details on the judging criteria in the Recruiting.com Best Blog Awards. I like his general statement, someone who is advancing the brand, where the brand is recruitment. He will be looking for someone who is making an impact on the size of the recruiting blogosphere and how they are usingContinue reading “Judge Jim & co.”
Talentism and the best blogs
Jeff from Talentism provides us with run down of his best blogs based on the nominations in the Recruiting.com Best Blogs Awards for 2005. I have been thinking a lot about which blogs I read an why, Jeff’s post and the listings of nominations have got me thinking further on the topic. I have boiledContinue reading “Talentism and the best blogs”
Yes voting is really open
Yes voting is open for Recruiting.com’s Best Blog Awards. The prize, lots of coffee, a trip to Vegas, oh and the feeling of being recognised by your peers. I would certainly recommend anyone who has anything to do with HR, recruitment, management, learning or knowledge management to check out the blogs. Then vote for theContinue reading “Yes voting is really open”
Corporate blogging in Australia
I noticed an interesting article on Australian IT about Telstra and their new propaganda activities, nowwheretalking. offers a raft of Telstra information, including statistics, speeches by executives, blogs from Telstra staff and feature articles supporting the company’s position on regulation of the telecommunications industry. (Emphasis mine) They have gone and created 11 employee written blogs.Continue reading “Corporate blogging in Australia”
Best Recruiting Blog Nominations
Well after missing out on Australia’s best blog 😉 and questioning what a blog is in the first round of nominations on the Best Recruiting Blogs I now find myself nominated in the Best Recruiting Blogs in the category of Best HR Blog, thanks to Oliver Davouot. So I guess I can show the tabsI’veContinue reading “Best Recruiting Blog Nominations”
Bridge Girl triumphs in blog competition
Bugger I guess I am not $10,000 richer, Bridge Girl triumphs. The results of Australia’s best blog, run by ISP SmartyHost, were released yesterday. The “blogs were judged on content, creativity, uniqueness, and frequency and currency of postings. Based on these criteria, Bridge girl traveling diary received the highest combined score from the panel”, hmmContinue reading “Bridge Girl triumphs in blog competition”
Blackhat SEO really sucks!
Well I guess I am about the be hit with a whole heap of splogs! Blackhat SEO has just listed hrblogs.org as a place to get a free subdomain they recommend on the site “Pick a subdomain with a keyword and start posting your links, simple as that and free.” Geez these types of peopleContinue reading “Blackhat SEO really sucks!”
Honeywell is blogging
It seems that the Honeywell Career’s page now has employee blogs, currently they have 3 peadership development program participants blogging on the site. A great step forward, just one thing no RSS feed or at least not one I could find. (Thanks to Work-related Blogs and News and Viral Voices.) Update:- I found the feeds,Continue reading “Honeywell is blogging”
HR blogs OPML file
I have been updating the OPML file with about 20-30 new blogs that I have come across in the last couple of months. The listing now stands at 255 and this excludes all of the Education Blogs found at edublogs.org where I am sure there are many that would fit into the eLearning area. TheContinue reading “HR blogs OPML file”
Michael Specht 