It is only 2 weeks until the Inspecht HR Futures Conference, so if you are planning to attend make sure you register ASAP. $400 for the full day is very reasonable considering many events are up to three times that price per day. While the speakers will be of course great, the break sessions willContinue reading “HR Futures and the Mobile Ecosystem”
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Social networking and recruitment
There are some major changes taking place within the recruitment software market at the moment. Changes that have the ability to remove vendors such as Taleo from being “top of the pops”. What is it? Intelligent matching of jobs to social networks. Both Australian job referral vendors 2Vouch and Hoojano do this but not to theContinue reading “Social networking and recruitment”
Being an HR Manager in a Web 2.0 company
Many people have commented that there is still a session in the HR Futures Conference without a speaker, could they fill the slot. The issue has not been there was no speaker, more that I had too many speakers to choose from! Over the last month I have been working with several people to finaliseContinue reading “Being an HR Manager in a Web 2.0 company”
Have you heard of the Velociroflcoptersaurus?
There is a silly little game going on with some fo the IT folks here in Australia, basically to see who can own the word Velociroflcoptersaurus in Google by Jan 13 2009. Given I know very little about SEO I figured why not play and see what I could learn. I was a little late intoContinue reading “Have you heard of the Velociroflcoptersaurus?”
New career ideas for IT workers
CIO just published a great list of 24 new careers for IT professionals who are no longer in IT, covering project managers, help desk operators, software developers, BAs, and Testers. The best one Help Desk should become phone sex workers cause they are good on the phone! Here is a summary of the article: ITContinue reading “New career ideas for IT workers”
Australian HR Related Twitter Users
I have been wondering for a while how many HR related Twitter users are there in Australia? Well instead of just wondering I pulled together this list, if I have missed anyone just feel free to add them using the form below.
Career websites and your brand
Wanting your employees to feel proud of working for your brand is one key part of retention, there are many others but today I am only talking about brand. You also need the best candidates to want to join your organisation, not just anyone who needs a job. The term “best candidate” does not onlyContinue reading “Career websites and your brand”
New content and products
Over the last week I have released a few new items on the Inspecht site. Short introduction on how to use Google to find candidates Quick overview of some key social media and Web 2.0 terms Email marketing campaign tool The first two probably make sense to most readers but the third might surprise aContinue reading “New content and products”
Social media in recruiting
Over the last few months I have had many discussions with people both inside and outside the recruitment industry over how to use all these new “web 2.0” tools for recruiting. Mostly in the context of tapping into the Gen Y market, which is not the right approach, more on that later. While some alreadyContinue reading “Social media in recruiting”
This week in Sydney
Arrived in Sydney late Monday evening for a very busy week, lots of meetings, attending Web Directions, Port 80, AussieTUB, presenting at a user group on Change Management and sitting on a panel for the NSW Knowledge Management forum discussing the value of social media and networking for business. During Web Directions I might liveContinue reading “This week in Sydney”
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