Category Archives: General

Ok this is just a rant and I am picking on Hire Desk only because they are the most recent company to do this. Many technology focused companies require you to register before you can download their white papers, this gives them some great lead data, which I support. But WHY WHY WHY do IContinue reading “White paper registration!”

Heather Hamilton provides a great summary on what I feel makes blogs such a wonderful communication tool.

I touched on the subject during my quick Jobster review last week and previously, technology alone will not save you. Well, today I noticed that the Jobster Blog provides a great overview as to what else needs to be done when trying to track down passive candidates. Many a time I have sat with endContinue reading “There’s more to life than just technology”

I have just changed my blogroll to more accurately reflect who I am reading. I was using BlogRolling but found it very difficult to keep in sync with Newsgator Online and as such as I added feeds I was not keeping the BlogRoll listing up to date. I was also using BlogRolling to track static/newsContinue reading “Just updated my Blogroll”

Over the last few months I have touched on IM an its possible uses within organisations, and the lack of take up. Today I noticed Dubs from HR Technology Discussion Board picked up on the HR.com item on IM and the reshaping of organisational communication. Dubs quite rightly mentioned several of the security concerns aroundContinue reading “Funny how things line up”

Just got an email from the guys at The Otter Group about their first eLearning podcast. You can find out more on their blog or subscribe directly here.

Will this be the one billionth link? Probably not I think it will be at March 31st 11:45pm Australian EST which is in about 9 hours. onebillionlinks

Via Asia Pacific Headhunter. There are 3 million new graduates in China this year, hmm maybe there is a solution to the proposed labour shortage?

InfoWorld has a good primer on the use of wikis and blogs within an enterprise. While for someone who has been around blogs and wikis for a while none of the information will seem new, it is a great introduction for new people. If you are looking to get them introduced into your company forwardContinue reading “Blogs & Wikis by InfoWorld”

A couple of days ago I posted about business spam and where it fits within my framework. I posted about ResumeFit and a couple of emails I received from Tom Schmidt the CEO. Well it was not really spam as it was not sent indiscriminately to multiple people, just to me. As such Tom actuallyContinue reading “More on business spam (unsolicited email)”