Over the weekend Techcrunch posted about the layoffs traking place due to the economic downturn. There are two main themes in the post; first some of the layoffs are clearing out of dead wood and the other being it is hard to keep layoffs a secret when everyone is a publisher. To the first point.Continue reading “Tips for laying off employees in a social media world”
Category Archives: HR Management
The business value of social networks
Tuesday night I was on a panel for the NSW Knowledge Management Forum with three others, Laurie Lock Lee, Tania Maley & Jodie Miners who was roped in as Tania was running late. I have to admit I was a bit hesitant before the event given Laurie has just completed a PhD in the valueContinue reading “The business value of social networks”
Great places to work in Australia
I missed the launch last year by the Great Place to Work Institute opened their doors downunder. Spearheading by Chris Taylor and Trish Dagg two organisational development types out of Western Australian university. In mid-August they release their first list for Australia called “Best Companies to Work for in Australia“, no real surprise there. AlthoughContinue reading “Great places to work in Australia”
Thoughts of Australia university graduates
At the beginning of July Graduate Careers Australia released a series of reports on what university graduates are thinking and how these thoughts match those of employers. The survey had 32,000 responses over a 9 week period in mid 2007. The highlights of the report are available in the press release however I have reproducedContinue reading “Thoughts of Australia university graduates”
Social networking in the work place
There are many barriers to the take up of social networking tools, and Enterprise 2.0, within organisations. One of the big ones is fear, which in part is due to a lack of understanding of the tools and a lack of governance. A couple of days ago ComputerWorld published a story about the six commandmentsContinue reading “Social networking in the work place”
CMyPeople follow up
About 3 weeks ago I posted about a new service from Chandler Macleod called CMyPeople, following the post Roger Christie from Sefiani Communications Group called saying that he had read the blog post and arranged for me to go into Chandler Macleod to complete the full survey before the official release. Not only did heContinue reading “CMyPeople follow up”
Glasshouses allow you to see inside
Today I saw two posts float past on the Friendfeed feed in Twhirl about a new startup Glassdoor that has recently launched so I figured I needed to take a look. The first post was from my newest tech news location The Inquisitr, which provided a good basic “tech like” overview of the service. GlassdoorContinue reading “Glasshouses allow you to see inside”
Fire non workaholics?
Oh man what a storm. Jason Calacanis has triggered quite a storm in the tech community with his post “How to save money running a startup (17 really good tips)“. Overall the tips are very very good, but the one that caused a lot of the stir was: Fire people who are not workaholics. don’tContinue reading “Fire non workaholics?”
Carnival of HR
It’s time for another Carnival of HR. Ok don’t leave you might learn something. Gautam Ghosh (who seems to be everywhere these days) hosted the long running Carnival of HR over on his blog. There are links to 8 or 9 great blog posts from all over the global, including a audio post. Even onContinue reading “Carnival of HR”
Disengaged employees
We all know disengaged employees are bad. Here is a story of a guy who had his mate shoot him in the shoulder (Hat Tip Evil HR Lady) so he did not have to go to work!! True story, I kid you not. Sheriff’s detectives in Franklin County, Washington, say a man had his friendContinue reading “Disengaged employees”
Michael Specht 