On Friday morning I posted about Jobster and the misunderstanding many seem to have had about what they are trying to achieve. I also commented in the post that I would like to see what made them tick. About 4 hours later I got an email from Jason looking to hook up and show meContinue reading “The power of the internet”
Category Archives: HRIS
Benefits of HRIS technology
Dub from the HR Technology Discussion Board, points to the great usage of HRIS technology to help support single sourcing HRO. Having been involved in something similar at Nortel with PwC, the options we have available today are certainly far greater than even 5 years ago.
Cost of online recruting?
Joel Cheesman has some interesting thoughts around using web analytics to help develop recruitment metrics. Great idea! Joel sees Google‘s purchase of Urchin as a step in the right direction. I agree with Joel’s view of both the recruiter and ATS’s in this matter. Most recruiters do not understand what can be done with technologyContinue reading “Cost of online recruting?”
Jobster has gone live
A new recruitment tool was launched overnight Jobster. They have been around for about 18 months and in the process raised $US10.5mil so what are they and what shall we expect from them? Jobster is a new online recruitment service that joins together social networking and your network of contacts. What? Personal referrals basically. TheyContinue reading “Jobster has gone live”
Health agencies to trial ASP HRMS
The IT Australian had an article yesterday about Victorian Health Services looking to replace their existing HRMS systems for the six agencies by the end of March 2006. With the resulting vendor possibly having all the 60,000 employees. The catch? It must be an ASP thin client. I guess the client server vendors will beContinue reading “Health agencies to trial ASP HRMS”
Effective use of recruiting blogs
Gretchen from Microsoft has provided a fantasticreal world example of how to effectively use her blog within a recruiting environment. Gretchen and some of her colleagues are looking at cold calling candidates to try and attract “passive candidates”. So before they undertake the exercise she has decided to run a short survey to find outContinue reading “Effective use of recruiting blogs”
Electronic Forms & a paperless office
Angus Logan pointed me to a new blog Electronic Forms from the developers of InfoView, a product that works with the Microsoft product InfoPath, I sort of referred to InfoPath on the weekend in my post on HR-XML and resumes. The InfoView product adds a new dimension to the picture and could provide the frameworkContinue reading “Electronic Forms & a paperless office”
Are you present?
Over the last few weeks I have been thinking a lot about presence. By presence I am talk about your online presence and what that means to workforce solutions. I have posted about this before but now I am seeing the whole idea pop up in several different places. The traditional area is in instantContinue reading “Are you present?”
Security flaw in PayMaxx software/service
Here is a very interesting (read scary) press release from Think Computer., if you have an outsourced payroll vendor it is a must read! I wonder what Kim Cameron and others in the identity management domain would think?
The future of recruiting software in 2005
The Employment Marketplace has an article from Bob Nelson (yes he is a vendor) on where he sees ATS and other recruiting solutions moving in the next 12 months. An interesting read after the last post.
Michael Specht 