With the markets still a bit rocky more and more people are concerned about layoffs, and quite rightly so. A month ago I posted about Robert Scoble’s 17 Tips for Job Seekers, today I have some more tips for you. HR World has 16 tips on how to make the best of a bad thing:-Continue reading “Concerned about layoffs?”
Category Archives: Recruitment
Become a recruiter for your friends
(Sorry long post.) Today I was emailed about a new job referral tool in the Australian marketplace, Hoojano in semi private beta. As far as I can tell has stayed under the radar of almost everyone, a Google search yields 38 results. OnRec blog have covered it in a limited fashion, along with James ChristianContinue reading “Become a recruiter for your friends”
Tips on being laid off
Amazing what happens during a week of stock market turmoil. I have seen a number of posts over the last few days about losing jobs, getting new jobs, companies going broke etc, etc. Today I read a post from one Robert Scoble, you might know him :-), who provides 17 tips for job seekers. ReadContinue reading “Tips on being laid off”
Generation Y
Over the last couple of days I have been listening to a 3 part series from CIO Live on Generation Y in the IT industry (1, 2, 3) based on interviews with Foster Frontier’s Stuart Guest-Smith, a good listen. The last episode touched on several issues organisations need to be addressed to attract Gen Y’s.Continue reading “Generation Y”
Getting me to help you recruit
Using LinkedIn for recruiting is not a new idea, actually using any social network software for recruiting is not new either. But I wonder what the success rate is? I suspect low. I have received lots of notes over the last few years from recruiters wanting to connect or looking for applicants, most I ignore.Continue reading “Getting me to help you recruit”
DOD’s payroll replacement project
It was about 10 years ago I first heard of the PMKeyS project at Australian Department of Defence. At the time it was one of the large PeopleSoft implementations in the world, and the largest in Australia (if not in the top 3 I can’t remember). Anyway, I read today that they are in theContinue reading “DOD’s payroll replacement project”
The skills of Gen Y
It seems that Gen Y is not all bad, their technical skills save them, other than that we need to write the off as a wasted generation. What! Well that’s what 315 business leaders across Australia would like us to think based on the results of a survey conducted by SmartCompany in conjunction with RoyContinue reading “The skills of Gen Y”
Spock searches for people
For all you recruiting types out there, there is a new service that you need to be aware of, Spock. Currently in beta, it’s kind of private but if you ask I will send you an invite as of writing I have 100. Basically Spock is a search tool about people and the validity ofContinue reading “Spock searches for people”
Technology is still failing to meet the needs of HR
Sorry this is a major rant, I don’t have time to fully explore the whole issues but I had to blog about it anyway. Watson Wyatt Worldwide released a press statement overnight that concerns me greatly and leaves me to believe that either their research is wrong or technology has fundamentally let down HR overContinue reading “Technology is still failing to meet the needs of HR”
JobsJobsJobs
JobsJobsJobs.com.au launched today, well at least their beta. First thoughts, nice user interface which is a good start. But on the surface it looks just like any other job board. My question is it? Here are my very quick, 30 minutes worth of thoughts. Sign up Process Fairly easy and standard, no fancy AJAX toContinue reading “JobsJobsJobs”
Michael Specht 