Over the last few months I have been exchanging emails with Kevin Howard from Jobs In HR, a niche job board here in Australia for HR jobs, I first wrote about them a while back. Jobs in HR is a email service sent out to over 5000 subscribers on a weekly basis. Jobs are alsoContinue reading “Jobs In RSS”
Category Archives: Recruitment
Vertical Search and India
Gautam posts on an interesting development in India around vertical search, could it be illegal in India? It seems Naukri has successfully defended got an interim injunction againstBixee for (updated 14 Jan 2006) scraping of their jobs by another site. I have been wondering when this would happen and it is probably one of theContinue reading “Vertical Search and India”
Is your resume mission critical?
Back in December CIO published a story on the importance of CIO résumé’s being not just good or very good but being remarkable. Here are the six key attributes from the story of a fantastic CIO resume:- 1. Speak the language of business 2. Underscore strategic abilities 3. Demonstrate your knowledge of and expertise inContinue reading “Is your resume mission critical?”
Australian job players
In response to my post on Seek their annual report and the state of the job board market in Australia, Bonita commented about a service called People Online. People Online “was formed as a boutique Australian job search agency established in Adelaide, South Australia in 2004. ” They say they provide a matching service betweenContinue reading “Australian job players”
Judge Jim & co.
Jim Durbin provides us with details on the judging criteria in the Recruiting.com Best Blog Awards. I like his general statement, someone who is advancing the brand, where the brand is recruitment. He will be looking for someone who is making an impact on the size of the recruiting blogosphere and how they are usingContinue reading “Judge Jim & co.”
Seek and you shall find
On Friday OnRec published a press release from Seek about how Nielsen//NetRatings had understated Seek‘s traffic between April & October 2005 by about 8-10%. Given that Seek claims to draw 1,702,485 unique browsers and 1,733,488 in October and November 2005 respectively this is a fairly large understatement! This statement got me thinking, how is SeekContinue reading “Seek and you shall find”
Voting is open! (Soon)
UPDATED Yes it is true, Voting has opened opening next week in Recruiting.com 2005 Best Blog awards! Get voting, next week!. This is a fanstastic exercise from the guys at Recruiting.com, Jobster and how can we forget Joel for the idea! Only one thing, we can’t let Microsoft win all the awards, oh and I’mContinue reading “Voting is open! (Soon)”
TopJobSites revised listings
(Via On Rec) TopJobSites have released their November update to the job board rankings. The month of November saw a deduction in traffic going to job boards. The OnRec article states that :- 59.7% percent of job sites are showing a ranking decrease and 40.3% of job sites had a ranking increase. The TopJobSites.com RankingContinue reading “TopJobSites revised listings”
Honeywell is blogging
It seems that the Honeywell Career’s page now has employee blogs, currently they have 3 peadership development program participants blogging on the site. A great step forward, just one thing no RSS feed or at least not one I could find. (Thanks to Work-related Blogs and News and Viral Voices.) Update:- I found the feeds,Continue reading “Honeywell is blogging”
Bad, oh sorry Bank grooming
Boy there is a bit of a stir down here over one of our largest banks (Commonwealth Bank) issuing a grooming guide to employees. News reports here, here, and here. In summary it recommends:- For women FLESH-coloured, smooth finish t-shirt bras will give you the best, most discreet look. CONSIDER having unruly brows regularly waxedContinue reading “Bad, oh sorry Bank grooming”
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