Over the last few weeks I have become very concerned about the state of the recruitment industry in Australia, in particular around IT although the comments will also hold true of other industries. I am preparing a few posts to work through the issues, mostly for my purposes but others might also benefit. (Had toContinue reading “Recruiting in Australia (Part 1)”
Category Archives: Recruitment
Frank asks where are all the Biztalker’s?
Here is comes a rant. Frank Arrigo is asking for all Biztalker’s please contact him about jobs at Microsoft Australia, he is joined by a few others. Pity there is nothing on the Microsoft Australia recruitment blog about this fact. The comments below are not directed personally to the blog but more to use itContinue reading “Frank asks where are all the Biztalker’s?”
Wearable resume?
Yesterday in Radar I came across a very unique resume created by Yann Guerin a freelance video producer. Yann printed his resume on T-Shirts and then wears them wherever he goes, he even provided some to his friends for additional advertising. While the concept probably would not work for everyone it reminds me of howContinue reading “Wearable resume?”
10 Trends for 10 Years
Oliver Thylmann refers to Larry Chase’s post on the top 10 trends for the next 10 years, with a bonus 11th. As Oliver says they are marketing focused but still very relevant to see where things might be going. Of real interest is how this will impact how people view your company as a placeContinue reading “10 Trends for 10 Years”
LinkMe response
After my post yesterday on the service LinkMe mentioning the strange error I encountered, ie being logged in as someone else. Within 22 hours I received an email from their Operations Manager, Les, wanting to collect more details on the incident. Excellent response to customer feedback. As it happened I have started using Google DesktopContinue reading “LinkMe response”
Sensis enters job market
The Australian IT had a story yesterday on how Sensis has partnered with Morgan & Banks to create an online recruitment site that will be designed to compete with the existing online job boards (Seek, MyCareer, and CareerOne). The story was very light on details and when looking at the Sensis site I found noContinue reading “Sensis enters job market”
Joel interviews Ray Fassett of dot jobs
Joel Cheesmans posts an interview with Ray Fassett from dot jobs. We do get a small insight into some of the successes that dot jobs has had in the first week. Here Ray discusses some of the companies that HAVE registered:- 4. Can you name some of the employers applying for .jobs in the firstContinue reading “Joel interviews Ray Fassett of dot jobs”
Job seeker and recruitment podcast
Last week I asked What is Employment Acceleration?, well I got a reply from Cameron Reilly. It is a podcast from TPN on recruitment specifically designed for job seekers. I had a listen and the first show is about 30 minutes and begins to cover some of the issues that job seekers face when lookingContinue reading “Job seeker and recruitment podcast”
Blogging for Microsoft?
Over the last 24 hours news has appeared that last week Microsoft began looking for freelance bloggers for their MSN sites. I have seen references by Jeremy Wright and Steve Rubel but not from the recruiting blogers Gretchen (probably because she is on leave) or Heather, nor did the job get posted in Blogger JobsContinue reading “Blogging for Microsoft?”
What is Employment Acceleration?
Cameron & Mick are two very busy guys in the last 4 and a bit months they have released 29 different shows on The Podcast Network. One of the latest is Employment Acceleration, not 100% sure what the show is about but the short promo sounds interesting:- We’re very excited to launch EMPLOYMENT ACCELERATION today,Continue reading “What is Employment Acceleration?”
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