I have been very slack in the last few weeks and I have not posted about several very exciting and interesting activities, I will work to fix this over the next few days. Firstly the Australian Job Board Report for 2009 has been released by Phillip Tusing from Destination Talent. The report lists 236 jobContinue reading “Australian Job Board Report 2009 released”
Category Archives: Recruitment
Special deal for blog readers
Australasian Talent Conference has put together a special deal for my blog readers. Before I get to the deal, a bit about ATC: The Australasian Talent Conference is a collaboration between the leading corporate recruitment and talent management experts from Australia, New Zealand, Asia and the United States. First introduced in 2007 and modeled on theContinue reading “Special deal for blog readers”
In the news
An interview I did late last year for Nett magazine on social networking and recruitment was finally published. Sarah Stokely did a great job getting some many different view points and quotes about social networking in the office. You can read the full article online or just my bits below: Human resources and recruitment professionals tendContinue reading “In the news”
Is Facebook good or bad?
It seems to me that if I was to believe the pundits social media is going to either cause the next apocalypse or be the saviour for us all! But I want to look at two specific cases here and their relationship with HR. First the negative. Kimberley Swann, at 16 year old in the UK, whoContinue reading “Is Facebook good or bad?”
Four quick thoughts
I have been meaning to write an earth shattering post here for a while, but I guess that will have to wait a bit longer. In the meantime here are four quick thoughts to keep you going: Honesty in a resume is important even when your brackground is not the most attractive, Drug Smugglers Resume.Continue reading “Four quick thoughts”
Job seeker services
It has been a very busy couple of week, with this week looking even busier. This is a good thing. One activity that has been taking a bit of time is a new business venture I have been looking at, providing a range of services to job seekers. In writing the eBook for job seekersContinue reading “Job seeker services”
Social networking and recruitment
There are some major changes taking place within the recruitment software market at the moment. Changes that have the ability to remove vendors such as Taleo from being “top of the pops”. What is it? Intelligent matching of jobs to social networks. Both Australian job referral vendors 2Vouch and Hoojano do this but not to theContinue reading “Social networking and recruitment”
Managing the employer brand
Over the last two to three months I have spent a lot of time working with people on either their employer or personal brand. These discussions have lead me to believe that most organisations are not thinking about how social media can impact their employer brand. Organisations are spending vasts amounts of time and moneyContinue reading “Managing the employer brand”
Social Recruiting and an experiment
Last week I was meeting with Riges Younan and Jeremy Samuel from 2Vouch to discuss Riges’s presentation for Australiasian Talent Conference in Auckland, topic being “The Evolution of Social Recruiting”. To develop the presentation Riges wanted feedback from the recruiting community on their thoughts, ideas and case studies. To quote Riges: I need your help to shape, contribute andContinue reading “Social Recruiting and an experiment”
Things to extreme, including interviews
Today is day 3 or 4 of the heatwave here in Melbourne, by heatwave over 40 degrees Celsius, up to 44 a couple of times (that is 104 & 112 Fahrenheit respectively), things are a bit extreme at the moment. To match the extreme weather it is time to learn about Extreme Interviewing. Extreme InterviewingContinue reading “Things to extreme, including interviews”
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