Trials and tribulations of technology

It seems Jobster is having some teething issues with getting recruiters to think strategically. They seem to be having difficulty in getting traction within organisations, they can grab a couple of strategic recruiters but the line recruiters are a challenge. As I had mentioned in my review in April the change management was probably theContinue reading “Trials and tribulations of technology”

Privacy in the workplace

A day after NSW banned employers from monitoring emails Victoria and South Australia are looking to do the same thing. Over the last 9 months I have written about these moves here, here, here and here. This is a really interesting topic that has significant potential to cause all sorts of ER/IR issues within theContinue reading “Privacy in the workplace”

Recruiting Metrics

As Heather said there has been lots of discussion (here, here, here, here, and here) recently on recruiting metrics and the quality of a hire. Andrew Marritt provides a very interesting perspective on why quality of hire is even only appropriate in a limited number of circumstances. All in all a fantastic discussion. But whatContinue reading “Recruiting Metrics”

Lawson & Ultimate should close up shop

Dub’s is calling for vendors like Lawson and Ultimate to just close up shop and go away. While this is a very bold statement he is not far from the mark. Today when the major vendors are pumping millions and millions into their products it does become very hard for a second tier vendor toContinue reading “Lawson & Ultimate should close up shop”

Vertical Search

A couple of days ago Indeed announced a partnership with Info.com that will integrate the 100,000s of jobs that Indeed has into Info.com‘s aggregated search engine. (In Australia Sensis is doing a similar thing to Info.com). An interesting convergence of tools. This got me thinking about comparing Indeed with SimplyHired, an interesting question. How doesContinue reading “Vertical Search”