Latest Articles
| Previous 1 .... 95 96 [97] 98 99 ... 144 Next |  |
 |
Google Wave and the Enterprise 7:58am Tuesday 09 June 2009 - Michael Specht With a fair bit of fanfare on May 28th Google pre-released a brand new tool/suite/ concept/framework for collaboration called Google Wave. I am not going to cover all the technical details, you can see them over at http://wave.google.com. But you do need to understand that Google Wave is actually three things all in one package. The [...]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Google Wave and the Enterprise", url: "http://specht.com.au/michael/2009/06/09/google-wave-and-the-enterprise/" }); |
Read Full Article  |
|
Are companies (HR departments) overreacting to the downturn? 5:05am Tuesday 09 June 2009 - Destination Talent It’s true that the employment sector is not doing too well. All major indices are down, hiring have slowed, vacancies have significantly dried up and companies are pessimistic. Very pessimistic indeed. A recent survey (HR Directors of Australian subsidiaries of multi-national companies) by CEO Forum highlighted the following: 74% of companies are reducing their use [...] Related posts:Economic downturn, the need for perspective and quality recruitersDownturn opportunity for talent solution providersEmployment branding and the economic downturnDownturn and the folly of generalisationCompanies and personalities at the forefront of talent acqusition in Australia |
Read Full Article |
 |
Use of Twitter and Facebook in recruitment up for debate at RecruitTECH 1:01am Tuesday 09 June 2009 - Capital Jobs The future of recruitment and the impact of technology on talent acquisition will be debated when Canberra hosts the inaugural Australian recruitment and technology conference on 18 September 2009. An initiative of local jobs website CapitalJobs.com.au, the conference – known as RecruitTECH 2009 – will feature some of Australia’s foremost thinkers and speakers in the recruitment [...] |
Read Full Article |
|
Media Release: Use of Twitter and Facebook in recruitment up for debate at RecruitTECH 11:08pm Monday 08 June 2009 - RecruitTECH Here’s a quick media release that I have knocked up for circulation - I’m no media guru, so hopefully the content is OK… MEDIA RELEASE – 8 June 2009 Use of Twitter and Facebook in recruitment up for debate at RecruitTECH The future of recruitment and the impact of technology on talent acquisition will be debated when [...] |
Read Full Article |
|
HR Technology Trends 7:06pm Sunday 07 June 2009 - Michael Specht Credit: Flickr dbilly Last month Watson Wyatt released their 2009 HR Technology Trends Report. So I grabbed my credit card and laid down US$45 to get a copy so I could see what they had to say. Some thoughts: The report is very hard to compare with their 2007 HR Technology Trends Report as the format has [...]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "HR Technology Trends", url: "http://specht.com.au/michael/2009/06/07/hr-technology-trends/" }); |
Read Full Article |
|
Build Effective Systems for Effective Agencies 9:15am Sunday 07 June 2009 - Recruitment Systems Effective business systems lead more sustainable enterprises |
Read Full Article |
 |
Consultancy Agreement or Contractor Agreement? 9:42pm Saturday 06 June 2009 - Recruitment Directory Are you unsure whether you need a Consultancy Agreement or Contractor Agreement? This depends on whether you are engaging the services of a consultant or a contractor. Sometimes the difference between a consultant and a contractor is not always clear. The following blog post has been provided by LawLive |
Read Full Article |
|
MyCareer.com for sale 4:48pm Saturday 06 June 2009 - Recruitment Directory Domain name mycareer.com is currently listed for sale at the Sedo Careers Auction. The auction finishes 12pm, 10th June 2009 (EST) and the reserve price range is between USD $100,000 - $249,999. This may be one of the last opportunities MyCareer has to purchase this top level domain name. |
Read Full Article |
 |
Have you heard of crowdsourcing? 3:58pm Saturday 06 June 2009 - CareerMums If you are starting your own business, tender your work to an online community. If you need to design a logo, website, source images, or have other graphic design needs, you can now send a brief and budget to the worldwide web. These services are great if you have minimal funds to spend. Some of the [...] |
Read Full Article |
|
Tech trends for 2009 3:51pm Saturday 06 June 2009 - CareerMums Keep up to date with the latest in technology trends - impress your friends, your work colleagues, and your kids. Learn about twitter, iPhones, crowdsourcing and the top 10 must-have gadgets for 2009.http://www.careermums.com.au/resource/12/TechTrends2009.pdf [...] |
Read Full Article |
|
How secure is your Recruitment website? Part 2 - URL Manipulation 2:47pm Saturday 06 June 2009 - Recruitment Directory URL manipulation is a common issue faced in all database driven sites such as job boards, resume databases, blogs or any other site where parameters are passed via the URL. By manipulating certain parts of a URL, users may be able to access files they are not supposed to have access to. |
Read Full Article |
 |
The Everlasting Jobstopper 10:54pm Friday 05 June 2009 - Geoff Jennings Here’s a job ad. from CareerOne from 2006 - and still running. Click here. I hope they’re no applicants out there, on tenterhooks, waiting for news. |
Read Full Article |
 |
Graduates – not like fishing for crabs 6:07pm Friday 05 June 2009 - GradConnection Maybe I’ve been watching too many episodes of the ‘Deadliest Catch’ lately but, with careers fairs finishing up two months back and many of the larger graduate programs currently completing assessment and making offers, it made us think about how seasonal the graduate recruitment process is in Australia and it has some good parallels with [...] |
Read Full Article |
 |
The end of the 457 visa recruitment consultant  5:11pm Friday 05 June 2009 - Shortlist News Since the recruitment downturn began last year hundreds of recruitment consultants on 457 visas have been forced to return home after being retrenched and failing to find new sponsorships in the required timeframe. |
Read Full Article |
|
Recruiters, don’t despair, recessions end! 4:35pm Friday 05 June 2009 - Greg Savage Until about 6 months ago, I had the best recruitment job in the world ! Seriously. CEO of a global, yet niche recruiter, with 450 staff spread across 30 offices in 15 countries. We dominate our space in most markets, we are highly profitable, and we do cool things all the time (see Aquent.com) But that was [...] |
Read Full Article |
|
Recruitment markets starting to bottom; Payroll tax cuts affirmed 1:45pm Friday 05 June 2009 - Shortlist News Accounting recruitment market nears bottom: Ambition report.... SEEK Index shows hiring demand stabilising.... SA affirms payroll tax cuts. |
Read Full Article |
|
Recruitment markets starting to bottom; payroll tax cuts affirmed; plus more 1:45pm Friday 05 June 2009 - Shortlist News Accounting recruitment market nears bottom: Ambition report.... SEEK Index shows hiring demand stabilising.... SA affirms payroll tax cuts. |
Read Full Article |
 |
How to investigate a workplace incident 1:05pm Friday 05 June 2009 - HR Daily Proper investigation of workplace incidents and complaints can help protect employers against legal claims by employees, but many HR managers lack the skills to conduct them. Here, an employment lawyer and former police investigator explains how they're done. |
Read Full Article |
 |
Find the time management tips that work for you 11:05am Friday 05 June 2009 - Recruiter Daily The ability to manage time and energy effectively is necessary for a successful life and career, says sales coach Kirsty Spraggon, but it's vital to find practices that suit your individual needs. |
Read Full Article |
|
Former Accel recruiters turn to candidate services 11:05am Friday 05 June 2009 - Recruiter Daily Two former Accel recruiters - Craig Watson and Aradhna Sharma - have started a new company that will focus on candidate services and HR as well as traditional recruitment. |
Read Full Article |
|
Is social media a SCAM for recruiting 9:17am Friday 05 June 2009 - Michael Specht Credit:Flickr cambodia4kidsorg Last week a US recruitment expert Peter Weddle called social media a SCAM for recruiting. He stated that it was a waste of time with no ROI, although he did not use the term ROI. Finally his prediction was that social media will not be the future of recruiting until 2014 while job boards will [...]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Is social media a SCAM for recruiting", url: "http://specht.com.au/michael/2009/06/05/is-social-media-a-scam-for-recruiting/" }); |
Read Full Article |
|
Talent Tidbits – Sixfigures, Taleo, Career & Employment Expo, Google Wave & Twitter 4:17am Friday 05 June 2009 - Destination Talent Earning trust: Besides maintaining a lively blog, every week the team at Sixfigures quietly produce two newsletters for employers and executives. They are one of the few players taking a long term view of the market; building relationship and earning ‘trust’ one audience at a time. Whitepaper: Regularly producing useful content, Taleo continues to be a [...] Related posts:Talent TidbitsThe potential of Twitter for recruiting talentGoogle your company before you google job seekersTalent TidbitsTalent Tidbits |
Read Full Article |
|
Ask who? Ask Hugo 2:39am Friday 05 June 2009 - Recruitment Directory A new premium SMS information line is currently seeking casual textoligists to answer customer questions. Candidates have been asked to complete an online knowledge test, and successful smarty-pants will be sent further application information. We have managed to obtain a list of pre-application questions. |
Read Full Article |
|
Maximising the use of Social Networking sites for HR 12:26am Friday 05 June 2009 - Recruitment Directory Because of the effectiveness of online communities in disseminating information, social media/networking websites have become indispensable tools for HR professionals. HR can use these sites for recruitment, employee engagement, increasing retention, management, monitoring and more. |
Read Full Article |
|
Grants for Young Entrepreneurs 11:36pm Thursday 04 June 2009 - Recruitment Directory Well done to Mark Tayar from Recruitment Systems, who has set up a social enterprise called Hire Marks Consulting. They are currently offering financial grants to teach young people about entrepreurship in the community. |
Read Full Article |
|
RecruitTECH: Recruitment and Technology Conference 8:21pm Thursday 04 June 2009 - CareerMums I will speaking at RecruitTECH on September 18 in Canberra. The RecruitTECH conference will provide delegates with an insight into the future of recruitment and how technology will increasingly impact upon the sourcing of employees in coming years.Themes to be covered during the conference include: [...] |
Read Full Article |
|
Adecco chairman confident on profit; Victorian government opens recruitment systems tender; plus more 5:01pm Thursday 04 June 2009 - Shortlist News Adecco chairman confident on profit despite tough market.... Victorian government opens recruitment systems tender.... Conflicts of interest for executive pay consultants a common theme: PC chairman... New CEO for SHL.... Recruiter hiring demand slowly returning: RecruitMeNow.... Lack of health program increases attrition: Right Management. |
Read Full Article |
 |
Interviewing Virtually – the Pros and Cons 3:50pm Thursday 04 June 2009 - Six Figures As Recruiters, Hiring Managers and HR professionals, we now have a plethora of technology available to us to enhance the recruitment process. One of these great new technologies is Skype, enabling us to interview candidates locally, nationally and internationally via our computers, with audio and image if we so choose. Candidates love the convenience of it [...] |
Read Full Article |
|
Voluntary redundancies dangerous, outplacement key 3:05pm Thursday 04 June 2009 - HR Daily Employers that offer voluntary redundancies when forced to downsize are at risk of losing invaluable knowledge and experience and having their best talent turn into competition. |
Read Full Article |
|
Recruitment – Are Your A Players Driving It? 1:52pm Thursday 04 June 2009 - Six Figures As Steve Jobs once said, “A” people hire “A” people. “B” people hire “C” people. Alas, as evidenced in organizations everywhere, there are very few “A” people to begin with, hence the profligate and entrenched hiring of “C” people. This was a concise and apt comment posted on a recent Six Figures Blog post “When hiring, [...] |
Read Full Article |
|
Bonus structure change breached recruiter's contract: Court 11:05am Thursday 04 June 2009 - Recruiter Daily An IT recruitment company breached the Trade Practices Act and an employee's contract when it changed the structure of a bonus he was promised at the time of accepting the role, the Federal Magistrates Court has found. |
Read Full Article |
|
Calibrate Recruitment adds three senior recruiters 11:05am Thursday 04 June 2009 - Recruiter Daily Calibrate Recruitment has appointed three experienced consultants to its team - Jocelyn Eng, Andrea Nolan and Matt Gorrie. |
Read Full Article |
|
Executive pay reforms slug ordinary managers 11:00am Thursday 04 June 2009 - Human Capital Magazine The peak professional body for governance professionals has warned that the legitimate termination payouts of middle managers risk being significantly delayed and possibly even voted down by shareholders if the Federal Government pushes ahead with proposed legislation to cap executive termination payments in its current form. |
Read Full Article |
|
Survey : Sources of talent in Australia 3:32am Thursday 04 June 2009 - Destination Talent What are the most effective sources of talent in Australia? As important as this question is, there is a real paucity of data in Australia. Michael Specht from Inspecht and I are conducting a national survey to investigate and study the tools and channels used for hiring talent. Our aim is to understand how [...] Related posts:CEO Survey : Talent still importantThanks, but I need your help |
Read Full Article |
|
ACTU congress repeats calls to reduce labour hire; hiring freezes widespread: Hudson 5:50pm Wednesday 03 June 2009 - Shortlist News ACTU congress repeats calls to reduce labour hire.... Hiring freezes widespread: Hudson. |
Read Full Article |
|
Concerns raised with RCSA over C100; external pay advice should be checked by HR: AHRI; plus more 5:13pm Wednesday 03 June 2009 - Shortlist News Concerns raised with RCSA over C100 transitioning.... External pay advice should be checked by HR: AHRI.... SEEK appoints product director.... Only 30% of HMA Blaze Canberra staff to move to Adcorp.... NSW police aiming to increase indigenous recruitment. |
Read Full Article |
|
Can Social Media increase Graduate productivity? 3:19pm Wednesday 03 June 2009 - GradConnection Well last week we ended up catching up with Richard McGowan who has had a diverse career starting out as a journalist with a small paper in rural Australia. We got to talking about work experience and he brought up an interesting point between his days as an entry level journalist and today’s work environment. Richard [...] |
Read Full Article |
|
Career Coaching Services for Executives and Professionals 3:06pm Wednesday 03 June 2009 - Six Figures Six Figures offers a comprehensive range of career coaching services, coaches and free resources to assist professionals and executives. Our services include everything from outplacement, to career transition support, resume writing, personal branding, interview coaching and more. All our Career Coaches are professional members of the Career Development Association of Australia and work with professional and [...] |
Read Full Article |
|
Ambition goes to market to raise $2 million in working capital 3:04pm Wednesday 03 June 2009 - Shortlist News Ambition plans to raise $2 million in working capital through a convertible notes issue to existing shareholders. |
Read Full Article |
 |
2 new job board partners in Asia. Classified Post and Jobstreet. 2:48pm Wednesday 03 June 2009 - Jobadder We are pleased to announce 2 new job board partners in Asia. Classifiedpost.com is the most visited online employment site in Hong Kong. It has the biggest and best source of premier jobs on offer, catering to a valuable range of qualified candidates. It utili [...] |
Read Full Article |
| Previous 1 .... 95 96 [97] 98 99 ... 144 Next | |
