Michael Specht

An imperfect blog from Australia looking at technology, enterprise 2.0, management, Human Resources (HR) and other random thoughts.

Entries from June 2006

Tips for virtual conference attendance

June 30th, 2006 · 3 Comments · Future, Social Networks · 2,966 views

SHRM’s premiere event has just finished and we right in the middle of conference season for North America.  All of these conferences now generate lots of discussions online.  For example was a great conversation that has been going on spearheaded by Your HR Guy, then Amitai Givertz then Your HR Guy and finally by Amitai [...]

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Careers & Job Channel at Netscape.com

June 30th, 2006 · 1 Comment · Blogging · 1,635 views

I have just unsubscribed from the Netscape Careers & Jobs Channel RSS feed after a couple of weeks.
Why?
The content is terrible!  When I say terrible I mean really terrible.  Over the last week the feed seems to now include many of the top stories from the whole Netscape site.  Today the feed included such wonderful [...]

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links for 2006-06-29

June 29th, 2006 · 6 Comments · del.icio.us · 1,730 views

Resume Design | Resume Management | Resume Improvements | emurse.com
An online resume tool that claims to create the perfect resume! Anyone have experience with the system want to comment on the quality of the resume?
(tags: resume jobs)

e-Literate: Why We Need More Standards
A quick look at why standards are needed within the LMS space.
(tags: learning [...]

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Update to last post

June 29th, 2006 · No Comments · General · 1,516 views

If you are reading via an RSS feed make sure you get the new average Technorati ranks.  I got the numbers wrong in the original post due to the way I was storing the data.
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Over 400 blogs and 500 posts in 24 hours!

June 29th, 2006 · No Comments · Blogging · 1,223 views

We have now broken the 400 blog mark over at community.hrblogs.org, with well over 500 posts in a 24 hour period. Being one who subscribes to the overall RSS feed from the site it is no wonder it is taking me so long to get through my RSS reader!
A quick review on the sites [...]

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Why we hate HR 2.0 (Will this hurt)?

June 29th, 2006 · 4 Comments · HR Management · 1,777 views

Fast Company has just posted a counter point to the one and only “Why we hate HR” story from last year.  They list some findings from a survey conducted by  Jacquelyn Thorp Kinworthy, a professor at Cal State-Fullerton and CEO/founder of HR-Coach Products and Services.  In summary:-
1) Companies hire inexperienced and unqualified people [...]

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New sites in the HR blogging community

June 27th, 2006 · 5 Comments · Blogging, HR Management · 1,740 views

I have just been added a few new sites over at community.hrblogs.org, a few I found, and a few who submitted themselves.  The newest sites in the community are:-
Get Career
Confessions of an HR Director
Focus on Talent and Workforce Performance
Australian HR Technology Thoughts
MAPping Company Success
Charles A. Krugel, Labor & Employment Law, HR Law
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Tools for bloggers

June 27th, 2006 · No Comments · Blogging · 2,901 views

Darren Rowse has released is list of A - Z of Professional Blogging a fantastic list of 124 different tools and services for the professional and not so professional blogger. Some of the ones that jumped out at me were (they are not necessarily new or the only ones in their market segment they [...]

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How to manage gaming geeks, or any geek for that matter

June 27th, 2006 · No Comments · Learning, Personal · 1,355 views

Just finished listening to show number 51 from The Cranky Middle Manager Show where Wayne spends time chatting with Matt Manuel from EA who looks after the development of FIFA 2006.
A great show with some really interesting ideas covering on-boarding, peer mentoring, and team management. It seems that a number of the manager’s at [...]

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Confessions of an HR Director

June 27th, 2006 · 1 Comment · HR Management · 1,333 views

Have you even wondered what about the inner workings of an HR Director’s mind?
What they thought about their job, their boss, those resumes that get submitted from email addresses like sexylegs@hotmail.com?
If the answer is yes head on over to hr-director.hrblogs.org for an insight into the world of being an HR Director!

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