Michael Specht

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

Entries from September 2006

Words to avoid on your resume

September 28th, 2006 · 6 Comments · Recruitment · 4,551 views

Many job seekers have “resume in mouth” disease, that is they kill any chance of getting a job BEFORE they even get to the interview.  Typos, poor formatting, not focusing on what the hiring manager is looking for, and using the wrong language.
TechRepublic wrote an article a couple of years ago, and created a PDF [...]

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This is big!

September 27th, 2006 · 8 Comments · Technology · 1,853 views

eBay has decided to pull out of China!  Not that it is eBay just that they have lost 60% market share to a local player and cannot compete within the new regulations of the Chinese financial services industry.
Maybe we will now all wake up and see what China really is.  A great big marketplace that [...]

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The history of podcasting

September 25th, 2006 · 2 Comments · New Media · 1,536 views

Richard Giles has released the first part of his unpublished book on podcasting, including a very interesting history! 
Careful online observers would note that the history of podcasting has been a battle fought over many times.  It is good to see a version that seems true at least from what I have read and heard.  [...]

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Participate in human testing!

September 22nd, 2006 · 1 Comment · General · 1,260 views

Just reading my Gmail today and noticed an interesting sponsored link above the message

So I clicked!
Tooheys has put together a really cool flash based advertising campaign to advertise their new Platinum beer.

Search internships at College Recruiter.com.
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South Park does G’Day World

September 21st, 2006 · 3 Comments · New Media · 2,012 views

I saw a Diggnation South Park spoof on Rasterbator using an online South Park creation tool, very cool. I thought I would have a play with it over lunch but needed a subject.
I decided to pick on Cameron Reilly and Richard Giles in the G’Day World persona’s. The result:-

Not the best but hey [...]

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The new recruiting.com

September 21st, 2006 · 11 Comments · Recruitment · 3,758 views

I have been debating in my head do or don’t I post about the new recruiting.com. If I post will I just add to the hype and if I don’t will I regret not getting my thoughts out. I also am a bit bitter about the whole thing as I had grand plans [...]

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The news still gets through

September 20th, 2006 · 1 Comment · New Media · 1,211 views

The Thai military have executed a very streamlined, and it seems peaceful coup, while the Thai PM is in the US speaking to the UN.
While the military have taken control of television and radio you can still get some news online from independent sources through blogs via Technorati searches, and photos from Flickr, but strangely no [...]

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2nd Podcast

September 19th, 2006 · No Comments · Personal · 1,380 views

The second BJs Show is up, this time I think the levels are a bit better. The show is a little longer as BJ starts to get into the swing of things. Some of the topics covered:-

What kids are doing in the playground - “off ground tiggy”
A few jokes
Another book review
Interesting news, of [...]

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Do you know where your candidates are?

September 18th, 2006 · 2 Comments · Recruitment, Technology · 1,767 views

Carve Consulting client Cerco had a problem, where are our available candidates? Cerco are a provider of IT consultants and needed to be able to fulfill client requests very quickly. So what did Carve Consulting do?
They created a mashup of their candidate database with Google Maps!
Registered clients can have CV’s delivered in one-click, [...]

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The long tail of job ads

September 15th, 2006 · 3 Comments · Recruitment · 2,715 views

Jorge posts a follow up on my post about online job ads continuing to rise.   I really like his summary:-
My takeaways from this limping rant:Large is not a problem per-seNiche is not a panacea per-seDatabase Quality drives a sustainable revenue/business modelSite functionality and Price are two tools to mould publisher behaviorSite Functionality and content - both contributing [...]

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