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My blog of HR, and technology stuff
http://www.specht.com.au/michael
A blog from Australia about Human Resources, technology and any other random stuff I type.
Recent Posts
HR 2020 a look into the future
With us rapidly coming to the end of the first decade of the 21st century I thought it might be fun to look forward another 10 years to see what a day in the life of an HR manager might be like. (First I am not a fiction writer so bear with me. Secon...
Your HRIS Selection Process
HR practitioners know that business strategy should drive HR strategy, and the same is true for the organisation’s Human Resource Information System strategy – it should be driven by the HR strategy and aligned with the business strategy. Th...
Movement at Stepstone?
After performing well in the latest Gartner Magic Quadrant report it seems things are changing for Stepstone. Earlier this week they held an Extraordinary General Meeting to vote on de-listing the company from both the Norwegian and UK exchanges....
Best places to work as voted by you the employees
For the second year in a row Glassdoor has published their Best Places to Work listing based on votes by the employees of these organisations. Basically wisdom of crowds to determine the 50 best employers in the US. The terms of reference were: The T...
Magicality of a Gartner Magic Quadrant
Ok magicality may not be a real word but who cares. Being in the magic quadrant for a vendor can make or break them in the sales process as so many people place so much emphasis on these results. As such Gartner released the 2009 eRecruitment Magic Q...
Do brands have a Dunbar’s number?
Well do they? (You do know what Dunbar’s number is right?) This question was posed by Manu Prasad over in India, thanks to Gautam Gosh for pointing it out. Manu ponders that: if there was a Dunbar number for brands, dictated by the number of pe...
