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Articles posted on June 2009Shut Up and Get Back to Work5:02pm Tuesday 30 June 2009
Tags: iphone game enabledgames.com.au enabled games iphone application When Frank the Foreman shouts, you must do exactly what he says within the set amount of time (in time with the music). Shut Up and Get Back to Work is an interactive application designed for the iphone. It has four commands - you must pinch, slide, press or swipe the appropriate controls in the correct order Frank tells you.
read more...Top Job Search Logos4:02pm Sunday 28 June 2009
Tags: hrdaily hrdaily.com.au gradconnection gradconnection.com.au tenth house tenthhouse.com.au graduate careers australia graduatecareers.com.au blue recruit bluerecruit.com.au logos design jobmob JobMob released a list of the Top 105 Beautiful Job Search Company Logos. On the list were a number of Australian HR/Recruiting logos that made the top 105. I am still waiting to hear how the list was chosen. Congratulations to the following Australian companies...
read more...Social Software in the Enterprise12:54am Friday 26 June 2009
Tags: enterprise social software slideshare.net web2.0 lidia vikulova A simple and well done presentation on Social Software in the Enterprise by Lidia Vikulova
read more...Sneak peek of CareerOne/Monster8:52pm Tuesday 23 June 2009
Tags: monster.com careerone.com.au careerone monster integration job ads nsw government job board test ads Everyone has been asking me the same questions recently: Thomas, what is happening with CareerOne & Monster? What’s the goss? blah blah blah.... Simple answer - I don't know.
read more...Creating a RSS Job Feed4:10pm Tuesday 23 June 2009
Tags: rss xml job feed recruitment website job board data structure aggregators job feed structure Creating a RSS job feed can be a complex process and is best left to a programmer. So...what data should you include in your RSS job feeds? There are standard RSS specifications available, but we want to include extra data fields specifically for job aggregators to correctly index our data.
read more...Using RSS feeds in your Job Search8:54pm Monday 22 June 2009
Tags: rss job search google reader job board xml feedburner A RSS feed can compliment your other job hunting methods by bringing you instant and targeted jobs directly to your computer screen or inbox. RSS is an acronym for Really Simple Syndication. RSS delivers information (in this case, jobs) in a simple web language called XML.
read more...Australian Job Outlook5:08pm Sunday 21 June 2009
Tags: job outlook job prospects australian employment deewr jobsearch.gov.au joboutlook.gov.au occupations employment levels employment growth occupation clusters employment industries career profiles australian bureau of statistics job turnover unemployment level The Australian Government's Job Outlook careers and labour market research information website has recently been upgraded and helps you decide on your future career. It now include a suite of charts that compare information for specific occupations within that occupational cluster.
read more...How secure is your Recruitment website? Part 3 - Hidden iframe injection6:06pm Thursday 18 June 2009
Tags: virus ahri hrcareers.com.au iframe injection malicious code recruitment websites job board security hacking insecure twitter malware A new malware attack has been making the rounds recently. It has infected a number of recruitment web sites, job boards and hosting servers. If you suddenly find that your website is triggering your anti-virus software and flagging it as a “dangerous site”, the culprit may be the hidden iframe injection hack.
read more...Find a Job on Twitter12:18am Wednesday 17 June 2009
Tags: jobsite twitter tweet job board integration job seekers process improvement Jobsite UK has launched the first personalised, targeted and integrated method for job seekers to receive automatic job alerts on Twitter. Job seekers will no longer have to sift through pages and pages of irrelevant tweets. Well done!
read more...Has your job expired?12:14pm Tuesday 16 June 2009
Tags: skype marketing campaign video seek curiosity You must be curious. What's with the dandruff-farm-turned-ski-resort in this video? At first I thought it was new marketing campaign for SEEK, but I was wrong. This recruitment marketing campaign is actually for international VoIP provider Skype.
read more...MyCareer OTP Advertising8:26pm Monday 15 June 2009
Tags: otp over the page advertising fairfax mycareer rate card over the page It looks like MyCareer has followed in the footsteps of sister sites including The Age and SMH in implementing OTP Advertising. Last month, Fairfax Digital Media slashed advertising rates across all publications in a recent stimulus offer.Over the Page (OTP) Advertising works by loading an overlay over the website when the website is fully loaded. Typically the over the page advertising usually plays for between 10-15 seconds, then disappears, reverting to the usual website.
read more...Dilbert - Job Interview7:36pm Monday 15 June 2009
Tags: funny dilbert job interview Dilbert 14th June 2009
read more...Social Recruiting 1012:03pm Thursday 11 June 2009
Tags: social recruiting thomas shaw webinar facebook linkedin twitter rss keith keller social recruiting 101 recruitment website social recruiting strategy recruitment 2.0 web 2.0 Below are the presentation slides and live recording of the latest webinar - Social Recruiting 101. There is a lot of buzz surrounding the use of Social Networking sites like Facebook, MySpace, Twitter and LinkedIn. But have you actually mastered the use of basic web 2.0 tools? Most recruiters are confused on how to integrate these tools into their recruiting strategy in a scalable fashion!
read more...Is SEO important for individual job adverts?6:33pm Wednesday 10 June 2009
Tags: seo job ads search engine closed adverts aggregators twitterjobsearch This blog post has evolved from a lengthy debate with an industry colleague today. While we agree that SEO is important for all recruitment sites - should we rank the individual job ads higher than the rest of the site?
read more...Using Facebook for Recruitment1:45pm Tuesday 09 June 2009
Tags: facebook recruitment facebook connect webinar using facebook for recruitment thomas shaw ppc facebook ads api oauth openid facebook profile job boards website online recruitment Below are the presentation slides and live recording of the latest webinar - Using Twitter for Recruitment. Have you tried recruiting on Facebook? Do you manually click through profiles and post messages on group profiles? Guess what, you have already created your first mistake! If you are like most online recruiters, then more than likely you are concerned about how to grow traffic to your website and increase sales and placements.
read more...Consultancy Agreement or Contractor Agreement?5:00pm Sunday 07 June 2009
Tags: lawlive consultant contractor consultancy agreement contractor agreement legal advice 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 more...MyCareer.com for sale3:43pm Saturday 06 June 2009
Tags: mycareer domain name sedo auction 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 more...How secure is your Recruitment website? Part 2 - URL Manipulation1:20pm Saturday 06 June 2009
Tags: insecure job board recruitment website hacking security url manipulation url hacking url rewriting 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 more...Ask who? Ask Hugo1:30am Friday 05 June 2009
Tags: ask hugo interview questions sms application process gen y hippo 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 more...Maximising the use of Social Networking sites for HR11:25pm Thursday 04 June 2009
Tags: social networking hr human resources facebook twitter youtube social networking social media recruitment employee engagement retention employee management monitoring 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 more...Grants for Young Entrepreneurs10:21pm Thursday 04 June 2009
Tags: mark tayar grants social cause hire marks consulting entrepreurship community service 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 more...Wotnews now monitoring Twitter1:15pm Tuesday 02 June 2009
Tags: wotnews brand management twitter monitoring news News aggregation service Wotnews, has updated the monitoring service to search conversations on Twitter. This is great news if you are trying to monitor your brand or keywords in the marketplace. The searched content can be grouped into topics, themes and trends for further analysis. Are you monitoring what people are saying about your brand in the marketplace?
read more...Ethical Considerations when Drug Testing in the Workplace7:05pm Monday 01 June 2009
Tags: drug testing workplace issues ethical considerations business ethics performance management privacy employees employer hr human resources hr policy health and safety Most people don't realise that I have a background in HR. While studying at university, I undertook a number of business ethics units, to focus on behaviour in the workplace. This is a snippet from a report I wrote titled "Ethical Considerations when Drug Testing in the Workplace" from 2002.
read more...Monster.com Test Ads1:11pm Monday 01 June 2009
Tags: monster.com monster fake ads testing report job job board careerone I have always thought Monster was a good job board platform. But while I was searching Monster today, I came across 123 test adverts (approx) listed in Australia. Not sure whose fault this was - CareerOne? Monster? Advertiser? But it dose intrigue me as why they do not have a "report job" function?
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