Over the last 20 years I’ve spent a considerable amount of time working with startups in our domain. It has been interesting to observe the development of the start up landscape across HR and recruitment technology and the increased focus and attention on this now very popular sector. Go back 7 or 8 years and…
This is how it should (Could) be: The curious active applicant finds their way to your career site. They ‘register’ with your organisation in one click by connecting their social profiles. Three things then happen instantaneously: Their values, motivations, behaviours and subsequent “culture fit” to the organisation are profiled ‘frictionlessly’ using their social “footprint”. They…
Drawing parallels between HR and Marketing is not new. David Fairhurst recognised this when he ran resourcing for GlaxoSmithKline back in the late 90’s and was one of the first people in the HR profession to acknowledge and put into practice the beneifts of learning from your marketing colleagues when developing the employer value proposition.…
Back in November I blogged about the biggest language and personality study ever undertaken and the fact that researchers confirmed they were able to assess your personality by scanning your Facebook likes and status updates. At the time, the research findings got very little coverage and those that did hear about it were very sceptical. I said I…
Man at back: “Yes, id like to take issue with what that guy sitting at the front said”. For reference purposes, I was the man at the front and this is the reaction I get more often than it should when you get me started on ‘Gamification’ in HR and Resourcing. Gamification, is fast becoming…
In the closing session of the HR Technology Conference and Expo in Vegas, Jason Averbook told a nice little story that illustrated the difference between perception and reality nicely. He was talking about his time at Peoplesoft, and how, at a certain point in time, Peoplesoft had made their way into the much-coveted top right…
Ok that’s a bit harsh. Of course you still matter – to your loved ones and anyone else that may be dependent on you. I’ve no wish to kick a big hole in your self esteem! No, what I’m referring to is your position as a professional in the workplace or as a consumer and…
In years to come, when we look back and reflect on the impact of the social era, there will be a number of things that we will strongly identify with this period that changed the way we looked at the world, forever. And for me, one of those things will be transparency. If you are…
Cast your eye over any article, blog or tweet regarding ‘social media’ platforms and pretty much every time you will hear LinkedIn included in the list, especially when talking about ‘social’ recruiting. I don’t know about you though, but I don’t see LinkedIn as social technology at all, certainly not in the same way as I would…
Community. It’s the word in everyones lips right now. Which is always a worry. We descend into ‘fads’ so easily these days it seems and it would be a shame for community to end up being tarnished with the fad brush. I have long been a big fan of community – I believe it has…
