Goldfish from MIIAtech

On February 3, 2012, in HRExaminer, Reviews, by John Sumser

Goldfish software turbo charges the way that resumes get processed in large databases. Goldfish is an attempt to bring next generation semantic processing to the resume search universe.

 

Glassdoor Inside Connections

On February 2, 2012, in HRExaminer, Job Hunting, Reviews, by John Sumser

Glassdoor is the on-line Yelp for companies. Now they’re introducing a Facebook integration called Inside Connections. Glassdoor is the first to provide a comprehensive research environment where results are driven by the users’ social network.

 

Helping Veterans Make The Transition to Civilian Jobs

On January 24, 2012, in HR Scoop, HR Technology, HRExaminer, Reviews, by John Sumser

The unemployment rate for vets is bad and getting worse. “Fair or not, eight years in the Army is viewed by some employers as eight years without private-sector skills and experience,” says Business Week.

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Microsoft Talent Network

On November 18, 2011, in HR Technology, HRExaminer, Reviews, by John Sumser

It’s not a network at all. There is nothing about it that is a network. The fix is easy. Call it Job Alerts. Stop pretending that it’s something that it’s not.

 

Kenexa

On November 10, 2011, in HRExaminer, Reviews, by John Sumser

When I headed to Dallas for the Kenexa Analysts’ Summit, my expectations were pretty low. Imagine my surprise when I walked away from last week’s analyst summit with a powerfully positive view of the firm. Here’s why.

 

Big Data vs Key Selection

On October 25, 2011, in HR Influencers, HR Technology, HR Trends, HRExaminer, Reviews, by John Sumser

George Anders: The Rare Find You can see this one coming from a mile away. This weekend, I read George Anders new book, The Rare Find: Spotting Exceptional Talent Before Everyone Else. The book is a tour of exceptional hiring practice by Anders, a Pulitzer Prize winning author. He chronicles the stories, successes and failures [...]

 

What Happens in Vegas

On October 17, 2011, in HRExaminer, Reviews, by John Sumser

If Bill Kutik were Neil Young, HRTech would be his Bridge School Benefit. The annual conversation marathon, now headed for its fifteenth year, is ground zero for the universe of people who think that technology ought to be at the heart of HR.

 

Moneyball

On September 26, 2011, in HR Technology, HR Trends, HRExaminer, Reviews, by John Sumser

Seven years ago, this review appeared in the pages of the Electronic Recruiting News. It’s reprinted in honor of the final arrival of the movie. In the intervening years, some elements of the HR and Recruiting world have paid attention and begun to use metrics to figure out hiring problems. It’s not another exercise in [...]

 

MyPhilter for LinkedIn

On August 23, 2011, in HR Technology, HRExaminer, Reviews, by John Sumser

MyPhilter delivers an obvious (and missing) chunk of simple LinkedIn functionality. A user can organize LinkedIn contacts into categories for further consideration. A simple process loads the data. MyPhilter tracks the categories. (You can have up to five custom categories.) MyPhilter makes LinkedIn a lot more useful if you’re actually using LinkedIn to recruit or find a job.

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Thinking About Influence (or Why isn’t Laurie Ruettimann on the top of every influencer list?)

On June 29, 2011, in HRExaminer, Reviews, by John Sumser

mBlast is showing something really important about the HR idea marketplace. It extends way beyond the confines of our little echo chamber. HR issues are critical in all businesses and the general trade press cover unemployment, recruiting, talent management, training, succession planning, compensation, performance management, labor markets, skills deficits, talent wars and a host of HR issues.

 
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