Archives for October, 2008
by Thomas Otter | October 30, 2008 | 6 Comments
Photo from the excellent cc stream of pupski.thanks. I’ve not posted much recently, I’d been meaning to post on HR tech, but several other blogs have done an excellent job of summarising the event(See Brian, Larry,Jim, Bill, Jason, HRmarketer and Zach for starters). I have been thinking a lot about integration recently. I’m back from [...]
Category: Events HCM HR software industry Tags: HRTech, integration, talent
by Thomas Otter | October 22, 2008 | 2 Comments
This autumn in Germany has been rather spectacular. (photos thanks to a friend’s visit) The ruins of the Heidelberg castle are a highlight. In about 1880 Mark Twain described it beautifully. A ruin must be rightly situated, to be effective. This one could not have been better placed. It stands upon a commanding elevation, it [...]
Category: software industry Tags: history software heidelberg
by Thomas Otter | October 9, 2008 | 1 Comment
I probably spend more time than is good for me fiddling with the latest 2.0 thingy. . One service that I use a lot is Last.fm. It encapsulates so much of that 2.0 goodness, Tagging, suggestions, the joy of discovering obscure bands you hadn’t heard of before, or finding bands you’d forgotten about. You can [...]
Category: Social Software Tags: ERP Punk
by Thomas Otter | October 1, 2008 | 1 Comment
Readers of my blog and research will know that I’m largely in favour of HR exploiting the “rich tapestry” of the Internet, and especially web 2.0 solutions such as YouTube, Facebook, Ning and LinkedIn. Candidates are using these tools, so HR is missing something if they aren’t aware of what’s out there. I do wish [...]
Category: HCM HR Social Software Tags: 2.0, HCM, recruiting, YouTube