Agenda: Privacy legislation and career site data.- June 29, 2003 Participants: VP Staffing Counsel Privacy Officer CIO Marketing Communications Applicant Tracking System Vendor Summary: New laws, like California SB 1386 (in effect 1 July 2003), affect what data you collect, keep, how you use it, and who gets to to see it. We do all of that through our career site. Where do we stand What's our plan Topics: The rules: What laws and regulations apply to our pre-employment data now What are coming soon Which...http://dijest.com/emblog/2003/06/agenda-privacy-legislation-and-career.html Webinar today, a case of stage fright, anger, and hope.- June 27, 2003 I have butterflies. Giving my first webinar today. New subject for me. New medium. People can't see me and I can't see them, just the droning sound of my voice until Q&A. I'm an old hand at stand-up presentos. Been a professional IT trainer. Hundreds of sessions, thousands of attendees. No rational reason for performance anxiety. But still... My audience: hiring managers. My thesis: The way you hire today (advertise on job boards so active job seekers fill out your forms) is...http://dijest.com/emblog/2003/06/webinar-today-case-of-stage-fright.html A few employment brand life cycle metrics.- June 27, 2003 Today's Deploy webinar is over. People didn't throw tomatoes (that I could see), the questions were sharp, and I had fun. One caller asked what he should measure about his company's employment site. I said accessibility. But he clearly wanted operational measures. Here are a few. Conversion and Abandonment Rates. Is your abandonment rate 95-98% Nearly everyone landing on your career home page would rather be somewhere else Then your home page is the first thing to fix. The perfect search is...http://dijest.com/emblog/2003/06/few-employment-brand-life-cycle.html Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Faces Looming Labor Shortage- June 2, 2003 I saw George Will's commentary, Pittsburgh Seeks to Return to Its Immigrant Roots, on ABC This Week. Pittsburgh is no longer a "steel city." Its largest employer is the University of Pittsburgh and its medical center.But like the rest of America, it still needs a steady infusion of immigrants.However, immigrants go where other immigrants from their country have gone. And when European immigration stopped, Pittsburgh did not become a destination for immigrants from Latin America and Asia....http://dijest.com/emblog/2003/06/pittsburgh-pennsylvania-faces-looming.html U R FIRD- June 2, 2003 Technology is most liberating when you don't worry about the future. 2500 UK Workers Sacked by Text MessageAustralians like to believe we lead the world in all things related to technology, and at least in the bad business department, that seems to be the case.The most recent example is the cowardly use of SMS text messages to sack staff. I have to wonder if the decision by failed UK personal injury claims litigator, The Accident Group (TAG), to sack its 2500 staff by mobile phone text message..http://dijest.com/emblog/2003/06/u-r-fird.html |