Tag: HR
The Noogler
It’s been weeks since I officially joined Google, and the fact that it’s taken me this long to write this is testament to how busy things have been. What’s my job? I’m covering the Regional Marketing for Google Enterprise in the UK, Ireland and Benelux (Google Enterprise = Google Apps, Google Search Appliance, Google Earth [...]
Posted: April 23rd, 2010 under Google, HR.
Tags: culture, google, HR
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How to get people to work for free…
Yesterday I went to visit some of my ex colleagues at Microsoft, and I found out that one of my employment practices had been replicated: recruiting internal people to work for free. I had forgotten about this, but thought I’d write a quick post in case you want to try it out…
My problem when working [...]
Posted: November 20th, 2008 under HR, innovation.
Tags: HR, recognition, recruitment
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Building more effective teams could save you £15K per new hire?
Something that organisations often overlook is the by-product of people’s interactions with each other. As people interact in a transparent way, this naturally leaves a wealth of knowledge that is reusable by the organisation. They key is being able to access this knowledge. This is my number 1 argument against using consumer tools such as [...]
Posted: October 13th, 2008 under Enterprise 2.0, ROI.
Tags: hiring, HR, ramp up time, ROI, team building
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