My old Yum! colleague Douglas MacDonald has just set up a fantastic on line career management system called Dekasu

He says:

"Dekasu is a free-to-use career management toolkit designed to give you the advantage you need in today's competitive job market. We provide a secure record of your career history, tools to easily generate tailored CVs and other career development resources.

Part of Dekasu's appeal is our proprietary matching technology. It is a totally new way to find your next position. You specify the profile of your ideal next role (function, sector, location, package etc). We identify the employers who will contact you directly.

The name Dekasu is a Japanese word meaning 'to accomplish' or 'to achieve'. We feel it neatly captures what our members are all about — hard work, intelligence & focus on reaching their career goals."

Check it out

http://www.dekasu.com/

Final Preparations

Tomorrow we are hosting the third in our series of HR network breakfasts in partnership with Michelle Lawton of Consult HR. We have speakers from Visa Europe and T5 discussing how to drive organisational performance. We will post up the main points of the presentations tomorrow, so watch this space. For more details on Consult HR check out www.consult-hr.co.uk.

Email ruined my life

A nice little show from BBC Money programme on how email can impact on productivity and five golden rules to deal with it

http://bit.ly/O0QB9

Google Recruitment Video

A little video from Google used in Recruitment. A bit stilted, but some insights

http://bit.ly/ZiRFn

Zappos having fun at work

Everyone seems to be talking about Zappos and what a great company it is, what an amazing culture it has and tales of great customer service. We will be posting our thoughts on it in a few weeks, but in the meantime, here is an example of how they create a great place to work. It's just a few office colleagues having a joke but the fact they can do it, film it and post it on u-tube says a lot about the company culture.

Stay tuned for a more detailed piece of Zappos.com

http://bit.ly/1mCiu3

The Power of Time Off and Desgin Thinking at TED Talks

Stefan Sagmeister, a New York based designer, talks about taking a year off every seven years. From TED Global http://bit.ly/TKQ6J


And Tim Brown from IDEO talks about Design Thinking http://bit.ly/4t7xa

Innovation Beehive/Consult HR Event

Press Release

Consult-HR Executive and The Innovation Beehive are delighted to announce the third in our series of Breakfast Round Tables for Senior Human Resource professionals delivered this year. The event, on October 8^th, will be held at Visa Europe’s Offices in London will focus on how Human Resources can contribute to “Delivering Outstanding Organisational Performance”. Previous events have covered the role of Human Resources in an economic downturn. Events for 2010 will include Creating an Innovation Culture and Using Social Media in your Recruitment Strategy.

Speakers at the event include:

Derrick Ahlfeldt is the Senior VP of HR for Visa Europe. He will be speaking about Visa Europe’s “My Story” programme that has successfully aligned employees individual values and aspirations with Visa’s values and aspirations. This has driven employee engagement to over 90% and customer satisfaction to 8 on a 10-point scale.

Sharon Doherty, Group HR and Organisational Effectiveness Director at Laing O’Rourke. Sharon will discuss her time as Head of Organisational Effectiveness during the construction of Terminal 5, at that time the biggest construction project in Europe. The ground breaking Terminal 5 Agreement demanded ground breaking management thinking. She will share the lessons learnt from this mega project and how it was delivered on time, on budget and safely.