Blogs as recruiting tools

Posted over 2 years ago by Jon Mell
24/09/2007

At Trovus we are comfortable with, and talk to our clients about, blogs as recruiting tools.  The idea goes something like this - if a potential recruit can read the thoughts of staff and senior management before the recruiting process begins they feel like they belong and have already started to form a relationship with their future peers and managers.However, whilst talking to a potential Trovus recruit today another use occurred to me.  Whilst obviously directing him to this site and our Trovus corporate site, I also suggested he go to my personal blog - jonmell.co.uk.  This is because in the...

You can't stifle debate

Posted over 2 years ago by Jon Mell
24/09/2007

At the Labour party conference today many of the guests were asked whether or not they thought Labour was right to "stifle debate". Now, I do not and nor do I wish to understand fully the workings of the Labour party conference machine, and whether the changes proposed to or don't stifle debate, but there were some interesting responses to the question.The theme that kept coming back was that whatever the formal policy of the Labour conference as to what was and what was not officially debated, the conference has always been about discussions at fringe meetings and in the bars....

Whats new in web world?

Posted over 2 years ago by Caspar
21/09/2007

Its been a busy week for Trovus - Ed has been on holiday so for Jon and I at the shop, it's been all hands on deck (hence not much blogging). In wider web world the most interesting thing I have seen this week (aside from the lack of blogging at Northern Rock) is the changes being suggested at Wikipedia (reported in the Times Online today) which acknowledges that 7% of internet users every day visit Wikipedia). The changes (in German only) will restrict instant editing to a group of "trusted editors", who must first earn their status by proving...