To summarize – GeekRetreat Stanford completely exceeded my expectations and the organizers ( Heather Ford, Justin Spratt and Eve Dmochowska) deserve special recognition for their vision and approach which achieved such a superb result from such a motley crew of delegates. To expand, read the the rest of this post…

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We have really been looking forward to announcing the launch of our new online résumé/CV product called Twitsumé and it has been tough to not say too much. But at last the launch date has arrived and we can tell you all about it. First things first – it’s found at twitsume.com In a nutshell, [...]

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A study conducted by the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development indicates that 77% of international organisations implement human resource information systems in order to improve quality, speed and flexibility of information. Technology has considerably changed the face of recruitment internationally and we are starting to see similar shifts, but current mind-sets need to change [...]

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PersonL is now ready for use for paying clients and we have already secured three paying clients (details to follow as clients go live). This week we released the last of the vital/core features and the team is now focussing on the “wishlist/enhancement” items (some of which can be seen here). Immediately we will be [...]

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Yesterday, I (proudly) sent the following mail to the office: “We have just officially entered PersonL (last minute) into this years TechCrunch50 Contest We had half applied, decided it was too late, and then they mailed me yesterday and asked me to complete the entry by tomorrow… So we got cracking and churned out a [...]

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CareerPlanet is an initiative designed to contribute, meaningfully, towards the development of a skills pipeline for South Africa. In practical terms, CareerPlanet has a mobile network of computers and trainers who setup in shopping malls for a week at a time and assist kids to understand the “world of work,” profile themselves and have their [...]

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An improved personL promotions site is up along with a better opt-in email solution for interested parties. see http://www.personlplace.com

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PersonL is a full web based recruiter talent manager software suite. It incorporates the entire recruitment process from the creation of job specifications, advert management, registering of applicants (CV’s and personal profiles), intelligent matching algorithms, interview stages with automated regret and approval correspondence. “This has been over a year in the making with the dedicated [...]

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