Today we are announcing an end to hosting of Hirewall online. The expensive and unrealistic pricing of Microsoft hosting especially with a large database is not feasible for continuing investment to provide Hirewall free of charge.
I do not know what will become of Hirewall, that has not been decided and we are looking to evolve the business model. It may be open sourced or the technology may be sold. For current users I suggest getting the information you need out of Hirewall, you can still login and the cut off date is January 20th.
We received a great write up at killer startups today here. Its been a few months between updates of the blog and I plan to keep it up to date more frequently. Things are well on progress for Hirewall in 2009 and we cannot wait to show you the new offerings we will be releasing in Q4..
Seth puts it right on. There is more noise out there than ever and you need a system to help you hire effectively.
With a system free-ing your inbox you can focus on results over admin.
Often we hear HR Professionals talk about the “future” of HR being social networking and twitter.
I think that the future of HR expands borders far beyond social media. Most of all, the future of HR will be defined by how long an HR professional has in terms of time to perform pro-active actions. If they are sifting through resumes manually and using a system that doesnt serve them, there will be no innovation. If HR is playing phone tag with external recruiters they will become ineffective.
HR professionals need to free themselves from time compression to:
- Pro-actively converse with employees
- Transform workplace environments
- Sculpt out career plan paths for employees
- Expand networks and interview/build a talent silo regardless of whether the company is hiring
- Help employees meet the companies strategic objectives
- Be a point of contact for help rather reaction
- Transcend the boundaries of marketing and HR
- Learn to sell their company to potential employees.
This could transform the often low image of HR into a supportive, pro-active machine that is an absolute necessary function for any company.
A recent startup worth checking out is TribeHQ. The site enables people to connect with others in their profession, perfect for these testing economic times. Your Tribe is your support network. There you can learn, network and interact with others of a similar mindset to you. TribeHQ brings like minded people together accross the globe. Sign-up now, its 100% free
March 6th, 2009 | Conspired by Tim
A recent startup worth checking out is TribeHQ. The site enables people to connect with others in their profession, perfect for these testing economic times. Your Tribe is your support network. There you can learn, network and interact with others of a similar mindset to you. TribeHQ brings like minded people together accross the globe. Sign-up now, its 100% free
February 23rd, 2009 | Conspired by Tim
Things will pick-up and the market will turn back to a Bull. Where will you be? How will you be driving your team to succeed? How will you be finding new clients and candidates. We have all heard of the story of the company that needs to hire yesterday and are still looking today. These types of companies ended up spending ridiculous amounts of money on 3rd party recruitment. The following is a good start in being pro-active in preparing for a bullish market:
- Who in your company knows great candidates?
- Do you have any friends/aquaintances that know of someone great?
- Who has applied in the past who was great and may be looking now?
- what is your presence on Twitter like?
- Do you have a facebook group?
- Are you on Linkedin?
- Have you checked out TribeHQ?
- What strategy will you use to attract candidates?
Start acting now to build up your candidate silo, tag skills against candidates so when the times comes, it is easy to build your great team
February 22nd, 2009 | Conspired by Tim
You’ve heard this story before: The one about a small-medium business that is trying to grow.
Its not that they are over arching, everyone knows that hiring is important. Heck, hiring will make or break their company. But like so many companies before them, hiring is left to the last minute in a rushed, hurried and dis-organised mess.
CV’s are passed around, people are reminded by phone to interview candidates. Employees become distracted with “real work”. Everyones plate if full. Hiring becomes a non-priority.
A few weeks, months pass. No hire.
This doesnt have to be the way. Our research when creating Hirewall after surveying dozens of small to medium enterprises concluded:
- Companies need a system to hire
- All employees need to be on the same page of thought when hiring
- The best candidates are lost because companies did not act quick enough
- Most hires are referral based, few come from job board adverts or 3rd party recruiters.
- Companies recognise the luck of the draw. Sometimes great candidates just turn up!
Hirewall helps SME’s to break down hiring tasks into managble chunks and distribute them through out your team. Stay on the same page when hiring and learn to ACT when that great candidate shows up.
February 17th, 2009 | Conspired by Tim
One of the most important parts of hiring new employees is getting your team involved. If a new employee starts on the first day and your team doesnt know them, you have problems. With Hirewall you allocate workflow to team members, getting each person involved in hiring. By breaking up hiring duties through-out your team, you will get the buy in your need to make your new hire a success.
February 17th, 2009 | Conspired by Tim
If you are using a mac, there is a very cool free tool called FluidApp that allows you to put web-apps as icons on your dock.
Perfect for quickly launching Hirewall. Below is an icon you can use for Hirewall on your dock:
February 13th, 2009 | Conspired by Tim
Hirewall has launched and we are now officially live. Thank you to all those for your valuable input over the past few months. The improvements to Hirewall are dramatic and we expect to make even more improvements as time goes by. Head on over to the site to take a look.
Hirewall is available at two pricing points. A free version which includes all functionality but limits the user to number of candidates and campaigns at any time and an unlimited version, which is priced at US$49.99 a month which has no limits.
