I love this, interviews might be a fundamental part of the hiring process but you can’t really gauge if the applicant could do the job once they’re on the payroll from a polite conversation over coffee and a Krispy Kreme. You’re also never quite sure how much of the resume has been dressed up. I once worked for a business where a guy applied for the position of Head of Operations. His resume stated quite clearly that he spoke fluent Dutch which might have been why our Dutch boss was keen to interview him. One simple question in the language soon ... Read more
Small to medium sized business tend to fudge their way through things on a lot of the organizational side of the business. Sometimes it seems easier to design and draw a chart on paper than to go through the whole rigmarole of spreadsheets fir your scheduling. Smart Employee Scheduling takes all of the hard work out of online employee scheduling, rosters and timekeeping. The array of tools featured give you all the armory you need to tackle payroll and invoicing issues in a simple and clear way saving you time and money. Smart Employment Scheduling is the quick and ... Read more
The thought of sheet music immediately makes me think about very serious musicians in an orchestra or a piano musician in a bar playing Frank Sinatra classics. I'm totally wrong, of course, but that's the image that comes into my head. In reality more and more sheet music is being accessed by musicians over the Internet. Tonara is a sheet music app for your iPad that takes sheet music well and truly into the 21st Century by turning it into a fun and very cool interactive experience. Read more
The job market is so tight at the moment that every little bit helps if it lifts you above the other candidates when it comes to employment opportunities. While you may have supplied your detailed resume and brilliantly worded cover letter that may not be enough to get you over the line. Truyuu is a job and employment tool that deals with people rather than a mere resume. Their brief is that they would like everybody to be energized and engaged in their place of employment and will go out of their way to match the right person with the ... Read more
PulseRadio is an immense online electronic music portal and radio channel tool that connects the artist to his audience as well as managers, labels, clubs, festivals and promoters. It can also have the ability to turn you into a megalomaniac DJ programmer overnight. Electro music people can be a weird bunch. You can often pick them by their twitchy faces and the constant tapping of their foot whenever they hear that strangely uplifting music that electronic can be. PulseRadio gives you the ability to unleash and advertise your own music out into the stratosphere by creating your own personal channel. Read more
Are you hankering for a change of employment? Do you have an idea of the business you want to work for? Maybe you've got this idea in your head of working for a specific company but dont really know much about them. Well CareerBliss is an employment app that can help you out there by providing company reviews by real employees, detailed salary information, local job opportunities and goes out of its way to help you find a job that makes you happy! Read more
Well here's a new one. There have been social networking sites for everything from business to craftspeople so why not a social network for musicians (Ed, nod to MySpace). BandLink is a networking app specifically geared towards bands and musicians and it's aim is to connect the humble muso with other similar types worldwide. Read more
Of the many weekly shift scheduling apps out there this one certainly looks to be up there with them as far as functionality goes with drag and drop features making the operation stress free and fast. If you’re still plotting your staff’s workload on a spreadsheet and then pinning it to the noticeboard you really should take a look at rotaville. You can still print out a copy of the weekly schedule if you like but with a good level of collaboration available on this system there are better ways to notify staff. Read more
Having access to the question paper before sitting an exam would obviously give you a considerable advantage but few of us have ever had that luxury. It strikes me as slightly comical therefore that a group of business school students have got together to develop a site that aims to give you the answers to questions that might arise when you’re being interviewed for a management consultant post. Read more
I love meeting up with old friends and talking about the stuff they are listening to on the radio. Its always funny when i ask which station and they tell me about some obscure radio station I've never heard of. The tell me it just plays stuff they want to hear with little or no intervention from mouthy DJ's. Bliss. Myxer Social Radio is a bit like that. Myxer is a free social networking and chat tool for your desktop and mobile that provides a music service that changes the way you interact musically with your friends. Read more