A tip on Australian privacy laws
By Bernard on Feb 9, 2010 | In Tips | Send feedback »
Recently, I had the unwelcome task of writing to many unsuccessful applicants for the position that we advertised. We advertised one position and got more than 175 applicants.
Normally, on my letter to an unsuccessful applicant, I end with this.
We had many applications and unfortunately, you have not been successful on this occasion. We are filing your papers for future reference just in case……
This is not a lie as if the successful applicant does not work out sometimes we do go back over the list. Why go through the expense and work of readvertising when you have several very good candidates already?
Well today, I have been advised you cannot do that. What I was told was in relation to unsuccessful candidates.
Don’t make statements about keeping their applications on file (can be against privacy laws)
Therefore, the emails I am sending out ends with this.
We had many applications and unfortunately, you have not been successful on this occasion. We would encourage you to apply for any suitable roles we may advertise in the future.
A tip when buying a new computer
By Bernard on Feb 8, 2010 | In Tips, Hardware | Send feedback »
Many looking for a computer check the power of the computer (CPU) first, everything else is an afterthought. This is a mistake.

What happens is the slow hard drive, especially if the computer has not enough memory (RAM) works slow. This is because it is continuously reading and writing to this slow hard disk. As a result, many businesses brand new computers run slow.
For business applications, investing more of your budget on the hard disk gives you a better speed-per-dollar than investing in a faster CPU or RAM.
There are a few tips; you can do to speed up your computer hard disk one I discussed here.
ePay problems
By Bernard on Feb 4, 2010 | In News, Tips, Support | 1 feedback »
Over the last few days, there has been many clients reporting problems, which have something to do with ePay. There does not seem to be a pattern, it is just happening.
We have been doing the best we can, but if you do have problems, probably the best ones to call are ePay direct on 1300301408.



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