Comments on: What Makes a Talent Blog Good

By: Stephen Racano

Stephen Racano — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 19:43:53 +0000

One thing I like about talent blogs is when they give advice or show real experiences. I love the site http://www.TalentTrove.com for this reason; it allows for users to create their own segmented blogs about their personal talents.

By: Recruiting Animal

Recruiting Animal — Sat, 24 Feb 2007 04:03:00 +0000

300 blogs? Come on, St Jimmy, fess up. You write 260 of them.

By: Simon Meth

Simon Meth — Thu, 22 Feb 2007 05:05:00 +0000

Here’s a blog of mine from way back in April ‘06. It’s my take on blogs: http://www.ere.net/blogs/SittingXlegged/215AA400E95049AAA64D523405AE6836.asp

By: James Durbin

James Durbin — Fri, 16 Feb 2007 02:15:00 +0000

Kevin,

I think you’re casting your net in the shallow waters. In early 2006, I had over 300 recruiting blogs I read – and the number has been exploding since then.

There are hundreds of corporate blogs that have been started for employment purposes.

There are 60 million blogs worldwide, 12 million in the US, all updated at least once a week – and this doesn’t include MySpace.

There are software blogs, HR blogs, recruiting blogs, employment blogs, local recruiting blogs, blog portals, and, recruitment marketing blogs, staffing sales blogs, ATS blogs, and those are just the ones in my RSS reader.

So what makes them good? They are varied. Some are long – some are short. Some summarize what’s going on in the world of online employment, some provide in-depth reporting by industry experts. Some mock columnists, and some suck up to columnists for the links. The variety is what makes them good.

What may work for you, may bore a line recruiter silly. What seems like wasteful dribble to you, may seem cute and entertaining to an HR generalist. Your list of favorites does indeed have some great names on it – in fact, they are all people who write well, have good experience, are respected by their community and analyze the industry from a clinical standpoint. In other words, they are just like you.

And while your viewpoints are valuable, they are only a part of the larger conversation that is spilling out past sober assessments of the employment world and digging into the nitty gritty of hiring. Dave Mendoza, Magic Pot of Jobs, MNHeadhunter, Secrets of the Job Hunt, and many more deserve recognition – and of course, Recruiting.com, which has to get some props for any serious discussion of talent blogs.

I’m glad you’re pointing out the value of blogs – but I want to make sure your readers understand your, uh, counting and analysis is a little one-sided.

This would have been a great column in 2004 – but that’s okay – the blogosphere moves so fast that we are often all left behind. Why – I didn’t figure out how to embed video until November!

By: Mike Tiffany

Mike Tiffany — Thu, 15 Feb 2007 06:13:00 +0000

I’m a convert and excited about this new recruiting tool. Time committment can be tough but worth it in the long run.

By: Matt Martone

Matt Martone — Thu, 15 Feb 2007 05:07:00 +0000

Thanks for the heads up on these blogs. Anyone interested should also check out http://www.recruiting.com ’s group blog.

By: Robert Dromgoole

Robert Dromgoole — Thu, 15 Feb 2007 04:29:00 +0000

Like you, I’m usually working on my first cup of coffee as I scan through these articles. Spare me the drab white paper, I want not only great ideas and content, but I also enjoy the personal touch/pizazz/humor as well (thank you Howard Adamsky, Steve Levy and others, you know who you are).

By: Kathy Narvaez

Kathy Narvaez — Thu, 15 Feb 2007 04:17:00 +0000

I personally don’t grade blogs if they are any good or not. I think they are personal opinions based on the writers experience. Half of the rss feeds I read (blogs included) are just gateways to ideas that can be tweaked to what I need in the marketplace.