Amitai Givertz’s Recruitomatic Blog

Inspired by the Chief Executive Recruiter’s Breast Cancer Public Service Announcement I would like to encourage everyone I know to visit his blog and take note of his dismay at the disappointing response by recruiting bloggers to his promoting pink M&Ms as the preferred giveaway for this year’s Halloween trick or treat extravaganza. He has a point.

In defense of those bloggers who he notes are self-absorbed with issues that are riveting [for the commentators at least] – Jobster, Monster, blogebrity, blog-speak and so on – the nature of conversations in the bubble don’t always segue into topics like breast cancer or even recruiting per se. Also, a closer reading of the Recruitosphere would reveal that some are promoting awareness on these types of important topic, even while other “public service announcements” – pressing for us in particular – get drowned out in the water-cooler babble.

But no, the bigger issue is this: When new voices are added to the cacophony of posts, comments, rants, feeds and all the things that muddle the blogging mind, perhaps those who Carl Chapman refers to as “big name bloggers” should take more time to listen. More often than not, there is something other than our navels that is worth contemplating, things that often come from the emerging blogs.

So, grab yourself a skull-full of pinkies and click here to vote this blogger to the top. I think the Chief Executive Recruiter is the kind of voice we want to hear more of, don’t you?