Having read recent posts and comments ad nausea about the vacuous nature of recruiting blogs, I am thinking twice about whether to comment myself on two important new developments at the center of gravity for this corrupt band of self-interested, self-important, self-promoting and self-indulgent pseudo-recruiters – Recruiting.com.
To hell with it! I will not be cowered by convention or conventional people. For as long as I cause no serious offense to the public-at-large, or breaches of national security, I will blog as I please – to please you I hope – but in the final analysis, because I have an idea and I want to think through, or an opinion to voice, or something to share, or a spare five minutes between spasms.
Important new development number one: As recently predicted, the new-look Recruiting.com is now running a few innocuous banner ads, with more to come. And, why not? God forbid someone should make enough dosh blogging to pay the bills. I have already asked for a media kit so I can forward the information to potential advertisers, thinking even candidates might want to pay the freight for such marvelous exposure.
Important new development number two: Despite suggestions from luminary John Sumser to the contrary, Jason Davis continues to bring his personal charisma to Recruiting.com, helping people connect, as is his forte. In his post Let’s Make A Deal, Jason Davis not only does what he does best, that is broking deals and throwing down gauntlets – even at the expense of potential advertisers – but comforts us that advertising on Recruiting.com does not mean an immediate stop to shilling for the products and services we love, like Jason Davis does for ZoomInfo.
Jason is very clever. Recruiting.com wants and needs advertisers. Vendors want and need Jason Davis’s endorsements. Either way “product placement” is a sure-fired way to monetize your blog – assuming you have enough self-interested, self-important, self-promoting and self-indulgent pseudo-recruiters backing you up.
Keep plugging.
I only shill things I like
You like, we love - same difference. Certainly, a solid endorsement… ;0)
As long as the advertising on Recruiting.com remains obviously advertising, then no reasonable person can object to the existence of advertising. Jason Davis and the other good folks at Jobster can and should earn revenue and hopefully some profits from Recruiting.com. It is a business venture, not a social welfare service.
Keep calling it like it is, Amitai. I couldn’t agree with you more on this point.