No, not another post about the currently beleaguered Chief Jobster Jason Goldberg, or a commentary on his recent opacity, unless you want it to be, of course. I write – metaphysically – to please you I hope although on this blog, as previously reported, I’m almost done here.
Ding…
Well, I’ve had fun these past few days, blogging here more than in recent weeks. At least, so it would seem on the surface. In reality I have been busy putting together a great many more posts for the launch of a new and spiffy “blog-enabled” corporate website, going live sometime late January, early February perhaps. My only fear is that by then there will be a general armistice in the war for talent, or Dave Lefkow will have left Jobster for Taleo or some other industry brain drainer, or they’ll be giving away credits for recruiter training on the back of specially marked boxes of Special K – or some such nonsense – like my postings here, obviously dated.
Dong…
Looking back on my posts here I see my tagline “A Contrarian View of Talent Management” hardly describes the bulk of my content since posting here in June. Rather, my work on the whole seems much more introspective and/or recruiting blog-centric. A little light in the talent management department compared to some. So I have changed the tagline to, “A Contrarian View of Life in the Recruitosphere” which seemed to be the overall tenor, regardless. I will be blogging about talent management and related topics on the new corporate blog – Bells and Whistles – and looking forward to shamelessly commercializing my efforts.
Ding…
I am planning to write a personal blog focusing on stuff that interests me in business and in blogging and in general, abandoning the need for this impossible love-hate relationship with the Recruitosphere or an online persona that needs such frequent watering.
Dong..
When I get going, if you find what I post there interesting, I might ask that you please keep it to yourself. First, I am not nearly smart enough to develop threads about how, for example, the augmented social network (PDF) is finally transcending the perceived or real limitations of monetization and walled gardens and trust and persistent identity, evolving to realize it’s potential. Phew. Nor will I have much time to become embroiled in lengthy exchanges, baring my nincompoopery for Mother to see. I’ll be too busy with my other duties. Second, I wouldn’t want everyone to know what I was researching as I sought to develop some competitive advantage for my business, now would I?
So, for who does the bell toll? Jason Goldberg, it tolls for thee.
I read For Whom The Bell Tolls when I was 14 and rather than try to claim that this means I was smart, I’ll confess that I wasn’t old enough to read it intelligently then. As for this post, it’s classic Ami G. Long intricate sentences full of links. Dare I say that he’ll keep the style on his new corporate blog? My bet is that he will try to change and find doing so impossible because this is, simply, him. And no doubt about it, he has his fans but, perhaps, only among those whom, like me at fourteen, have pretensions to a broad intellectual scope. People who read my blog know that I’ve been humbled since.
Yeah, but I’m still a fan. Remember, I read For Whom The Bell Tolls even though I didn’t understand it.
Animal:
Change? I think a good communicator can adapt their tone, style and voice to most effectively engage his or her audience, and do so without loosing the qualities that makes that communicator interesting and distinct. Do not confuse my playing here - in my personal blog space/laboratory - with an ability to talk with an audience in a way, and on topics, that are of most interest to them - not me.
No doubt, you will complain, “Oh! he has become so dull, so bland, so predictable, so corporate.” But then I will be writing to please someone else, and not you or those who you describe - elsewhere - as “the lowest common denominator.”
Anyway, you know I value your perspective and criticism, even if I don’t always agree with it!
Happy New Year, Tiger. Keep blogging.
P.S. For those of you who like the Recruiting Animal find my writing a painful read, no matter. One of the reasons my posts are peppered with links is so that you can find something better that talks directly to, or references somehow, the topic at hand. It is also a place for me to keep my research and reference docs organized. More often than not, there is something more useful to print and keep behind every link than my post itself. That’s a given.
Enjoy, or not, as the case may be.
Ami
I enjoyed the finale and look forward to the new site. I concur with your feelings towards the online group that we seem to belong to and are expected to ‘talk to’. For 2007, my focus is on my customers and what they want to hear about. If it is of interest to others, great, if not, so what.
He/she that pays my mortgage gets my attention, anyone else is welcome but not sought after.
Have a great 2007.
Peter
You too, Peter. Yours remains one of my favorite blogs. Thank you for your support on this one.