The Polls are Open for the 2006 Recruiting.com Awards

   

Have you voted for your five favorite recruiting-related blogs?  If not, the Recruiting.com survey takes only a few minutes.  Not sure how to vote?  Here are five voting tips:

   

1)       Say thanks to Recruiting.com.  The rules may prohibit voting for them, but no matter – Jason, you have my vote!

   

2)       Vote for the blogs that make you think, laugh and learn … of the many great ones, five have meant the most to me during the past year: Cheezhead, Jason Goldberg’s Jobster Blog, Amitai Givertz's Recruitomatic Blog, EXCELER8ion and Talentism.  Thanks guys, and Shannon!

   

3)       Avoid the temptation to vote for blogs tugging at your heart strings with shameless, self-serving pleas, like …

   

- “If you … want to be nice to me...”

- “Thanks to your efforts this site has (sic) now a Finalist” … uh, there are no ‘finalists’ … every nominated site, even the ones nominated by the author, are still in the running.

- “If you like this blog, take a minute and please vote for it.”

   

4)       Ignore suggestions from some bloggers that you vote “five times for them”, or that you “vote early and often.”

   

5)       Use your vote to send a message to newbies and casual readers … a message that says “When you see the Recruiting.com best-blog logo, you are viewing a trusted, informed source that stands above the masses in the recruiting blogosphere.

   

So, who has meant the most to you during the past year?  Who would you recommend to a newbie?  Let your voice be heard.

   

Comments

[jason]

Thanks. I appreciate.

Also, that suggestion made to me about a change you would like to see on recruting.com will be put into effect in the beginning of the new year. Thanks for the suggestion.

[Carl Chapman]

I confess, I'm a shameless self-promoter. I just don't have as big an email address book as Dave Mendoza. ;-)

I did use the line "I would be pleased if you would take a few seconds and vote for my blog" which only is seen by my readers so I don't think there is any harm done there.

If any of your readers happen to be in [or work around] the restaurant industry, they might enjoy reading my blog - "Confessions of an Executive Restaurant Recruiter" it can be found at http://blog.cecsearch.com

[Amitai Givertz]

Bob, you are a gentleman and a scholar.

[Tiffany]

I agree with you completely. I'm already getting tons of spam from people I barely know and didn't opt-in to about voting for their blog.

[Joel Cheesman]

Thanks for the props, Bob. Count me as a fan of your work as well. Happy holidays to you and yours.