Your HR Guy was snubbed!
Update: All is well. My suspicion was correct. Jason Davis really does a great job with this and if you are interested in recruiting, recruitingblogs.com is where you should be.
I can’t believe it either. The Best Recruiting Blogs of 2007 results were released this week and there were a lot of great blogs on there. Three of my favorites were on there with Recruiting Animal, Xtra Cheezhead and Wireless Jobs winning their category. Another great blog, Gautum Ghosh won the category I was hoping to win (Best HR Blog). The results made sense to me as Gautum has been doing this for a bit longer than I have and he is much more prolific than I am. When I went through the final results though, this is what I found:
10. Best HR Blog
Gautam Ghosh: 17.6%, 68
HR Search Mktg: 16.6%, 64
CollegeRecruiter: 16.1%, 62
Your HR Guy: 15.8%, 61
The Hire Sense: 14.2%, 55
Your HR Guy: 10.9%, 42
One Louder: 8.8%, 34
I apparently made it on the ballot twice (who knows how that happened) and got 103 votes but not the victory. I e-mailed JD about it but no dice EDIT: he just e-mailed me and he is looking into it.
I feel a bit like Al Gore here. If that means I have to make a documentary and win an Oscar and a Peace Prize for my efforts in HR, then so be it. I am a brave soul.
In all seriousness though, thank you all for your readership. It is nice knowing that people enjoy something that I put a variable amount of effort into week in and week out. I will be celebrating my ad hoc victory by actually answering backlogged reader e-mails next week so you better get on it if you want your question answered.
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That’s a big mistake by whoever (JD, Surveymonkey or ZoomInfo)
I think the title belongs to you, Our HR Guy.
Once I hear anything from Jason on this, I’ll take down the banner that I’ve been provided by ZoomInfo and RecruitingBlogs.com
regards
Gautam
Hello Mr HR Guy. I am real sorry about this. I had no idea and did not see the email from you. I will lok into this right away. never a dull moment. sorry
Mr. Guy,
I think there was confusion due to the butterfly ballot - those 61 votes were actually meant to go to my blog, The Hire Sense. We may have a dimpled chad controversy brewing.
Or you just outright won it. Congratulations! I think we will see a change in the final results.
No problem JD. Got your message this morning.
Okay Derrick, but I don’t want to feel like Pat Buchanan now.
Have a look at the main page of RecruitingBlogs.com
Let me add my congratulations as well. Best of Luck to you in the new year!
best, GL HOFFMAN, Minneapolis, JobDig CEO and parttime blogger.
What Would Dad Say.
JD, thanks for all your help on this. I feel bad that my email didn’t get through to you now! Enjoy your weekend.
Hey Lance, congrats on the win. Well-deserved!
Congratulations on the win! I just noticed the award banner up top