How to Reduce Your Spend On JobsJobsJobs

I have been married for nearly fourteen years now and one thing I understand is that communication is the corner stone to making a good partnership work.

Imagine my surprise when I called the number on the invitation to the JXT Consulting event on how to ‘reduce my spend on job boards’ and JobsJobsJobs (JJJ) answered.

For those members of the audience who are not following.  Clarification:  JXT is the byproduct of the Jobx/JobsJobsJobs merger, so why would a company owned by a job board tell you how to reduce your spend on job boards?

Prediction: This marriage has some rocky times ahead.

Ridgy ‘Didge’ Blogging

The media is not my area of speciality, but I’m here writing because I know some stuff about online recruitment that I like to share with others. Having said that up front (an intimation about the topic for today), I reckon it’s time we had a little chat about the process of blogging.

Some things don’t require too much expertise to work out. For instance, blogging is like any other form of media in that it offers information and opinion. I don’t always get my facts right, but I endeavor to, and when a reader tells me I’m wrong, I accept the criticism with grace (and gratitude, because it’s not my intention to mislead folks).

Likewise, when I offer an opinion, I do so in an arena where I have stated clearly what my interests are. Readers can then use that information as a bouncing point for the validity of my opinion. In other words, I’ve nothing to hide. You all know who I am and I say what I think and am prepared to back my case if need be. I don’t write anonymously and never would. It takes away from the strength of my claims.

Some bloggers write anonymously and I often wonder what is the point of such an exercise. It doesn’t liberate their opinions. It waters them down because it makes readers suspicious of their intentions.

Astute blog-readers in the industry may have noticed that today I called into question the identity of the writer of “The Didge” blog. I asked the author of the blog if they worked for JobsJobsJobs (JJJ). In response, they asked why I had asked such a question. This was my reply:

# Geoff Says: Your comment is awaiting moderation.
November 23rd, 2008 at 2:55 pm

I was nudging you to declare your interests, Peter (ahem, sorry, I mean “Didge”).

Your comments are skewed against Seek and towards JobsJobsJobs.

You write in the plural “we”, but all your postings have a similar tone (indicating the same writer).

Audience disclosure is important. Everything that’s written in this space is contextual and the readers need a bouncing point from which to view your editorial.

If we are asked to take what you say seriously, it’s about time you told us what your interests are.

After I had replied, these things happened:
1) All previous comments pertaining to this question of identity were taken off the site
2) I received no response from The Didge
3) My reply was not posted

I wanna know if The Didge is ridgydidge…or is this blog a sad attempt by JJJ to disguise advertising as editorial?

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What’s their name again…