The Recruiters Lounge was ranked #1 Recruiting Blog

Posted by Jim Stroud

August 25, 2008

I was ranked #1 in The Talent Management Blog Power Rankings! WOW!!! Check out the competition I had and you may be just as surprised as I was.

Ranking/Blog Name (Power Rating, Last Poll Ranking)

1. The Recruiter’s Lounge (Power Index - 89) (1st Place Votes - 3)
2. ERE.net (Power Index - 69)
3. All Things Workplace (Power Index - 63) (1st Place Votes - 2)
4. Compensation Force (Power Index - 58)
5. Evil HR Lady (Power Index - 57) (1st Place Votes - 1)
6. Brazen Careerist (Power Index - 53) (1st Place Votes - 1)
7. Seth Godin (Power Index - 53)
8. KnowHR (Power Index - 52)
9. Great Leadership (Power Index - 50)
10. cheezhead (Power Index - 41)
11. The Employee Factor (Power Index - 39)
12. The Fordyce Letter (Power Index - 37)
13. Bob Sutton (Power Index - 36)
14. HR Observations (Power Index - 33)
15. The Business of Management (Power Index - 33)
16. AmyBeth Hale - Research Goddess (Power Index - 33)
17. RecruitingBlogs.com (Power Index - 31)
18. Knowledge Infuser (Power Index - 26)
19. Louise’s UK Recruiter Blog (Power Index - 26)
20. McArthur’s Rant (Power Index - 26)
21. Marketing Headhunter (Power Index - 25)
22. TalentMash (Power Index - 25)
23. Personal Branding Blog - Dan Schawbel (Power Index - 24)
24. Jon Ingham’s Strategic HCM Blog (Power Index - 23)
25. Taleo Blog (Power Index - 23)

I was also VERY happy to read the comments given on the original post and here. So much so, that I had to give an acceptance speech via this YouTube video.

And can you believe it?! This was also mentioned in US NEWS AND WORLD REPORT. (Double wow!) Much love to Fistful of Talent for citing me on their list and to you for reading The Recruiters Lounge! If you were not there, where would I be? (Smiling)

Whoooo-hoooo!!!!!!!

Jim Stroud