090325 Industry Network Links

Thought For The Day: “How old would you be if you didn’t know how old you were?”  ~Satchel Paige via Elaine Orler

• HRM Today
  924 Members, professional HR orientation. Lots of SHRM overlap. Founded and operated by Jenn Barnes (HR Wench) , Lance Haun (YourHRGuy.com) and  Laurie Ruettimann (Punk Rock HR). They have about 300 discussions. 65 Bloggers produce about 3 postings per day. (Unless I missed something). Lots of familiar names on the roster. On first blush, this looks like an aggregation site with feeds from lots of blogs. Nice level of quality for the user.
• RecruitingBlogs.com
  Newly redesigned, RBC has momentum.  16331 Members 4979 Discussions (about 15 per day) , 5599 Blog posts (about 15 per day). Founded by Jason Davis, the community is rich, complex and very active. (and my home)
• The New ERE
  This beta suggests that ERE is jumping headfirst into the social network business. Take a look. Roughly 60 Blogs produce about 4 postings a day. Distinguished by its hyperactive forum and its vendor directory, ERE is home to a huge universe of recruiters, maybe as many as 35,000. Founded by David Manaster and operated by an amazing team.
• Talent Bar
  Founded by Miles Jennings, TB claims nearly 20,000 members including many of the usual suspects. The forum has 1,300 discussions but it’s pretty quiet. The 750 blog posts seem to accumulate at the rate of 5 per day.
• Recruiter Earth
  Founded by Chris Lavoie. 10,600 Members, 355 Discussions (about 4 per day), 211 Blog posts (about 2 or 3 per day)

Please note. I am actively interested in cataloging all of the communities in The HR – HCM – TotalHR – Recruiting Industry. This is a starter list. Please leave suggestions in the comments. Errors are mine and will be corrected if you provide me with verifiable data. – js