The Authenticity Award

The lack of confidence that is behind this historic meltdown is reinforced every time we pay high prices for weak or defective goods and services – and find ourselves without recourse!

Everywhere we turn, we find people in positions of power and trust robbing and looting their very constituencies for personal gain. And, the recruiting industry is no exception.

So, I want to give recognition here and honor those online recruiting and job board professionals that have chosen to stand up for something, make themselves accountable on their websites and move our industry forward.

Specifically, the authenticity badge is for online recruiting leaders who use their names on their websites, who tell their story, make themselves accessible, write a blog and generally raise the level of confidence a notch in our industry. These are leaders who clearly put their heart into their work.

In no special order, here are the authenticity award winners - I will add more as I encounter them:

• LinkUp.com – written by straight talk JobDig CEO Toby Dayton.
• BubbaJunk.com – the trucking jobboard with real personality!
• FindAPilot.com – run by John Peroyea a professional pilot (phenomenal about page!).
• ApartmentCareers.com – run by serial entrepreneur John Cullen
• JobDig.com – see G.L.’s blog and straight talk career book.
• JobCentral.com – see the Bill Warren and Chad Sowash blogs.
• TalentZoo.com – authentic and creative!
• JibberJobber.com – loads of transparency on this great blog.
• MarketingHeadhunter.com – see ‘career advice for desperate job seekers’.
• Weddles.com – author, HR expert, and IAEWS founder/director Peter Weddle’s positive influence in our industry just keeps growing.
• AllCountyJobs.com – who can keep up with Chris?
• CollegeRecruiter.com – a textbook case study.
• CoolWorks.com – no one in this business lives like Bill.
• AbsolutelyHealthCare.com – run by early pioneer and master networker Ken "The Bear" Levinson.
• MinnesotaJobs.com – Sam Morse runs one of the oldest niche job boards in the country!
• AccountingJobsToday.com – AJT recently joined the ‘job board networks‘ club.
• ExecuNet.com – see Dave Opton’s blog.
• OneDayOneJob.com – Willy’s endeavors are unique!

There are countless entrepreneurs who belong on this list… these are just a handful that I’m familiar with. Moreover, there are even more entrepreneurs who enjoy their privacy but build confidence in our industry just by providing great results every day.

Here’s what Jack Welch said recently about authenticity:

Business leaders can also build trust by connecting with their people. We’re not talking about walking the hallways saying "hi." We’re talking about forging relationships by hanging out where the work gets done, talking and listening, eye-to-eye. They should run frequent and no-holds-barred town meetings.

They should talk about who they are and what they feel, their motives and dreams. The more authentic leader shows himself to be, the stronger the connections. Authenticity feeds trust.

Please help out by sharing examples of authentic recruiting websites in the comments and by avoiding job boards that make groundless claims of industry leadership, without
blogs or online communities, without physical addresses and so on.

Thanks for reading and have a great day!

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