It is interesting that there seems to be such a strong feeling that John Sumser is not the right guy for recruiting.com
To set the record straight, I had absolutely no input into the decision to hire John as an Editor. In fact, if I had to pick 10 people for the gig, I don’t think John would have been on the list. Not because I don’t respect him or think he is a smart guy but rather, he has never ever shown any interest in being an active participant on Recruiting.com. Plus people already read him and I would think his best stuff would be reserved for Interbiznet. That is his business.
Lets start from the beginning. When I started Recruiting.com, John was there as an active spectator often writing about the blog and the importance of blogging. I know he genuinely respected what was becoming of Recruiting.com and really only started to think poorly of it once Jobster made the change to Recruiting.com from a blog to a user generated site.
I remember back in Oct when John Sumser said:
“We don't really like the new offering. As we said earlier this week, we're in the stupid club on this one. That means that as hard as we try, we still don't get it.”
Here is the complete post. It’s a good read and accurately describes many things. Since Oct. there has been nothing that has taken place on recruiting.com that would bring John out of the stupid club. The site today operates exactly the same way as it did when John wrote that post.
John is a valuable asset to the recruiting community. Yes some may disagree with him but he serves the purpose and he serves it well. As an interested and willing participant in the recruiting blogosphere that he helped create he has always been vocal about his reluctance to participate. I think that is going to have to change in a big way if Recruiting.com is going to move forward.
But because of the domain name itself; Jobster is not limited to keeping Recruiting.com as is. I am sure if things don’t work out, Jobster will come up with a new plan for the domain name. The name itself is worth more today than a year ago.
I am not ready yet to say that John has no business being involved with Recruiting.com .I am not surprised that Jason G asked him, I am surprised that John agreed. Now that he has, my last request is that we all reserve judgment until a reasonable time has passed with John at the helm. Then, if we want to organize a boycott such that the world has never ever seen before, we can start the protest here in Toronto. Lunch will be on me.
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