Welcome to the first post of the Fordyce Letter Blog. I am excited and feel somewhat lucky to be the guy who was asked to put this all together. I have been a fan of the Fordyce Letter and the recruiting industry for a long time now. It’s an industry with no limits and the Fordyce Letter for those who receive it every month, know that there are plenty of real smart people pushing it’s knowledge base all of the time.
About a year ago, ERE media purchased the Fordyce Letter from Paul Hawkinson. It was a great transaction for everyone involved. The idea behind it was a simple one. Paul had been at it a long time and ERE media, one may say is just getting started. ERE media is one of the largest online and offline recruiting media companies out there. They publish a ton of great information and put on a number of well respected recruiting conferences each year. There are about 130,000 people in the recruiting industry who have an account with ERE. That’s a lot of people!
The Fordyce Letter for a long time has really been just a monthly newsletter going out to about 2000 people. I remember being amazed by this but this is exactly why an organization like ERE is the perfect organization to take the Fordyce Letter organization forward. It’s important to know that Paul also said that for every newletter shipped, there are around 4 or 5 others that read it as well. It’s my hope that as a result of the powerful marketing engine that ERE has, the amount of recruiters who will come to know the Fordyce Letter will increase dramatically. The more people with access, the more placements made. 2008 is going to be a great year.
So, what you are looking at here, located at www.fordyceletter.com, is a blog. The term blog has been around for many years now and really, a blog is an online page where one writes more often on it than a regular “website.” Of course there is more to it, but for now, we can leave it at that. I will write often about the benefits of recruiters and recruiting organizations having a blog. It’s a subject I know about and I have seen the benefits. Every day, there will be a new post on the Fordyce Letter Blog, and you the reader will be able to comment and make your own ideas known.
We have archived three years of the Fordyce Letter and all of it is available to you at no charge here on the site. The archived years are 2003, 2004, 2005. The archives contain so much valuable information that I suspect it is more than what is needed to make a living in this industry. Of course, there are multiple tiers to almost everything and when I visited with the recruiters in the Pinnacle Society, most of them have been subscribing for a lot more than 3 years. It kind of tells you something.
One more thing, because it is the new year, have a look at this from 2004. It’s still the same.
Until tomorrow.
11 comments
Amitai Givertz Jan 11, 2008 at 6:01 pm
Jason, Dave and no doubt an army of helpers behind the scenes -Wow! What a fantastic addition to our knowledge base. Thank you all!
MN Headhunter/Paul DeBettignies Jan 11, 2008 at 7:31 pm
What a great resource. I will be sure to pass this link on to my colleagues.
Joel Cheesman Jan 11, 2008 at 11:28 pm
Site looks great, Jason.
Marketing Headhunter Jan 11, 2008 at 11:53 pm
These free archives are a tremendous gift to the industry. The level of scholarship in The Fordyce Letter articles is amazing: It’s like a Harvard Business Review for recruiters.
Recruiters are blessed to have such a “smart” resource at their fingertips - and I seriously hope this site’s first timers and passersby will take full advantage of what’s being offered here.
For FREE no less. I still can’t get over that.
I’m going to save them all to Adobe before you come to your senses!
God speed,
Harry
Bill Vick Jan 12, 2008 at 8:13 am
This is something that I have been waiting for and the site looks great Jason. Tons of great information and ideas by the industries leadership. Great job in putting this together.
Leslie Mason Jan 15, 2008 at 10:37 am
Great site Jason! Thanks for putting this all together for us… the older articles are as revelant today as when they were written. (I’ll be sure and mention this in my blog;)
Gold Rush Jan 15, 2008 at 3:54 pm
Nice job! I really appreciate the archives. I’ve learned a lot from the Fordyce Letter so now this is a bonus.
Recruiting Animal Jan 17, 2008 at 12:59 pm
No, you welcome to the Recruitosphere!
Talent Zoo Jan 18, 2008 at 5:24 pm
Wonder Twin Powers Activate.
Form of a recruiting force. Bam!
Talent Zoo has been fans of and benefited from Paul, Jason, and ERE for years. This new triple-play combination is potent. Wish we made this placement.
Hats off.
Jeremy Langhans Jan 21, 2008 at 5:19 pm
YAY! another JD Blog venture
/waves_at_Manaster
<3
Jer
Margo Graziano Jul 16, 2008 at 11:53 pm
Very Very cool and so happy to be part of this blogosphere. Thank goodness that Staffing Industry Analysts asked me to speak about blogging 2 years ago and I read Naked Conversation, for that experience launched me into a new world, that has provided commerce, fun, friendships and more !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Oh….and Jim Durbin, how can I forget him as a wonderful resoure. GO JIM!