By this point, most folks know how I feel about job boards.  In perusing my daily feeds, I noticed that another blogger has gotten into the game of posting job listings on his site.  Again, no intrinsic issues with folks solving the problem of overwhelming requests for "connections" by placing job ads on their sites.  More power to you for getting paid to make these introductions.  But just when I was ready to don my best Susan Powter voice and begin screaming "Stop the insanity!" I read a comment that gave me pause.  It mentioned something about the passive candidate audience.

Question of the day: Will posting ads on a blog attract more passive (and arguable more desirable) candidates to open job opportunities?  Or is it just another distraction?

It could be worth a try for many recruiters and hiring managers, but I still argue that there is a lack of quality in these job postings from a job seeker perspective.  Also, with the RSS reader I am using, I actually don't see these job postings so it doesn't impact me all that much.  I'd have to actively go to the page and look through the postings for it to make that big of a difference (and just for the record, I always consider myself a "passive" job seeker).

So when I see announcements like this and more folks getting into the game I still getting a very "meh" feeling about it all.  From an employer perspective, I'm hoping folks really pay attention to the market that these postings will reach before spending the time and energy on them at all.  And from a job seeker perspective - eh, just another place for me to potentially have to go to review yet another crappy posting?  What do you think?