I am happy to announce that Punk Rock HR has been acquired by Recruitingblogs.com and is now part of the family of other properties that includes Recruiting-Jobs.com, HashJobs.com, RecruitingConferences.com, RecruitFest.com, RecruitingTools.com and JobBoarders.com (with ERE Media). The press release is here.
- What does this mean for me? Well, I get paid to write. Scrubby eats better.
- What does this mean for my blog? I have a sales and marketing team. I have infrastructure, baby. If you want to advertise on my blog, you have to talk to my people.
- What does this mean for you? Not a thing. In fact, it means that I will have more time to write since I’m not focused on hustling for ad revenue. I will stay focused on career issues, HR advice, and other random stuff like cats, celebrity gossip, and politics.
Here’s another thing that doesn’t change: you hold me accountable. I still report to you.
I’m flattered that Jason Davis and his team love this site because that’s a nice ego boost. More than ever, I’m focused on writing about issues and topics that matter to you.
So let’s get back to work, yo.
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Congratulations Laurie! That is great news. My only disappointment is that I spent the entire day last Friday with Jason and he did not give me the ‘scoop’. Best of luck, (not that you need it).
Congratulations! I think the best part of your blog is it’s appeal beyond HR professionals and people searching for jobs! Cheers!
You are the schizz, Laurie. Congrats!
congrats, laurie. when’s mr. scrubby getting his own agent?
awesome!
that’s great news!
Congrats to both parties! Times they are a changing.
Laurie,
So psyched to have you! Steve, don’t be mad, I swore them all to secrecy
. Big news people. BIG NEWS!
Congrats Laurie that now you can have parka full of cash in your pockets. Recruitingblogs.com crew are taking over the HR world. I guess putting Maren to CMO means they’re taking over the world.
@Steve I just told my Mom, last night, via email. Seriously.
@Anj Thank you.
@BZ Oh shucks, thanks. Now let’s get your blog sold.
@Fran Thank you. He has one. Me. It pays like crap.
@guatam Thank you!
@RecruiterGuy Oh man, times are sorta changing but not really. That’s what old people say. We’re not old, darn it.
@Maren Hey it would help if I attached the press release to this announcement. Doing it now.
@Tracy Maren is the linchpin of success. Also, it’s too warm in Raleigh for parkas and the Canadian dollar is low. I have a tractor full of nickels.
Congrats, now that you are part of a bigger team, pls don’t sell out. Its the “punk” that seperates you from the rest of the pack!
M
Good Luck on your joint venture…. look forward to what develops from the partnership!!
Congrats to u
u absolutely deserve it!
YEA!!! Super excited for my C@L cohort!!! Can’t wait to see absolutely nothing change on the site!
Congrats Laurie!! Awesome news, so proud of you!
Congrats on the paying gig Laurie! And congrats to Scrubby for getting a better line of food
Congratulations Laurie! I’m so happy that I can now say that I know someone who actually makes money from their blog. There’s still hope for the rest of us.
(Great job!)
Congrats Laurie! As long as you are allowed to continue to be *you*, this will be interesting to watch. Curious to see what happens next in our funny little market.
Congrats Laurie. I’m glad Mr. Scrubby will get to eat better.
Congrats! I hope you’re still allowed to cuss.
You now have people; that’s pretty cool. Congratulations.
My darling Laurie, the kitties and I are proud of you. See you very soon!
Laurie,
Congrats to you! I’m super excited to see what you and the new team have in store.
JMM
Very cool, congratulations!
They’re still going to let you swear, right? Because if you start saying “heck” and “darn,” I’m telling you up front that I’m totally going to make fun of you.
But provided you can still say, “That’s bullshit,” rock on.
Congrats Laurie!!! It’s always good when you can get paid for doing something you love– now if only I could get paid for playing video games and surfing porn— eh… we’ll see.
I’ve been on RecruitingBlogs.com for a while— thier site changes with the wind sometimes (changing member status, passwords, etc.) Maybe you can get them up to speed— your site is much better!
You should definetly throw yourself a par-tay!
Rock on wit’ yo’ bad self! They are lucky to have you!
@MarkF Sell out? I’m old. I sold out years ago.
@Robert THank you so much, as always.
@Karen Shucks. Thank you.
@Sarah I’m serious. This site will continue to be boring as hell!
@goyle Thank you. That means a lot to read!
@Adowling You are so good to me. <3
@Jennifer Lady, you are next.
@Mark I dunno if it will be interesting. Let's set expectations low so I don't fail.
@Michael Scrubby sends his love -- with a belly full of filet mignon.
@Frank Fuck yeah.
@Allison I'm glad they don't have tails. My previous staff was lazy.
@Kari Kitties are our #1 priority. I'm glad Buddy & Speck approve. Thank you!
@Jessica Thank you.
@Tim Thx!
@Kerry Golly gee whiz. Fuck that.
@MattyMat Thank you. They are stepping it up over there so I think you'll find things are much more professional than other HR/Recruiting sites. No porn.
@InkedHR This is the party: http://failspectacularly.eventbrite.com/?ref=ecount Most of the cost will be out of pocket, so the sale of PRHR couldn’t come at a better time.
@H.Aria Thank you so much!
Part of the contract is that she has to continue swearing. It was a major reason for all of this.
Congrats Laurie!
Very interesting. They’re so, freaking, wildly, lucky. Congratulation’s to you both…
No porn?? Well f*cking sh*t som’bitch!!!
The punk has sold out?
Reminds me of the Sex Pistols……..
Great News….esp. because I refer to both sites! Nice marriage of “good stuff”.
HEY, I have the corner on the “porn” market! I am thinking of starting a new site called HRporno.com
Oh yeah, and congratulations Laurie!
Congratulations, Laurie. I’m late to the social media game, but I’ve been a fan of your work for a while now. looking forward to seeing what you can do with this now that you have the real deal…expectations just went through the roof.
Congratulations! As an HR student, I absolutely love reading your blog. Best of luck to you!
@Michael I’ll be your first follower.
@Jason Fuck yeah it was.
@akabruno Thanks, my friend!
@Amanda Thank you. xoxoxo
@TheHRD Johnny Rotton got old and wealthy. I am just getting old. No fair.
@Lou Thank you so much.
@Michael You own it, buster!
@Charlie What? Expectations just went through the roof? When? C’mon now, let’s set those expectations a little lower. Please?
@HSA Oh crap, you’re a student of HR? Please tell me you have other skills that can make you some money?!
@MattyMat/Michael You two are made for one another.
Laurie,
Haha, I actually did my undergrad in History, so believe it or not, I’m counting on my HR post-grad as being my marketable education. (Oh no, what have I done! :p)
In any case, please keep up the good work! Like others have already posted, I hope the swearing doesn’t go anywhere!
Congrats!!! I’m very happy to hear the cats have food security now, but something tells me they weren’t missing any meals or tuna flake opportunities.
Your YouTube announcement was adorable and hilarious per usual! But I must know…what did your shirt say?
@HSA We’ll do our part in the HR community to make sure you succeed.
@Breanne OMG, thank you. The shirt says NO PICTURES. It was a gift. I love it but I never wear ‘message shirts’ because people stare at my boobs and that’s weird. On a video? It’s okay.
Really-good for you, but selling out isn’t very “punk rock”.
@boris Is that a joke? I sold out to RecruitingBlogs.com, not Citibank or AIG. FYI, I have this argument on a fairly regular basis on the blog. It’s kind of boring, but let’s go. Would I be ‘keeping it real’ if I ignored my skills as a writer and served beer & pretzels at the tavern?
Hey Laurie.
Sweet. Scary, but sweet.
Sid.
Awesome! It can’t be easy to grow your blog to the size you did without being very good at what you did. Congratulations on your hard work and a job well done! I enjoy your site, but I’m also looking forward to your future posts.
Take Care!
Christina (HRBabe)
Congrats to you Laurie….glad your hard work is now paying some bills!
Libby
I expect at least a weekly f-bomb.
Oh, and HRPorno? You better register that domain name before I beat you to it!
Holy cow! I am so proud of you. At the same time, I expected nothing less than greatness from you.
Now we just need to get that house in Kalamazoo sold and then Scrubby can get a new cat condo!
Congrats, Laurie! I’m glad that you are done hustling and will have more time to share your ideas!
Congrats Laurie. Good to see you joining Recruitingblogs.com
Dude, congratulations! I’m so thrilled for you!
@Sid I like things scary and sweet.
@Christina Oh thank you. So nice of you to write & leave a comment. Hope you are well.
@Libby Thanks!
@George Weekly? Try hourly.
@Jenn Thank you — & you are reading my mind!
@Bonita I’m done hustling for money. You always gotta hustle for respect, yo.
@Indian Thank you.
@Puf Thanks!
Way to go, Laurie! You are a bona fide “professional” now. Guess you can’t compete in the Olympics anymore.
@Julie Thanks. The Olympics are socialist.