Look Up!

If you're reading this blog, you got here one of three ways:

1. You followed a link in my email signature to http://hawkespeers.blogspot.com/
2. You clicked on a favorite for http://hawkespeers.blogspot.com/
3. You've been following the RSS feed for http://hawkespeers.blogspot.com/

Now look up... You're reading the same Blog at http://blog.hawkespeers.com/.

It's a small change, but the Blog has been moved to our domain (drumroll please....), because our new website has been launched at http://www.hawkespeers.com/index.html.

Most of you know that until know the Hawkes peers website has been a logo and a placeholder for our email domain. There are a couple of truths in this business; one is that we've never had a candidate come to us without a referral of some sort, and the other is that clients don't come to you, you go to them.

So we sort of figured on being the last business in America to have a website. It became somewhat of a matter of pride inside out office.

And then a candidate wrote to me that even though he had been referred to us by a trusted colleague, he was unsure if he wanted to work with us given that our website was "a little thin." That note was followed by a other, and another, until we got the message.

I've been pushing for a web 2.0 portal. Something that may come down the road with manual submission and profile editing with direct publishing into our CRM, and resume tracking which shows our current jobs and allows you to self-submit for our consideration, or track feedback from the client.

But for now, we've put up a classic web 1.0 site. Something that says, we're hear, and we're serious about finding you a job, and everything else is a non-core distraction.

If you're reading this, you probably won't learn anything new by checking out the webpage, but head on over anyway- because we could use the push for a Google ranking. :)

As always, feedback is welcome.