7 Blog Carnivals for HR, Recruiting the World of Work - Workology

7 Blog Carnivals for HR, Recruiting the World of Work - Workology 7 Blog Carnivals for The World of Work and Human Resources Get your creative blog juices flowing by downloading my free ebook, 50 Blog Post Ideas for HR, Recruiting Work.   Why Top Business HR Blogs with a Blog Carnival Before there was social media, bloggers used blog carnivals as a way to reach new online and blog audiences.  They are a great way to engage readers who are interested in the type of content and resources you provide online.  Blog carnivals are a unique kind of blog community. Blogs of all kinds like HR, recruiting, and business fill the internet and they contain articles on many kinds of topics.  Blog Carnivals collect together links pointing to blog articles on a particular topic. It’s kind of like a magazine in that Blog Carnivals have editors, contributors, a title, a topic and an audience.  Just like your favorite magazine, editions of the carnival are published on a regular basis and each edition consists of links to all the blogs collected for the topic.  As any reader knows, the blog world is jam packed and just finding interesting stuff you’re interested in can be hard. But, if there is a carnival for, say HR or recruiting, then following that carnival is a great way to find blogs on that topic.  So, how does it work? Typically, a blog carnival will have a host who announces the next carnivals topic. Other bloggers who have their own blogs contribute a post related to the blog carnivals topic. Then they publish it on their blog. Sometimes the blog carnival travels providing an opportunity for established blog reader to be exposed to different blogs.  Sometimes the blog carnivals stay in one place.  The challenge is that blog carnivals are hard to find just like carnies and their transient nature.  The carnival moves from place to place not generally calling one blog home, at least for too long. Each participating blogger sends the host the link to their specific blog carnival post entry. The posts are recent generally published within the last 2 weeks  to a month of the blog carnivals next publish date, and must be related to the topic of the blog carnival in some way. Blog carnivals are great for new bloggers, experienced, or professional because they help us the following ways: Provide New Readership.  They are a great way to engage readers who are interested in the type of content and resources you provide online. You connect with different audiences and pockets of communities that make each and every blog unique. Improved SEO.  Blogs with higher search engine optimization ratings that link back to your blog, also increase your position in search engines like Google, Bing, and Yahoo.  More quality links to you and you rank higher on the search page.  Your traffic increases and more people read your killer content. Networking Opportunities.  Blogging as Ive said before is the best business decisions Ive ever made.  It allows me to connect with a target audience, learn, share my stories, and build relationships with other bloggers.  For example, Heather  Huhman  always had killer WordPress plugin suggestions and talking with Jennifer Miller helps me staying creatively grounded in the blogging world. Great Blog Content.  Bloggers love to write and love to read maybe even more.  We spend our days searching the Internet for influence, insights, ideas, and inspirations from other blogs.  A good starting point is the  Blog Carnival site that lists hundreds of active blog carnivals. Blogging as a Human Resource Business Marketing Tool Blog carnivals are a unique kind of blog community. Were kindred spirits of the blogging world. Blogs of all kinds fill the internet and they contain articles on many kinds of topics and in 2011 there were more than 70 millions new blogs created on the leading blogging platform WordPress alone. Just like your favorite magazine, editions of the carnival are published on a regular basis and each edition consists of links to all the blogs collected for the topic.  For HR service providers and vendors, they present a low-cost and less aggressive way to reach marketing new potential clients and customers focused on creating value through blogs and information.  Because the blog carnivals are hard to locate outside of regular blogging circles, HR vendors miss out because they arent active in the human resources blogging and social media influencer sub-culture. 7 Blog Carnivals for The World of Work and Human Resources Carnival of HR.  One of the longest running carnivals in the HR and workplace.  It is a bi-weekly carnival that focuses on human resources, business, and management blogs. Leadership Blog Carnival.   Check out this blog for updates on the latest locations and travels of the leadership blog carnival.  This site offers opinions and information on leadership and leadership development. Employment Blog Carnival.  This site   highlights the latest legal trends and changes in the law. Readers can even improve the way the company and employees conduct business. The HR FAQ Carnival.  A newly launched carnival it offers answers HR related questions for HR specialists, managers and employees.  The Management Journey Carnival.  More of a forum than a carnival,  experts to discuss how to excel at management in the workplace. Topics for this carnival include strategies for improving interpersonal effectiveness, managing the four generations, improving emotional intelligence, communicating effectively, promoting innovation, managing change, and developing leadership skills. Project Management Blog Carnival.  This carnival  aims to provide some direction in the world of project management by offering news, opinion and coverage of the many project management events that happen in the UK (and   overseas too).  This carnival has been going strong and offers some unique opportunities to engage with very different, useful, and interesting bloggers. Career Development Blog Carnival. Launched in 2013, this career carnival serves up useful careers and job search advice.  Bloggers submit their favorite career and job search blog monthly. Is there a blog carnival I missed?  Share your knowledge below.  I encourage you to participate and take part in these traveling blogging networking events.  They are so much fun! Get your creative blog juices flowing by downloading my free ebook,  50 Blog Post Ideas for HR, Recruiting Work.