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With the financial downturn prompting more than a little fear and navel gazing (some justified and some not), we’ve already seen Rafe and CNET begin chronicalling hirings and firings, while TechCrunch, not to be outdone, has started its very FuckedCompany-esque Layoff Tracker.
Today, ReadWrite launched their Jobwire site, which is pretty interesting (and was, by the way, instigated long before the beginning of the meltdown). They are looking at true hirings (there is a difference between “hiring” and “hired”), coupling that with a job board, and providing some depth and context and smarts around these comings and goings.
Plus, they are bringing on some heavy hitters as guest editors:
“Our first two core guest editors are former Financial Times reporter Tom Foremski of SiliconValleyWatcher and long-trusted media analyst Sam Whitmore of Sam Whitmore’s Media Survey. These guys bring years of cutting edge knowledge and experience to the Jobwire and we’re very thankful for their participation.”
I was particularly excited, after checking out the beta site/mockups last night, that Jobwire uses hirings as a lens to look at the people behind the companies we all follow so closely — and as such I hope it blossoms into a veritable chronicle of the “who” behind “what” and the “why.”
Congrats to Marshall and RWW — I know the team is very proud of the new site, and this should be fun to watch. Not to mention that Jobwire is a dream come true for PR people looking for a place to talk about new hires as a measure of momentum and success, especially these days…
