WEBBY AWARD WINNER			AGENCY/CREDITED ORGANIZATION
		Monster Career Advice			Monster.com
		http://content.monster.com/
	PEOPLE'S VOICE WINNER
		Idealist			Action Without Borders / Idealist.org
		http://www.idealist.org
	NOMINEES
		CareerBuilder.com			CareerBuilder.com
		http://www.careerbuilder.com
		CareerJournal.com			Dow Jones
		http://www.CareerJournal.com
		Idealist			Action Without Borders / Idealist.org
		http://www.idealist.org
		Monster Career Advice			Monster.com
		http://content.monster.com/
		Talent Zoo			Plexus Web Creations
		http://www.talentzoo.com

If you're like us, your fist reaction was probably "Huh?"

As you can see from the table, the "competition" is all about the advertising industry. (It's not an accident that TalentZoo, good as it is, is in the Advertising/Marketing  Recruiting Business) The Webbies are just another form of inside baseball in the old advertising industry.

Each of the sites in the nominee's class is a highly polished offering. They are all credits to the Online Recruiting Industry. But are they really the five best for 2005? It's as if Jobster, Recruiting.com, Simply Hired, Indeed and a host of others had never materialized. Perhaps it's the atmosphere in New York City.

This is not to say that the Webby nominees and winners are not important contributions. It's just one view.

It would be nice if there were an unbias awards process within our world that recognized contributions. There are several extraordinary things going on these days and  recognizing them is a critical part of moving the industry forward.

The grassroots Recruiting Blog Awards, organized by Jason Davis of Recruiting.com this year are a good model. Jason's goal was to strengthen the underlying community through collaboration and visibility. It was a solid contribution to the industry as we've seen in a dozen years.

We're thinking hard about the subject. If you've got a brainstorm to add to the mix, please let us know.