I would add that the lines between social media sourcing and job boards are becoming blurry with the introduction of sites like TweetMYJOBS and TweetAJob.

And, that the job seeker app process has changed. In the old days, job seekers applied for jobs via the job board site and waited. Today, they find the job, then go to their network on Facebook or LinkedIn to get “referred” in, often bypassing the standard process. This skews downward, many of the stats recruiters rely on to check the success of job postings.

Keep up the great job board commentary!

Marci Reynolds
J2B Marketing
Job Seeker To Business™ Internet Marketing Services

Thanks for your list here. Aggregators will evolve also – but I may just be a little prejudice.

That is, recruiters are always looking for ways for talented, interested, ready to move candidates to jump into their boat… and only their boat. The major problem recruiters have with job boards is that EVERYBODY uses them… and I thought that was the primary benefit they offered all this time.

One other observance I’ve made this year is how the incredible explosion in ways to connect with people via technology has affected the recruitment environment. Whole new technologies are being developed to manage the social media technologies, in an attempt to make order out of the chaos. If you haven’t seen it, check out this video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cwKfSRxzDg4&feature=player_embedded
Absolutely amazing.

The more ways there are to connect, the more difficult it is to find people. While these new technologies have amazing UI and UGC, are they really making for better resources, or just better looking resources?

Job Boards have a place as long as the internet is a primary hub for information. It’s the same reason why classified ads in the newspaper were always valuable, as long as the newspaper was that primary hub for information.