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The latest, greatest news from the job board world

December 6, 2011
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It’s that time of the month – time to glance back and see if anything really happened in the past 4 weeks. Surprisingly enough, it did. Here’s what I noticed: Monster partners with Ogden Newspapers: Monster adds to its bevy of 70 newspaper alliances by agreeing to power Ogden Newspaper’s 39 publications. It’s called expanding [...]

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Are big job destination sites a thing of the past?

November 22, 2011
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Back in the day – say, 3 or 4 years ago – if you were looking for a job, you typically visited a big job board like Monster, an aggregator like Indeed, a few niche sites, and a few company sites. The large ‘destination’ sites like Monster did everything in their power to draw Mr. [...]

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Only job seekers can kill job boards (not pundits)

November 15, 2011
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Another week, another ‘job boards are dying’ blog post. If I had a dollar for every post like this, I’d be a (moderately) rich man. Truly. I try to avoid the ‘job boards are dying’ discussion because (a) it’s a flamer’s game (not unlike arguing with those who disbelieve climate change), and (b) those of [...]

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It’s all about the job seeker: job boards, social media, and relevance

November 8, 2011
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Last week I read a post about how social media killed job boards (yes, again!). Whether or not you agree with the argument (and as you can surmise, I don’t), the piece inadvertently brings up a larger issue: are job boards still relevant to job seekers? After all, this is all about the job seeker, right? [...]

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What HR and recruiting pros are doing to find candidates: Fall 2011 Survey results

November 3, 2011
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Per this week’s survey results from job boards, we’ve seen some changes over the past 12 months – not the least of which is increased optimism. Perhaps part of that is based on what HR and recruiting professionals are actually doing to find candidates. This installment of the survey results describes how things have changed (in [...]

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The beginning of the end? Results from the Fall 2011 Job Board Industry Survey

November 1, 2011
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So, the last few years have not been so wonderful for most of us. A tenacious recession has managed to squash both new entrants and industry stalwarts. And yet…I’ve heard from board after board over the past 12 months that they are seeing growth. Some are launching new projects. Others are acquiring. And there is [...]

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Change, change, change: the latest news in the job board and online recruiting world

October 28, 2011
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Another 30 days, another month of excitement in the online recruiting world! This is the stuff I thought worth noting: CareerBoard has a new director of sales: CareerBoard has appointed Dennis Liniman as their new Director of Sales. He’s been with the company since 2010, and is now on the hook to double job postings [...]

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Resume search: are the walls coming down?

October 25, 2011
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In the old days – say, 2 or 3 years ago – you had an internal database of candidate resumes that you mined during a hiring phase. Perhaps you paid a job board to access its resume database. Or perhaps you paid a recruiter, who claimed to have access to resume sources that you couldn’t [...]

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Job boards don’t create jobs – employers do

October 18, 2011
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I’ve worked with dozens of job boards over the years, and I often take a look at what the job seekers are saying to them. Since the onset of the recession (and honestly, before), it goes something like this: “Why don’t you have any jobs in my area?” “I’ve had my resume posted on your [...]

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What job boards can learn from NetFlix about listening, communication, and humility

October 10, 2011
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NetFlix has been busy in the past few months. First they effectively jacked up prices by charging separately for streaming and traditional DVDs. Then they launched a 2nd site for those of us who chose to continue receiving DVDs. Um, what? Did I ask for any of this? Did they even try to break it [...]

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