Back to work, on their terms
It's always been the case that some folks retire, then go back to work. Why? Maybe they get bored in retirement. Perhaps they feel isolated. Or they find that they don't have as much money as they thought they would.…
Job board content success
Job board content success? Huh? Well, job boards have long believed - or were taught to believe by search engines - that job ads were 'their' only real content. In other words, a job board was nothing without the primal…
Salary information in job postings: it’s important!
For years, job boards have pushed employers to include salary information in job postings. Why? Research has shown that adding a salary (or salary range) to a posting will increase the job seeker response - and often, the quality of…
Influence, headspace, mind share – it’s all related
The concept of influence is not new - it appeared when humans first began communicating and learned that one of them knew more about something than the others. So the crowd (tribe, etc.) listened to that human. Knowledge + communication…
Job board AI implementations around the globe
Job board AI implementations are picking up - as I thought they might. I last wrote about this in July, and since then I've seen a steady wave of AI-related announcements. Some of this is just 'getting on the bandwagon',…
The four horsemen of the apocalypse? Sorry, no…
So why am I going religious on you and talking about the four horsemen of the apocalypse? Well, see, it's Joel Cheesman's fault. Really. I am a longtime fan of the Chad and Cheese podcast (now a media empire), but…
Hiring-related AI products and your job board
I previously wrote about what specific job boards are doing with AI - and not surprisingly, it's the largest job boards that are making the biggest splash. But the sheer number of hiring-related AI products out there means that almost…
Weird job board news from CareerBuilder, Avito Jobs, and more
As regular readers know, I gather up the most interesting and relevant job board news once a month. But sometimes I see news that just doesn't fit. It's weird, unusual or just odd. So here is a sampling of some…
The candidate discovery journey drives your growth
A fundamental challenge for our industry is candidate discovery: how do candidates and employers discover each other? You can argue that job boards - and newspapers before them - tried to solve this problem: they tried to make it easier…
A few things that make job boards fail
Have you ever wondered why job boards fail? Over my many years of consulting with job boards around the world, this is one of the most commonly asked questions. It's usually asked in a very specific way: 'Why did that job board…