Matt Alder published a fascinating piece last week about ‘job clouds’ and why he thought Twitter could be the future of job boards. It was one of those “I wish I had written that!” moments for me, to be honest.
In brief, he posits the creation of a ‘job cloud’ created by multiple employer Twitter feeds [...]
There are thousands of job sites out there. If you spend much time looking at them, like I do, you quickly realize that many lack ‘brand identity’.
In other words, they’re forgettable.
Try it yourself. Go to JobBoardReviews or Google “your favorite industry + jobs” and see what you find. I’m betting that (after you get past [...]
Is job seeker registration good or bad? And if you require registration, how much is too much? And…how much value should you attach to these registered users?
Personally, I think a little friction is a good thing (as does Seth Godin, apparently). If a job seeker wants to land a job, why shouldn’t he (or she) [...]
“When anyone can start a job board, we’re really in trouble.”
– apocryphal
A long, long time ago, people found work through quaint methods such as friends, a sign in the window, or a newspaper classified. Those days are, well, waning.
In 1995 (or 1994, depending on who the storyteller is), the first web-based job board was [...]
