Are you the candidate’s friend – or a source of confusion?
If you’ve ever tried to help a recent graduate look for work, you probably realized that they had only a vague idea of what the ‘right job’ might... Read more.
It’s survey time: help the Doctor and take the 2020-21 Recruiting Site Trends survey!!
You know, even a so-called Doctor needs some help every now and then – and that’s where you come in. It’s time for the 2020-21 Recruiting Site... Read more.
The pandemic and the hiring industry
Six months into the pandemic, it seems obvious – to me, at least – that the hiring industry (including job boards) is not going to go up in a puff of... Read more.
Upwork up, Seek and Indeed down: news of the job board industry
It’s been an interesting 4 weeks for the Doctor here in the Midwest – a derecho, power outages, searching for internet, and much much more! But at least... Read more.
Don’t reinvent the (job board) wheel!
Note: The Doctor is now in week 3 (!) of no internet or phone due to the derecho. Trust me, the Midwest is hurting – thousands still without power. You can... Read more.
If given a chance – what would you do?
Note: A derecho hit the Midwest last Monday – and the Doctor is still waiting for his power and internet to return! So in deference to Mother Nature, here... Read more.
The final rule for designing a recruiting site: keep it simple
Over the past several weeks, I’ve proposed a few rules for designing an effective recruiting site or job board: remember that users aren’t rational,... Read more.
LinkedIn and Randstad feel the pain: news of the job board and recruiting industry
I normally wait a bit longer to do the industry news update – usually every 4 weeks or so – but there has been so many developments and announcements... Read more.
Rule 2 for designing a recruiting site: candidates are most important
You would think after three decades of web-based recruiting sites that the folks designing these sites would have figured out the basics. You would be wrong. I’ve... Read more.
Rule 1 for designing a recruiting site: users are not rational
Back in the early days of job boards – this would the dark ages of the 1990s – everyone put up their own version of what they thought a site should be.... Read more.