First movers define categories. This is a given in marketing, and we have seen it over and over in our industry. The 'classic' job board is defined by Monster of the '90s and '00s - chock-full of job ads, interstitials,…
Back in October I took a look at some new and interesting recruitment offerings. Well jeez, that was last year! So I figured it was time to take another look at what has been popping up in our industry. In…
Welcome to 2019! This marks the JobBoardDoctor's 10th year publishing news, opinions, and providing consulting services. It's been fun - and I hope (occasionally) informative. Here's to another 10 years! In the meantime, our industry continues forward. A survey came…
Ah, conferences - fighting with hotel Wifi, getting lost late at night trying to find your room, or reaching the free food table just a few minutes after they take the goodies away. Yet still we go because a good…
It seems that 2018 was the year that - once again - job boards failed to die. However...they certainly did evolve. And although there was a lot of startup activity as well as developments with established niche sites, it was…
Note: It's the day after Christmas and the Doctor is undoubtedly asleep with visions of sugarplums dancing in his head...or are those programmatic ads? This is a replay from last year. Enjoy! It's impossible to escape holiday music. Radio stations…
It's the end of 2018 - so are things slowing down? Well, not exactly. Money continues to be raised, a site goes down, and some other sites are expanding. Let's take a look: Jobindex revenue up: Danish job board Jobindex reported…
In 2018, I tracked 28 purchases/acquisitions/mergers, lots of money raised, some layoffs, some hiring, and a continued influx of startups into the recruitment marketing industry. In other words, a pretty good year. Let's take a closer look: January: DHI continued…
The past 12 months have been busy for those at Facebook who are working on their hiring offerings. The company is huge, of course, and I don't have a clear sense of how many staff are attached to the hiring…
Note: This is a re-up of a post from this summer. Enjoy! Job boards - both traditional and non-traditional - have historically had one primary purpose in life: to bring candidates and employers together. For the traditional boards, that meant…