Friction: Is registering job seekers actually worth it?
Is registering job seekers on your site worth doing – or not? And if you do, how hard should it be? Almost every client I’ve worked with has had to wrestle... Read more.
Job board myths and how to fight them
How do job board myths start? First, something happens – something unusual or notable, something that prompts a person to file it away in their memory. Next,... Read more.
Results of the 2014 Job Board Trends survey are in!
A few months back, almost two hundred job board owners, operators, and employees took the 2014 Job Board Trends survey. This project, a joint effort of IAEWS and... Read more.
You’re building your brand – whether you realize it or not
What is a brand? Well, I think (at least in the online recruiting world) we’ve moved past the original meaning: to burn a mark on an animal. The purpose of... Read more.
Facebook, Dice, LinkedIn, and more money: the online recruiting news roundup
Winter is fading (kind of) and plenty has happened during the past month and a half. So pull out your t-shirts and sandals, and let’s take a look at the latest... Read more.
The tyranny – and fear – of the new: mobile and social
It’s a fine line between cool and fool (or mobile and social) – just ask BranchOut or any of the dozens of other services that have launched and flamed... Read more.
Join me for a look at the top trends in online recruiting for 2014 (Webinar)
Hey folks – I hope you can join me next week for a look at the top trends in online recruiting for 2014 – and how they will affect the job board industry.... Read more.
People aggregation: buzzword or new paradigm?
A large percentage of what is billed as ‘new’ is actually just repackaged – as we will see in this examination of people aggregation. For example,... Read more.
Innovation around the edges: LinkedIn, Bright, and the evolution of job boards
Big change is so sudden, which is why I often talk about the evolution of job boards. Remember how LinkedIn came out of nowhere and revolutionized the recruiting... Read more.
Clarify this for me: questions (and more questions) from my recent webinar
A few weeks back I conducted a webinar (courtesy of RealMatch) on what job seekers want and do. Lots of you attended – and there were many more questions... Read more.