Jobs2Web and RealMatch: push and pull
The big news in the recruiting world last week was the acquisition of Jobs2Web by SuccessFactors, which had only a few days before been gobbled up by SAP. Why Jobs2Web?... Read more.
The latest, greatest news from the job board world
It’s that time of the month – time to glance back and see if anything really happened in the past 4 weeks. Surprisingly enough, it did. Here’s... Read more.
Are big job destination sites a thing of the past?
Back in the day – say, 3 or 4 years ago – if you were looking for a job, you typically visited big job destination sites like Monster, an aggregator... Read more.
Only job seekers can kill job boards (not pundits)
Only job seekers can kill job boards, right? Not according to yet another ‘job boards are dying’ blog post. If I had a dollar for every post like this,... Read more.
It’s all about the job seeker: job boards, social media, job hunting tools, and relevance
Last week I read a post about job hunting tools and how social media killed job boards (yes, again!). Whether or not you agree with the argument (and as you can... Read more.
What HR and recruiting pros are doing to find candidates: Fall 2011 Survey results
Per this week’s Fall 2011 survey results from job boards, we’ve seen some changes over the past 12 months – not the least of which is increased... Read more.
The beginning of the end? Results from the Fall 2011 Job Board Industry Survey
Why do you need the Fall 2011 Job Board Industry Survey results? Well, the last few years have not been so wonderful for most of us. A tenacious recession has managed... Read more.
Change, change, change: the latest news in the job board and online recruiting world
Another 30 days, another month of excitement in the online recruiting world! This is the stuff I thought worth noting: CareerBoard has a new director of sales: CareerBoard... Read more.
Resume search: are the walls coming down?
In the old days – say, 2 or 3 years ago – you had an internal database of candidate resumes that you used for a resume search. Perhaps you paid a job... Read more.
Job boards don’t create jobs – employers do
I’ve worked with dozens of job boards over the years, and I often take a look at what the job seekers are saying to them. Since the onset of the recession... Read more.