“Job boards are broken”: thus saith TheLadders
My favorite weather site is WeatherUnderground. For some obscure, probably cookie-driven reason, I tend to see a lot of HR-related ads there. A few SHRM and iCIMS... Read more.
Is your site design an iPhone or an Android? Mac or PC? And why should you care?
The introduction of the first Apple Macintosh neatly divided the computing world into two: those who liked Macs and those who liked PCs. Mac fans were enamored... Read more.
Don’t tell me who you are, tell me what you can do (for me)
Consider the term ‘job board’. For some, it is a term of derision, an insult (as in, “geez, why would you use a job board?”). For others,... Read more.
All job seekers are not alike – and that’s the problem
What do job seekers and music have to do with one another. Well…I recently spent a very pleasant 2 days with my family at an alternative music festival. Apart... Read more.
Now available: Job Board Doctor blog posts by email
Inspired by Joel Cheesman’s recent foray into newsletters, I’ve decided to start one myself. Basically, you’ll get the world-famous (ok, sort-of... Read more.
Monster moves into Facebook: what you can learn
Monster has made a big splash with BeKnown, its job seeker app for Facebook. It’s the latest (and boldest) move into social media for the job board, and I... Read more.
Going to Hollywood…Florida, that is – hope to see you there!
The Fall ERE conference and the IAEWS Fall meeting are coming, folks – and the Job Board Doctor will be there. I hope you will be, too. If you don’t... Read more.
OMG the sky is falling! And other threats to the job board world….
This may be heresy – but sometimes I think more communication in the job board world isn’t necessarily better. To wit: here in the U.S. Midwest, we... Read more.
2011 Online Recruiting Survey Results: Change…and no change
The more things change, the more they stay the same – except when they don’t. Now how’s that for equivocation? The results are in for the 2011... Read more.
Job board revenue models – revisited
The amazing success (and possible bubble) of LinkedIn’s IPO last week got me to thinking about job board revenue models. Almost a year ago I wrote a post about... Read more.