2017: the year that was in recruitment marketing
It ain't over yet - but it's pretty near done. As I did last year, it's time to take a look at how 2017 was for recruitment marketing - the trends, events, and surprises that made the last 12 months,…
The loss of net neutrality: What will our new world look like?
A few weeks ago, I explored what the impending loss of net neutrality in the U.S. might mean for recruitment marketing sites and job boards. However, as this recent article points out, we can look to a few countries like…
Woo, Yudu, Moneo, and more: news of the recruitment marketing industry
Even as holidays draw near, the recruitment marketing industry chugs along with more funding, more product releases - and even some news about LinkedIn (shock!). Seems like this industry also encourages the (ahem) creative names, eh? So without further ado,…
Net neutrality is going away. What happens to recruitment marketing?
The U.S. Federal Communications Commission is poised to vote on Dec. 14 to rescind the so-called net neutrality rules championed by former President Obama. FCC Chairman Ajit Pai’s proposal would repeal rules that currently bar ISPs from blocking, slowing access to…
Fad or fixture? Developments in recruitment marketing
If you read a lot of HR blogs and magazines - like I do - you will notice a lot of 'forecasts': '12 key trends in HR for 2017'; '6 technologies that will change recruiting'; and so on. Heck, I've…
Innovation and recruitment marketing
At the TAtech conference in Denver, I had a brief conversation with Joel Cheesman about innovation. He challenged me to come up with any job boards or companies in recruitment marketing that were 'innovative'. I fumbled for an answer (as…
Mya, Stack, Dice: news of the recruitment marketing industry
Things have been lively in our industry over the past few weeks - news from DHI, StackOverflow, Mya, LinkedIn, and more - and not always good news at that. So let's get to it: DHI loses money and Durney: DHI saw…
Monopolies lumber into recruitment marketing
Ever since I read 'A Serf on Google's Farm', I've wanted to (a) draw it to your attention (read it!!), and (b) talk about the impact that the Facebook and Google monopolies have on our industry. The article has a…
Pick a strategy path: sourcing or advertising
Sometimes it's useful to step back and generalize a little. I believe the appropriate cliche is 'you can't see the forest for the trees'. Whatever. Let's just say that if you don't have a good guiding principle for what your…
Results of the 2017-18 Global Recruiting Site Trends survey are here!
The results are in from the latest edition of the 2017-18 Global Recruiting Site trends survey! This year we had - as always - great response from recruiting sites, job boards, and other recruitment marketing services from around the world…