(Happy Friday, Job Board Doctor friends! I am out learning and imbibing at RecFest UK this week. Fortunately for me (and you), Lou Goodman, in partnership with Jobiqo, has taken up the mantle this week and Lou is continuing her…
My name is Alexander, and I advise job boards, aggregators and ATS platforms on SEO, Google Jobs optimization and AI. As part of my work, I monitor Google for various signals related to ranking. Last week, I noticed some significant…
Fasten your safety belts, this update is going to be a long one! The amount of acquisitions, funding, expansions, and so on is truly amazing this time around. Maybe it has something to do with spring? Anyway, let's get started:…
Remember Google Base? Joel Cheesman does. "The company launched Google Base in the mid-2000s to much fanfare." And...it never went anywhere. Then last year Google announced that they were working with CareerBuilder, Jibe, and Dice on a Jobs API. That…
It's a new year, the snow is on the ground (in Iowa, that is), and it's time for new recruiting sites from the Doctor. I did my last round up in September 2015, which is like 50 years in our…
There ought to be a law against holding the Jobg8 Summit in Atlanta in late June - or at least, if you're going to do so, let's have everyone run at half-speed, ok? Free BBQ would be good, too. But…
If you follow my blog, you know that I often complain about applicant tracking systems (ATS) - mostly in relation to what they don't for candidates and how they can hurt job boards (via poor source tracking). But it's a…
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, think about LinkedIn: is it really the first social recruiting site, or simply a…
Today we're going to talk about simplicity versus complexity; as in, have you tried applying for a job lately? If the employer is of any size, you will probably be directed into an applicant tracking system (ATS), where you will…
As noted in previous posts, I've been thinking lately about what makes employment sites good - or not. Below are a few questions to that effect - and yes, some employment sites have these features, but most do not. Maybe…