Industry news about the job board and recruitment marketing sector
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, I'd be a (moderately) rich man. Truly. I try to avoid…
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 has appointed Dennis Liniman as their new Director of Sales. He's been…
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 board for its resume search. Or perhaps you…
NetFlix has been busy in the past few months. First they effectively jacked up prices by charging separately for streaming and traditional DVDs. Then they launched a 2nd site for those of us who chose to continue receiving DVDs. Um,…
What exactly is happening in the job board and online recruiting world? Well, to paraphrase Neil Young, 'job boards never sleep' (okay, yes, that was awful!), so here's a quick roundup of some industry tidbits: JobTarget continues growing: The software…
"You say you want a revolution, well, you know, we're all doing what we can." - The Beatles "We're pinheads all, jocko homo." -DEVO These lyrics really get to the two extremes of what recruiters, employers, and job seekers think…
Well, folks, it's official - there are now resumes on Indeed - and Indeed is letting anyone and everyone search their resume database. It's free - for now. Sound familiar? It does to me - after all, Indeed used the…
One problem with the internet in general and social media in particular is that you have fewer reasons to leave the office. After all, if I'm swapping Tweets with @Animal or @HRMargo all day, do I really want to spend…
Let's talk job board disruption this week. Ever wonder how the financial markets might affect your job board? Well, wonder no more - Monster, Dice, and 51Job all experienced double-digit drops in the wake of S&P's downgrade of the U.S.…
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 semi-famous) Job Board Doctor blog posts - but via email. Some might argue this is a regression. I would…