Yogi Berra and job boards
Note: The Doctor is enjoying the U.S. holiday. This piece from 3 years ago is still quite pertinent. Check it out! As famed New York Yankee (and St. Louis native) Yogi Berra once said, “It’s deja vu all over again.”…
Legal changes bring challenges for employers and the job boards they use
If you haven't been marooned on a desert island for the past week, you probably heard about two major legal changes in the U.S. The country's Supreme Court greatly expanded access to handguns in one ruling, and eliminated Federal protection…
JobBoardGeek – Colorado, Ukraine, and some services that form the backbone of the job board industry
In this episode of JobBoardGeek, we talk to Mike Woodrow of Aspen Tech Labs. The company, which has staff in multiple locations including Colorado and Ukraine, provides key software for the job board industry: job feeds, job spidering, and job…
JobBoardGeek: Everything you ever wanted to know about backfill and when to use it
Backfill In this episode of JobBoardGeek, Jeff Dickey-Chasins of JobBoardDoctor and Steven Rothberg of College Recruiter talk about a key element of almost any job board or recruiting site - job board backfill. We discuss the 4 most common types of…
A good brand is better than the words ‘job board’
Another good one from the archive - enjoy! A couple of times a year I do a guest lecture in a college class at my alma mater that focuses on creative and non-traditional careers. It’s always interesting because it puts me in direct…
JobBoardGeek: How subscriptions built this job board into a niche leader
In this episode of JobBoardGeek, we talk to Andy Hibel of HigherEdJobs, the leading job board for careers in academia. Andy talks about how HigherEdJobs got started - including a number of revenue-free years. Jeff Dickey-Chasins of JobBoardDoctor and Steven Rothberg of College Recruiter learn…
Something entirely new, revolutionary, and different….maybe?
Lyz Lenz, a very good Iowa-based writer (check out her newsletter) recently tweeted: "I told the liquor store guy about a drink I made with this gin he sold me and he was like, "Congratulations you invented a Tom Collins."…
JobBoardGeek: Serge and Shelley said what?: all about the Canadian job board market
In this episode of JobBoardGeek, we talk to Serge Boudreau and Shelley Billinghurst of The Recruitment Flex podcast (the #1 HR podcast in Canada) about the Canadian job board market. Since Serge's day job is with Career Beacon and Shelley runs a recruitment ad agency, they…
The recruitment market is complex – and that’s good
The Doctor is out this week, watching his daughter get her masters degree. This post first appeared five (!) years ago - but it's still relevant. Read on... There is a tendency – in every industry, not just our own…
JobBoardGeek: 10 common mistakes that job boards (new and old) make
In this episode of JobBoardGeek, Jeff Dickey-Chasins talks to...himself! Yes, co-host Steven Rothberg is off working (!). Jeff digs into 10 common mistakes that job boards and recruiting sites make. He finds these mistakes tend to occur no matter which…