Note: The Doctor is recovering from a bout with the flu - so this week we revisit the most popular post from 2017. Enjoy! Remember Google Base? Joel Cheesman does. "The company launched Google Base in the mid-2000s to much…
If you read much recruiting and HR press (like I do), you inevitably run into something odd: there seems to be retention tension between what employers do and say. On the one hand, there are tons of articles extolling the gig…
A long time ago (no, I'm not going to tell you how long), I was given some excellent advice. Before buying a tool/car/software/etc., determine what you hope to do with this product. If you're planning to write the great American novel, you…
How you think about yourself can have a big impact on what you do and how you do it. If you start the day thinking you're washed up and addled, you will tackle the day's challenges in a way that…
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,…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…