If you don’t ask, you won’t know
Note: The Doctor is out this week, soon to return. This is from 2015 and still extremely relevant, IMO. Enjoy! I have no idea what you're thinking. In fact, I can't even see you. I guess I'm operating in…
Authentic or fake?: where your site ends up
Note: The Doctor is out for the next few weeks, helping his sister deal with her cancer. This is from a few years ago, but still quite relevant Authenticity is all the rage. Supporters of both Donald Trump and Bernie…
Job postings are commodities – really!
Note: The Doctor is out for the next few weeks, helping his sister deal with her cancer. This is from last year, but still quite relevant, particularly given the progress with Google's Cloud Jobs API! I was discussing Indeed with…
Different paths to diversity in online recruiting
Although studies have shown that companies with more diverse employees - both with regard to gender and ethnicity - tend to outperform their peers, actual progress by organizations via diversity in online recruiting has been slow. Why? Because (a) it's…
Boom!: Google creates a hiring system
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…
White noise: attribution (or absence of) in recruiting
A long time ago I was the marketing director for a publishing company. Apart from making sure that the ad sales team was happy, my job involved spending lots of money on direct mail to attract magazine subscribers. It was while…
Landscape: a 10,000 foot look at the recruitment marketing industry
As you already know because you're in the thick of it, the recruitment marketing industry has been morphing and evolving significantly over the past 5 years. Companies have been bought and sold. Buying habits are changing. And hundreds of millions…
Age bias and forms: Illinois gets curious
What's this about age bias? "Attorney General Lisa Madigan today sent letters to six national career and job search companies over potential age discrimination violations in setting age requirements for job seekers searching career opportunities." That's from a press release…
Can you predict the future of job boards? Here are 5 reasons I can’t.
Note: TheDoctor is speaking at the Staffing Industry Analysts conference this week - so this post is a 'greatest hits' from March 2016. Enjoy! Seems like everyone and their donkey does a 'what's coming next' post around this time of…
Where to go: a guide to recruiting site conferences
Before we get into recruiting site conferences, did you notice that sly 'recruiting site' mention in the title? I didn't say 'job board'! And me - the JobBoardDoctor! What is the world coming to? Well, if you read this blog…