What you should know about candidates
My last post focused on what candidates do when they are looking for work. We asked a wide range of questions in order to get a better picture of how candidates behave 'in the wild', as it were. But this…
How job search really works: the 2013 Job Seeker Survey
What is the 2013 job seeker survey all about? Well...it's what happens when you ask 1,276 job seekers how they really look for work. Guess what - you get some pretty interesting answers. Earlier this fall, I collaborated with Job-Hunt.org (a…
London calling: will I see you at the JobG8 job board summit?
I've almost recovered from the IAEWS fall congress - but in about 4 weeks I will be attending the JobG8 Europe Job Board Summit in London (Dec. 4-5). Actually, 'attending' isn't quite right - I will be presenting some very…
The perfect career research tool is the job board
Candidates need a good, basic career research tool - this is just a fact. And I've talked before about how job boards are evolving to meet the changing needs of both employers and candidates. I've also talked about how some boards…
Answer me this!: How screening can deliver better candidates to employers
If you look at any survey of employers that I've done over the past several years, you'll find that the number one issue for employers is quality of candidates. Now, 'quality' is one of those wonderfully fuzzy terms that can mean…
Are career hubs what job boards become when they grow up?
The 'traditional' job board is evolving - but as science tells us, every instance of evolution isn't always 'successful'. There have been plenty of dead ends in nature. Same in the job board world - often because the sites in…
New mousetraps: strange, interesting, and unusual online recruiting sites
The months fly past when you're doctoring job boards - really! It's been 146 days since I last looked at strange, interesting, and unusual online recruiting sites. So it's time for an update. Startups never sleep, as you know! Throng: Apart…
A happy marriage? Job boards and referral networks
For a number of years, the CareerXroads Source of Hire study has identified referrals, career sites, and job boards as the #1, #2, and #3 sources of external hires, respectively. Much of the traffic that career sites receive comes directly from job…
Godzilla vs. Mothra: competitive innovation from LinkedIn and CareerBuilder?
As Monster continues its long, slow fade as the 'big dog' in the job board world (funny how long-term lack of leadership can do that to you), industry attention turns to LinkedIn and CareerBuilder. Why? These sites have shown the…
Thinking about social stuff and job search
So perhaps you saw that LinkedIn has updated/upgraded its job search functionality? They sent me an email inviting me to give it a whirl, so I did - and it got me to thinking about social stuff and job search…