Long COVID and job boards
The world has suffered through the first (and second, and third) wave of COVID. Many people are vaccinated - many more are not. In the U.S. alone, over one million people have died from the virus, and the death toll…
The 2022-23 survey results are in – check them out!
The results are in – and things have changed a bit from 2021! Folks seem considerably more optimistic about their businesses - although perhaps not so optimistic about the economy. The survey, which included respondents from every area of the globe…
Google asks, but Indeed tells: show us the salary information!
For years, job boards have pushed employers to include salary information in their job postings. Why? Research has shown that adding a salary (or salary range) to a posting will increase the job seeker response - and often, the quality…
JobBoardGeek: From Wall Street to a job board network that helps a diverse audience
In this episode of JobBoardGeek, we talk to Roy Baladi of JobsForHumanity, the job board network that serves a diverse audience. Roy's start as a Wall Street quant gave little hint of his eventual role in founding JobsForHumanity, a network of job boards…
JobBoardGeek: Is video worth a thousand job postings?
In this episode of JobBoardGeek, we talk to Brian Forrester of Lumina.co about how his company turns text job ads into video - at scale. With job ads often running to 300 words or (much) more, candidate engagement can be difficult. Jeff Dickey-Chasins…
JobBoardGeek: How social media built this diversity job board’s brand
In this episode of JobBoardGeek, we talk to Elizabeth Willetts of InvestingInWomen, an U.K. job board focused on part-time and flexible work for moms. Elizabeth was frustrated with employers that didn't support part-time positions, and so she built a site that focused…
An extremely short guide to job board SEO
I don't talk much about job board SEO (search engine optimization) because: a) I'm not an expert; and b) many other folks are experts. But...I do have opinions and advice! So this will be my 'take the Doctor's comments with a…
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: A site that isn’t a job board, with jobs that can’t be found on job boards!
In this episode of JobBoardGeek, we talk to Joe Meyer, the founder of ExecThread. As the name implies, this service exposes members to executive-level jobs - but these jobs aren't widely advertised, but instead come from executive search firms. Jeff Dickey-Chasins of…
JobBoardGeek: Reaching disabled job seekers and changing their lives, one at a time
In this episode of JobBoardGeek, we talk to Mike Corso of disabledperson, a pioneering site for disabled job seekers. Mike talks about how the site morphed from an online magazine to a job board - and why it is set up as a…