A few weeks back I was lucky enough to host a webinar (sponsored by RealMatch). I talked about the various and sundry challenges facing job boards in the coming years. Judging from the number of attendees AND the number of…
The more things change, the more they stay the same - except when they don't. Now how's that for equivocation? The results are in for the 2011 Online Recruiting Survey, and they are intriguing. We had a record 323 completed…
I've been cataloging job boards for the past two years (for obvious reasons), and frankly, I've been surprised at how many sites rely on candidates for their primary revenue stream. Making money, of course, is always a primary focus for…
A few weeks back I asked you to help with a job board industry survey - and you did! You answered questions about the effect of the recession on your job sites, threats to your business - and your thoughts…
The future is alluring - nothing bad has happened yet, you haven't made any dumb mistakes yet, and anything could happen. In fact, the future is so interesting I will now write about it (with my job board industry goggles…
Folks, I need your help. We're emerging from an extremely challenging recession - one that has affected the job board industry deeply. So I thought we might all benefit from some collegial insight. Thus, I've put together a short (12…
Doostang just announced that they've landed $1.25 million in new funding. That's not a huge investment compared to the boom years, but it is a signal that our industry may have reached bottom and is beginning to rebound. So you've…
When was the last time you asked your job board customers what they want? Not just a one-off question to a few clients - but an systematic, organized survey of everyone who uses your site? Employers and job seekers? A…
As I was sorting through the usual spate of 'job boards are dead' articles, I noticed other more interesting types of articles: pieces that point to job board postings as indicators of the state of the economy. (Monster has published…
Once upon a time, if you visited a job board, you knew what you would get: whatever jobs the board had on that day. These were jobs that the board's sales force had convinced employers to post, on that job…