The Sonderling Doctrine.
Happy Friday, Job Board Doctor friends. I want to start today with a note about what you are about to read. I want you to know what I am writing is highly personal. I met Keith Sonderling during the pandemic…
Guardian Jobs is Closing.
Guardian Jobs closing was the week's biggest job board story, and the official explanation doesn't tell the whole story. This week I trace the revenue trail from the 2008 peak to last week's announcement. Happy Friday Job Board Doctor friends…
Five Firms, One Price: Japan Raids Its Staffing Giants
Happy Friday, Job Board Doctor friends, It is earnings season again and we have a lot to cover, but something jumped out at me in Recruit Holdings’ latest earnings report and I want to give it room to breathe this…
The AI Bias Audit Industry Has a Fake Candidate Problem
Happy Friday Job Board Doctor friends! If you haven’t checked it out yet: Maki People answered every question I sent them, on the record and in full, and that exchange is on the site. Last week, I wrote about disability…
The Build-vs-Buy Debate Is Dead. The ATS Ecosystem Era Is Here.
The winner ATSs have already made the shift in how they think about product strategy. For much of the past two decades, product strategy in recruitment technology revolved around a deceptively simple question: should we build this ourselves or buy…
The Human Makes the Final Call, After the Machine Decides Who Gets One: Recruitics, Maki People, and the Pre-Apply Screen
(Note: This article was updated on July 17th, 2026 following information received from Maki People. See updates below.) Happy Friday Job Board Doctor friends! Thanks again to Lou and the Jobiqo team for wrangling the weekly last week. If you…
106 Things Disposition Data Can’t Tell You
(Happy Friday, Job Board Doctor friends! I am out learning and imbibing at RecFest UK this week. Fortunately for me (and you), Lou Goodman, in partnership with Jobiqo, has taken up the mantle this week and Lou is continuing her…
The End of “Salary – Competitive, Based on Experience”
If you've spent any time in talent acquisition, you know the dance. The candidate goes through at least three rounds of interviews. Everyone likes each other. Then compensation comes up, and the number is nowhere close to what they were…
Colorado Gutted Its AI (Hiring) Law. Washington Didn’t.
Happy Thursday, Job Board Doctor friends! Two stories this week that, read together, tell you something uncomfortable about where worker protections actually come from. Both are happening at the state level, because the federal level is not happening at all,…
Job Slop and the Golden Opportunity Indeed is Giving
Happy Friday, Job Board Doctor friends. If you listened to Chad and Cheese last week, outside of my Job.com update, Chad hit on a term we have affectionately coined as "job slop." Job slop is the low-quality sludge filling our…