In this episode of JobBoardGeek, we talk to Andy Hibel of HigherEdJobs, the leading job board for careers in academia. Andy talks about how HigherEdJobs got started - including a number of revenue-free years. Jeff Dickey-Chasins of JobBoardDoctor and Steven Rothberg of College Recruiter learn…
In this episode of JobBoardGeek, we talk to Ian Partington of HST Hiring Group about what's changed - and hasn't - in the last 20 years of job boards and how to recruit. Ian, who previously founded and ran the SimplyJobs group of…
Why write about a job board owner's toolkit? Well, when you've been writing about job boards and recruiting sites for 13 (!) years, you manage to cover a lot of ground. Sometimes good information gets buried in the past, while…
Speaking of a revenue model - one of the most popular posts I've written is about generating revenue. So my readers are interested in making money - go figure! A smart blogger would have immediately written more posts about revenue…
Note: The Doctor is recovering from yet another Memorial Day, so this is some still-timely advice from 2009 (!!) Once, a long time ago in a galaxy far far away, a job board salesperson called up a prospective employer, made his…
Note: I'm always surprised when I talk to folks and they say, "I didn't know I could hire you! I thought you were just a blogger." In fact, I've had clients that actually encourage me to be more aggressive in…
Note: This post originally appeared in the summer of 2018 - but it's newly relevant as job boards reach out to candidates as the economy opens up. How can you reintroduce yourself? Read on: Job boards - both traditional and…
Note: This post first appeared back in 2019 - that's right, in the pre-COVID world. Yet it has plenty of relevance now, as the pace of M&A in the job board industry continues to pick up. Enjoy! Conventional wisdom would…
Job boards began as digital translations of 'real world' objects: newspaper classifieds. The relatively low cost of entry meant that job boards soon proliferated. And from this crazy-quilt of sites grew the job board advertising wars, promoting destination job boards.…
Note: A derecho hit the Midwest last Monday - and the Doctor is still waiting for his power and internet to return! So in deference to Mother Nature, here is a post from last year that is still quite relevant.…