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…
Conferences can be a mixed bag. Sometimes you go and are dazzled by the information, presentations, and people - and other times, you find yourself wondering what else there is to do in town. I've been to several IAEWS conferences…
In my recent survey of readers, several asked for more information about what I actually do as the Job Board Doctor (other than write these blog posts, I suppose). I do cover a bit of this on the website, but…
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…
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…
I recently wrote a post for HR Examiner that looked at the profusion of choice for recruiters these days - how they are presented with lots of tools to do their jobs. It got me thinking about how things are…
I've been consulting in the job board industry since 2009 and active with job boards for much longer. In all that time, a particular type of article / blog post / etc. has persisted and even occasionally thrived: the 'job…
Last week Jakub Zavrel posted a fascinating piece on ERE.net that digs into search technology: Are Job Boards Still Relevant for the Future of Recruiting? I strongly encourage you to read it (and definitely check out the comments - Steven Rothberg…
One of my goals at Job Board Doctor is to provide resources for job boards. My first attempt was the listing of job board software (which has been updated many times!). I also hope that my blog posts serve this function - at least…
Today we're going to talk about simplicity versus complexity; as in, have you tried applying for a job lately? If the employer is of any size, you will probably be directed into an applicant tracking system (ATS), where you will…