You’re not a job board – you’re a hybrid!
NOTE: As the Doctor is based in the U.S., he is recovering from Memorial Day - so here is a post from earlier this year that you may enjoy! First movers define categories. This is a given in marketing, and…
Useful paranoia – thinking about security
Back in 2008 and 2009 - a very long time ago, I realize - Monster had two data breaches. Roughly 2 million Monster users had their data exposed. The incidents received widespread exposure at the time, accompanied by lots of…
Chicken or egg?: The non-evolution of job board products
The job board industry has been around for about 25 years. In that time, it has essentially relied on two job board products: duration-based job ads, and access to resumes. Don't believe me? Take a look at a random assortment…
Alright, cough!: What does the Doctor actually do?
One of the recurrent features of my consulting life is someone - a close friend, a new acquaintance, or a potential client - asking me: 'So what exactly do you do?'. If I say, 'Well, I'm a consultant', that often…
The hybridization of job boards
First movers define categories. This is a given in marketing, and we have seen it over and over in our industry. The 'classic' job board is defined by Monster of the '90s and '00s - chock-full of job ads, interstitials,…
Monikl, flocks, and malls: new and interesting recruitment offerings
Back in October I took a look at some new and interesting recruitment offerings. Well jeez, that was last year! So I figured it was time to take another look at what has been popping up in our industry. In…
The Muse: employer branding can be lucrative
Seven years ago a job site for female millennials launched. It was called The Daily Muse. Fast forward to now - there was a name change (The Muse), an injection of $30 million dollars, massive growth, and voila!: the site…
Yudu, Eightfold, and more: some pretty interesting recruiting sites
It's been a while - but not too long - since I've looked at new sites and services in the recruitment marketing world. New ones roll out all the time, so I thought it was worth a look at some…
I need your help – please take the 2018-2019 Recruiting Trends survey!
Hey everyone! It's that time of the year - time for the 2018-19 Global Recruiting Site Trends survey! As always, I need your help to get it off the ground. In addition to the usual valuable info on what recruiting sites…
Living in the age of hiring anxiety and scarcity
As an industry, we have always been the beneficiary of employers' hiring anxiety. Why would they bother to use a job board or recruiting service if they weren't at least a little bit anxious about their own abilities to fill…