Job Board Doctor topped 100 posts this year - and some were more popular than others. I decided to look at this year's blog posts using 3 criteria: the number of comments, the number of page views, and the number…
In 2009 (vs. job boards 2010), the job board industry (and the rest of the world) was deep in the recession's trough. It was ugly. With 2010 essentially in the rear view mirror, I think I can safely say that…
The following is a guest post by Felix Wetzel, Group Marketing Director at Jobsite.co.uk: A couple of weeks ago I bought the new Kindle. It wasn’t an easy decision as I kept wondering if I was better off buying an…
It's been an interesting several months in the job site world. To wit: Indeed surpasses Monster: Yep, for the first time a job site aggregator's traffic surpassed the 'monster' of our industry. RealMatch lands some serious VC dollars: Remember my…
Is social recruiting a symptom of larger problems in the world of recruitment - or is it a solution to recruitment woes? Let me argue both sides of this question: Symptom: def. "something that indicates the existence of something else"…
There is a lot of great writing out there covering the job board and online recruiting industries - in fact, it's easy to overlook good material. So I've rounded up some of the most interesting pieces from the past months…
(Note: Today's guest post is by Felix Wetzel, Group Marketing Director for Jobsite.co.uk.) Job boards are the number 1 channel for finding a job and for finding candidates. The recession has cemented this position even further. If you want to…
In August, I began gathering data for the Job Board Future survey from job seekers, HR professionals, recruiters, and job board employees and operators on the future of job boards and the methods for finding jobs and candidates. Now, 275…
If you follow my Twitter stream, you no doubt noticed I spent last week at #truManchester. It was a great experience - I listened to many recruiters and HR pros talk about how they use social media in their recruiting…
It may surprise you that the Job Board Doctor is in fact NOT the only person writing about job boards. Really! In fact, there are some very articulate, smart folks out there covering developments in the job board world -…