Before we get into recruiting site conferences, did you notice that sly 'recruiting site' mention in the title? I didn't say 'job board'! And me - the JobBoardDoctor! What is the world coming to? Well, if you read this blog…
Hey everyone! It's that time - time for the 2016-17 Global Recruiting Site Trends survey! As always, we need your help to get it off the ground. In addition to the usual valuable info on what job boards and recruiting sites…
Wind, lightning, rain, and tens of thousands of soccer fans 'sheltering in place' at Soldier field. Just another lazy Wednesday in Chicago! The next day, me and over a hundred other folks jammed into the downtown Chicago Hilton for the…
The most common question I've heard in the last two job board conferences (apart from 'where is the bar?') is: What is programmatic advertising? You have to admit, the phrase is a bit off-putting - we know about ads, but…
I admit it, I'm a sucker for 'Wouldn't it be cool if....?' products. You know - personal jetpacks, StarTrek transporters, self-cleaning litter boxes - and during my young adulthood (now sadly long past) I often indulged in buying 'gadgets'. They…
It's a new year, the snow is on the ground (in Iowa, that is), and it's time for new recruiting sites from the Doctor. I did my last round up in September 2015, which is like 50 years in our…
I've been covering the job board world in this blog since 2009. During that time, I've covered lots of startups. I thought it might be interesting to go back and see how many are still around. You could call this…
The global nature of the job board industry has obvious. From the beginning we've had sites around the world filling recruiting needs. But over the past several years, I've noticed a shift in the types of activity - from a…
A long time ago - well, maybe a year or two - big data was being touted as the next big thing. It would 'change the game' for recruiters, it would change the workplace, and provide 'new recruiting insight'. Guess…
About a year and a half ago, I wrote about the pay for performance model (PFP) - where employers pay for specific candidate actions (usually clicks), rather than for a job posting. The idea has an intrinsic appeal - after all, who…