I continue to be amazed at the job board variations and the pace of start-ups in the job board sector. No matter that we're in the midst of the worst recession since the Great Depression; no matter that companies are…
My favorite weather site is WeatherUnderground. For some obscure, probably cookie-driven reason, I tend to see a lot of HR-related ads there. A few SHRM and iCIMS ads, for example. The other day I noticed a corporate blue banner that…
The introduction of the first Apple Macintosh neatly divided the computing world into two: those who liked Macs and those who liked PCs. Mac fans were enamored with the graphic interface, the unified commands across programs - and the look of…
Any job board operator will tell you that one of the toughest things about keeping your site running well is ensuring that you have a steady flow of the right kind of candidates. How do you find candidates? And what…
Why a job board megamix? Well, there have been a lot of blog posts here over the years - 120, to be exact. Some faded quickly, and some didn't. So I thought it might be useful to have a roundup…
Imagine that you're one of the thousands of job boards that provided Indeed with job postings from its inception. Imagine that in addition to providing those jobs (which turned Indeed into the most visited job site on the web), you…
The times they are a-changin' - and Mr. Zimmerman never even envisioned the internet, much less job sites. One way or another I end up looking at a lot of online recruitment sites - some aimed at employers, some at…
What do job seekers want? Ahem - to find a job. I might add that's why they network, Tweet, post profiles on LinkedIn, and troll through company career sites. They just want a job. Right? Well, no. Not exactly. Job seekers…
Before job board networks, there was the job board, and the candidates rejoiced. So many jobs! So many locations! So much easier than paper. The employers liked it, too. But after a while, candidates realized that general boards were, well....general…
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…