These are exciting times for the online recruiting industry - acquisitions (Jobs2Web, Bullhorn), IPOs (LinkedIn), and flame-outs (BranchOut). The majority of job boards I talk with are experiencing very strong business (and revenues), despite a frustratingly slow recovery. But there's been a…
Ok, what is a job board? Almost every week I see another blog post or story about a trend, product, or development that will doom job boards. Let's be honest - writing about the death of any institution, especially one…
Getting jobs from an employer and onto a job board has been a challenge from the earliest days of the industry. Initially, the only way to do so was manually - the employer filled out a web form and submitted…
BranchOut was one of the earliest 'job hunting' apps available on Facebook, and it has parlayed its early mover advantage into significant signups (25 million users and counting) and investments from venture capitalists (they picked up another $25 million last…
A few months back I examined 7 Android apps for job boards - in fact, I even liked a few! As mobile apps continue to spread throughout the job search universe, I thought it would be useful to take a…
Gerry Crispin and Mark Mehler have been conducting the landmark CareerXRoads Source of Hire survey for over a decade. In my mind, that's useful data. They've just come out with the 2012 edition, and it's absolutely worth a look. The…
It's been a while since I looked at new, interesting, and (occasionally) odd job board startups. However, just because I haven't been looking doesn't mean there's been any shortage of start-ups. Sometimes it seems like I see a new one…
I recently did a Q&A with the folks at Cachinko about the future of job search. You may find it interesting - check it out here! [Want to get Job Board Doctor posts via email? Subscribe here.]. [Check out the JobBoardGeek podcast archive!]
Let's face it: there is a reason that there are skills testing sites. If you hire people, at some point you will have to hire for a position about which you know absolutely nothing. Perhaps you're hiring a chief technology…
I was fortunate enough last week to talk with Peter Clayton of Total Picture Radio about my post a few weeks ago. We talked about the non-death of job boards, Monster, LinkedIn, matching, .jobs, and a bunch of other things.…