When you don't want people to notice a change, you use non-colloquial language, as in Google's Job Ads deprecation. Yep, deprecation. They could've said, 'We're killing Google Job Ads' or even, 'We're shutting down Google Job Ads', but no -…
Google backs off? I guess I wasn't as surprised as some folks - but perhaps I'm just too cynical! Still, the apparent retreat of the Google job ads offering was only one bit of a lot of news in the…
Why am I talking about three things that could hurt job boards? Well, basically, because of Joel Cheesman. Yes, that Joel, of ChadandCheese. It all started with a show they had last fall, in which Joel identified what he called the Four…
Why would I focus on the idea that employers are consumers? After all, everyone knows that...right? Ahem. To put it discreetly, sometimes we 'forget'. We think that employers: know exactly what they want know exactly how to articulate what they…
Job board AI implementations are picking up - as I thought they might. I last wrote about this in July, and since then I've seen a steady wave of AI-related announcements. Some of this is just 'getting on the bandwagon',…
X is hurting - ok, that's not really news. But the fact that LinkedIn is benefiting? Well, that is! I think it's one sign of instability in the ad market - and of course we know that on top of…
Why ask 5 burning questions for 2024? Better yet, why not? Back when I managed a publishing company, I learned something very important. The fastest way to shut down a conversation is to label a question - any question -…
Today we're looking at 2023: the job board year in review. Why? Well, it was a heck of a year, to be honest. 2022 was a very strong year for employment and job boards, if you remember, and there was…
Note: It’s the week before Christmas and the Doctor is frantically wrapping packages. This is a replay from last year. Enjoy! It’s impossible to escape holiday music - or at least, Christmas-related holiday music. Radio stations begin playing it in October September,…
Now, why would I call pay per application Indeed's New Coke? Well, let's look back to one of the worst product launches ever - Coke's, not Indeed! As per Wikipedia, in 1985 Coke had been losing market share to Pepsi,…