Sometimes you just have to dig to find a topic to write about, you know? Particularly when you are in a backwoods, nothing-exciting industry like ours. I mean, I'd write about watching the grass grow...but it's winter. Ahem. Right...Well... OK,…
To improve how your job board or recruiting site functions, you need to go right to the core consumer - specifically, the job seeker. In order to better understand exactly how job seekers look for work (and where they do it), Madgex and…
Note: TheDoctor is speaking at the Staffing Industry Analysts conference this week - so this post is a 'greatest hits' from March 2016. Enjoy! Seems like everyone and their donkey does a 'what's coming next' post around this time of…
Many years ago, Lloyd Linn, the then-owner of Dice, told me something that I have never forgotten: "If you don't have candidates, you won't have employers." In other words, without candidates, job boards are worthless. It is absolutely true that if a…
Last year I counted 21 acquisitions, mergers, and sales in the recruiting site industry. 2017 has already notched one, with the sale of AuthenticJobs to BuySellAds. But new services continue to pop up, and since it's been almost 3 months…
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 regularly (and really, shouldn't everyone?), you know…
It's a new year and the recruitment marketing industry is humming along. I counted 21 job board acquisitions and mergers during 2016 - which makes me wonder what will happen in 2017 (yes, I'm expecting an economic slowdown, but I've…
It's been a record-breaking year for our annual industry survey - response is up 21% from last year, and we received responses from almost every part of the globe! Do I sound enthused? Well...I am! This year's survey - sponsored…
NOTE: The Doctor is taking the week off. In the meantime, here is a post from earlier this year that is - of course - still quite relevant. The gig economy is going to be 'huuuge', or so many speakers…
NOTE: The Doctor is taking the week off. In the meantime, here is a post from 2010 that continues to be one of the most popular ever. Wonder why? :-) I've been cataloging job boards for the past two years…