Although the job board and recruitment marketing industry is sizable - estimated at $22 billion worldwide - most of the companies involved are privately held. So when the few publicly held sites put out their quarterly reports, industry observers scrutinize…
Remember the summer of 2019? It seemed like every programmatic vendor out there was being acquired: Appcast, ClickIQ, Perengo - if there was programmatic in your offering, someone was interested in buying it. Then things calmed down a bit and…
Although we continue to see lots of funding rounds in the job board and recruitment marketing industry, we're also seeing some product and service introductions - including an interesting offering from Indeed. The landscape is never static! Let's take a…
For every industry - including ours - there is 'common knowledge'. As in: 'It's common knowledge that millennials approach work differently'. Or 'Using direct mail to promote a job board is stupid'. Or '42 million people will be working in…
Although I think we're past the high point in funding for the recruitment marketing industry, new sites and services keep popping up. It's been a while since I last surveyed the landscape, so I thought it would be good to…
If you read my news updates, you might begin to think that everyone is getting funded and/or launching a new service. Part of this is what I have called the 'excitement of the new' - we want to hear about…
It's a new year, and that means - more news! I hope you had a great holiday season (and actually took some time off, too). What will 2020 bring for the job board and recruitment marketing industry? Well, let's see…
Every week (well, more or less), a new JobBoardDoctor post appears. Some are more popular than others. I've been doing this long enough to know that if I put 'Google', 'Facebook', or 'LinkedIn' in the title, that particular post will…
Note: It's the day before Christmas (also known as Christmas Eve) and the Doctor is undoubtedly frantically wrapping packages. This is a replay from last year. Enjoy! It's impossible to escape holiday music. Radio stations begin playing it in October…
It's the end of the year, and while some folks have already done a year in review, others are looking ahead - others being 'me'. Yes, the end of the year is merely symbolic, and a 'year' is a construct…