We are the robots
The most common question I've heard in the last two job board conferences (apart from 'where is the bar?') is: What is programmatic advertising? You have to admit, the phrase is a bit off-putting - we know about ads, but…
The letter
It's the kind of letter you don't want to send or receive: "First, on behalf of the entire Simply Hired team I would like to thank you for your partnership. We have appreciated working with you and your clients. I am writing…
They caught my eye: a bushel of recruiting sites
Just back from TAtech (and will have a sum-up shortly), but in the meantime I continue to discover new job boards, recruiting sites, and other interesting recruiting startups. The last roundup was over a month ago, so I guess I'm…
Give me a hand!: the argument for business partners
"It is amazing what you can accomplish if you do not care who gets the credit." - Harry Truman Self-sufficiency can be a virtue - but it can also be a danger to your (business) health. It pains me to…
Overwhelmed!!: another roundup of new recruiting sites
So LinkedIn is having a tough time and there are rumblings of economic slowdown. Is that stopping our industry? Um, no. Although I started the year with a bunch of new sites, already my in-basket is overflowing. Let's take a…
Either-Or: why using only one recruiting technique is stupid
If you - as I do - read the recruiting industry press regularly, you quickly become aware of a pattern: 'something' has arrived that will negate every other recruiting tool and technique you use. 'Something' will 'revolutionize' your recruiting, solve…
Stock market woes and Indeed highs: news of the online recruiting industry
As Valentine's Day recedes in our rear view mirror, it's time to take another look at what's been going on in the industry over the past month. There has been the usual amount of 'revolutionary' new products and a bit…
5 reasons why it’s futile to predict the future of job boards
Seems like everyone and their donkey does a 'what's coming next' post around this time of the year. I certainly have. But in looking at my own and others' pontificating about what is going to happen, I began to feel…
LinkedIn, its clones, and other news of the online recruiting world
Geez, it was last year when I did a news roundup! Well, actually just about a month ago. But time flies...or hobbles along, or something. At any rate, things continue to happen in the online recruiting world, so I will…
Indeed sharpens its knives for the staffing industry
I've written about Indeed's transformation in North America several times over the past five years. It added resumes, ridded itself of job board customers, and ramped up a direct sales force to tackle employer sales. It was famously acquired by the…