NOTE: I'm re-upping this post from earlier in the year because: a) it's still relevant; and b) I asked what job boards called themselves in the latest Recruiting Site Trends Survey. Turns out a lot of them call themselves 'job…
Think back to when you were young, attending a new school for the first time. Your nerves are on full alert, and you're busy trying to read the new faces - to identify who might be a future friend, and to…
I was in Barcelona last week (I know, the life of a Doctor is hard :-)) attending and speaking at the RecPlus conference. It was an eye-opening experience - and one that I highly recommend. The content was top-notch, the…
A couple of times a year I do a guest lecture in a college class at my alma mater that focuses on creative and non-traditional careers. It's always interesting because it puts me in direct contact with some very smart soon-to-be…
First movers define categories. This is a given in marketing, and we have seen it over and over in our industry. The 'classic' job board is defined by Monster of the '90s and '00s - chock-full of job ads, interstitials,…
Job boards - both traditional and non-traditional - have historically had one primary purpose in life: finding candidates in order to bring candidates and employers together. For the traditional boards, that meant advertising - lots of it. Think Monster's Superbowl ads…
Remember full service gas stations? Most of us 'of a certain age' do. You'd pull up, an attendant (usually teenage and bored) would appear, ask you how much gas you wanted, then would proceed to clean your windshield and pump…
About a year ago, I offered a guide to conferences for recruitment marketing folks. Now I'm packing up to go to another conference, and it made me wonder: why go to conferences? Why not just stay home and keep working?…
It's been almost 2 months since my last look at new recruiting sites and services. Not surprisingly, that hasn't stopped the startups - they just keep on coming. You will no doubt note a 'theme' in my comments this time…
It's been a couple of months since I looked at interesting/new sites, so I think it's time for a new round. In addition to the usual job boards and recruiting sites, I'm going to venture into a few other areas…