How to be a really big job board
When job boards get big - really big - they start acting like a really big job board - in other words, like a typical big company. What does that mean? Well... They are smarter than you: It's one of those…
A year we won’t forget: 2020 and the recruitment marketing industry
Admit it - it's kind of a relief to draw the curtains on 2020, isn't it? Sure, some things happened that were good - but it seemed like more happened that was not so good. A deadly pandemic, worldwide recession,…
Are destination job boards dead?
Job boards began as digital translations of 'real world' objects: newspaper classifieds. The relatively low cost of entry meant that job boards soon proliferated. And from this crazy-quilt of sites grew the job board advertising wars, promoting destination job boards.…
LinkedIn and Randstad feel the pain: news of the job board and recruiting industry
I normally wait a bit longer to do the industry news update - usually every 4 weeks or so - but there has been so many developments and announcements (Randstad, ouch!) that I decided to jump in early! You wouldn't…
Jobcase and The Mom Project raise big bucks: news of the job board world
The good news is that, as far as the pandemic is concerned, being outside is better than being inside - especially if you're socially distanced. So for those of us enjoying summer, we have another excuse to avoid work! Things…
From tag lines to free ads: how job boards respond to the COVID 19 pandemic
As we enter week four/seven/twelve/?? of the COVID 19 pandemic, you may be wondering how the job board industry is responding to this dramatically altered recruitment environment. A few have garnered lots of press (think ZipRecruiter's 40% cut in staffing),…
Before and after: news of the job board and recruitment marketing industry
Before and after: that's how I (and many people I've spoken with) think about the global pandemic. Suffice it to say that my most recent 3 posts since the last news round up have focused relentlessly on how COVID-19 is…
AllyO, coronavirus, and Fiverr: news of the job board industry
Will March come in like a lion and out like a lamb? I have no idea, but I can tell you what happened in February! As is often the case in our industry, there was lots of funding, acquisitions, and a few…
The year in review: what happened with job boards and recruitment marketing
2019 has been an impressive year for the job board and recruitment marketing world: lots of buying (can we say 'programmatic'?), lots of selling, and the continued expansion of both small and large sites - not to mention a raft…
Panes, gigs, and trucks: news of the recruitment marketing world
We're coming up on the end of 2019 - and (not surprisingly) there is, as always, more news (and panes) to report. The job board and recruitment marketing industry has had a busy year. What did the last few weeks…