Google job ads are here – now what?
On March 1, Google job ads came into the hiring world like a lion. Ok, not really - but it made a great opening sentence, eh? No, the first sighting of Google job ads (thanks to Tom Chevalier!) seems more…
Fearless job board industry forecasts for the coming year!
It's the time of the year when everyone - even doctors - are making predictions. I have done it in the past (last year turned out reasonably accurate), but I do so with plenty of caveats (my favorite: 'No one…
Google asks, but Indeed tells: show us the salary information!
For years, job boards have pushed employers to include salary information in their job postings. Why? Research has shown that adding a salary (or salary range) to a posting will increase the job seeker response - and often, the quality…
Hey! The 2021-22 Recruiting Site Survey results are here!!
The results are in - and things have changed a bit from 2020! Folks seem considerably more optimistic. The survey, which included respondents from every area of the globe - from North America to Africa, from the UK to Australia,…
Saying versus doing – what Google, LinkedIn, and Indeed are really telling us
As a mentor of mine often told me, 'It's not what they say, it's what they do.' She was trying to help me in my efforts to be a better salesperson - but her observation holds for the job board…
How to be a really big job board
When job boards get big - really big - they start acting like a typical big company. What does that mean? Well... They are smarter than you: It's one of those 'totally obvious' arguments - their site is 10 million times…
Thinking like a job seeker
If you've read me for any length of time, you know that I believe job seekers are the driving force for our industry. They are why employers are willing to talk to us and willing to pay us. Their success…
Five acquisitions and a lot of money: news of the job board industry
It feels like 2021 may be picking up some bad habits from 2020. Let's hope that changes soon! The job board industry ended the year with a decent number of acquisitions and consolidation, and January has given us more of…
Zip’s IPO, Turing’s bucks, and more: news of the job board and recruitment marketing industry
News is coming fast and furious this holiday season, and so I will unleash a (slightly) early round up of the latest job board and recruitment marketing news (Plus next week has at least a few holiday 'days off' for…
Google for Jobs: no one likes you when you’re popular
Remember back to the pre-pandemic days - specifically, to 2017? That was the year that Google launched its Google for Jobs initiative. It promised to do for job search what it had previously done for shopping and travel: build a…