You're in a crowded saloon. The biggest, baddest gunslinger is lounging at the bar, regaling his compatriots with stories of how big and bad he is, about his millions of followers and billions in revenue. Then the door swings open…
It's 2018 - do you know where your job board is? Oh, excuse me - your 'recruitment marketing solution' or perhaps your 'sourcing solution' or...well, you get the picture. I suspect that in 2018 we will see the continuing fade-out…
Even as holidays draw near, the recruitment marketing industry chugs along with more funding, more product releases - and even some news about LinkedIn (shock!). Seems like this industry also encourages the (ahem) creative names, eh? So without further ado,…
The U.S. Federal Communications Commission is poised to vote on Dec. 14 to rescind the so-called net neutrality rules championed by former President Obama. FCC Chairman Ajit Pai’s proposal would repeal rules that currently bar ISPs from blocking, slowing access to…
At the TAtech conference in Denver, I had a brief conversation with Joel Cheesman about innovation. He challenged me to come up with any job boards or companies in recruitment marketing that were 'innovative'. I fumbled for an answer (as…
Ever since I read 'A Serf on Google's Farm', I've wanted to (a) draw it to your attention (read it!!), and (b) talk about the impact that the Facebook and Google monopolies have on our industry. The article has a…
Since its inception, the job board industry has been built on the reality that most job seekers discovered sites via a search engine. Yes, there have been periods of ‘extreme advertising’, such as Monster’s Superbowl ads – but the reality…
As we slip (drift? fall?) into fall, the recruitment marketing industry continues to grow and develop. Speaking of - have you taken the 2017-18 Recruiting Trends survey? No? Do it now! Ok, let's get on to the news: Recruit is…
In order to break my habit of writing about Google Jobs, I decided it was time for another news roundup (plus the fact that it's been a month since the last one). Not surprisingly, things have been happening. Apparently the…
I'm in the process of finishing the latest version of the Job Board Software Buyer's Guide (out hopefully next week). In between the time I first sent out surveys to the vendors and the time I started writing up the…