Back to work, on their terms
It's always been the case that some folks retire, then go back to work. Why? Maybe they get bored in retirement. Perhaps they feel isolated. Or they find that they don't have as much money as they thought they would.…
Job board content success
Job board content success? Huh? Well, job boards have long believed - or were taught to believe by search engines - that job ads were 'their' only real content. In other words, a job board was nothing without the primal…
Salary information in job postings: it’s important!
For years, job boards have pushed employers to include salary information in 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 of…
Old tech is sometimes the best tech
Old tech encompasses a wide range of things - from typewriters to transistor radios to email. Some old tech is still being used, almost unchanged - think of dress shoes or blue jeans. Other old tech has disappeared (faxes, anyone?),…
Job board AI implementations around the globe
Job board AI implementations are picking up - as I thought they might. I last wrote about this in July, and since then I've seen a steady wave of AI-related announcements. Some of this is just 'getting on the bandwagon',…
Indeed’s New Coke: so long, pay per application!
Now, why would I call pay per application Indeed's New Coke? Well, let's look back to one of the worst product launches ever - Coke's, not Indeed! As per Wikipedia, in 1985 Coke had been losing market share to Pepsi,…
Hiring-related AI products and your job board
I previously wrote about what specific job boards are doing with AI - and not surprisingly, it's the largest job boards that are making the biggest splash. But the sheer number of hiring-related AI products out there means that almost…
Three ways to make your job board better, no matter if you’re big or small
You want to make your job board better, right? Even if you don't call it a job board? Even if you're an old-timer? Even if you started your job board yesterday? Well, sure. Of course. But the rub is, how? How do…
Job board AI products – yep, they’re here!
A few weeks back I talked about the effects of AI on job boards - and this time I'm looking at specific examples of job board AI products. It seems as if every day I read about another rollout of…
The candidate discovery journey drives your growth
A fundamental challenge for our industry is candidate discovery: how do candidates and employers discover each other? You can argue that job boards - and newspapers before them - tried to solve this problem: they tried to make it easier…