Remember Google Base? Joel Cheesman does. "The company launched Google Base in the mid-2000s to much fanfare." And...it never went anywhere. Then last year Google announced that they were working with CareerBuilder, Jibe, and Dice on a Jobs API. That…
A long time ago I was the marketing director for a publishing company. Apart from making sure that the ad sales team was happy, my job involved spending lots of money on direct mail to attract magazine subscribers. It was while…
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…
Note: TheDoctor is speaking at the Staffing Industry Analysts conference this week - so this post is a 'greatest hits' from March 2016. Enjoy! Seems like everyone and their donkey does a 'what's coming next' post around this time of…
It's true - focus drives function. An example: many years ago, Lloyd Linn, the then-owner of Dice, told me something that I have never forgotten: "If you don't have candidates, you won't have employers." In other words, without candidates, job…
Last year I counted 21 acquisitions, mergers, and sales in the recruiting site industry. 2017 has already notched one, with the sale of AuthenticJobs to BuySellAds. But new services continue to pop up, and since it's been almost 3 months…
Before we get into recruiting site conferences, did you notice that sly 'recruiting site' mention in the title? I didn't say 'job board'! And me - the JobBoardDoctor! What is the world coming to? Well, if you read this blog…
NOTE: The Doctor is taking the week off. In the meantime, here is a post from earlier this year that is - of course - still quite relevant. The gig economy is going to be 'huuuge', or so many speakers…
Before we discuss Facebook jobs, let's start with a number: 1.79 billion. And that is? The number of Facebook users. Why is that important? Facebook is rolling out (slowly) a Jobs Tab feature for company pages. It's early days still,…
Before I began this post on the automation of recruiting, I had to pull my jaw off the ground. Yes, I had just learned that Monster paid $12.5M for Jobr. That's right. An app that Monster actually spec'd out to…