Note: The Doctor is out for the next few weeks, helping his sister deal with her cancer. This is from last year, but still quite relevant, particularly given the progress with Google's Cloud Jobs API! I was discussing Indeed with…
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…
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…
NOTE: The Doctor is taking the week off. In the meantime, here is a post from 2010 that continues to be one of the most popular ever. Wonder why? :-) I've been cataloging job boards for many years (for obvious…
Last week I looked at some of the bigger stories from 2016 - ranging from Facebook Jobs to Microsoft/LinkedIn. But I led off with Indeed's move into tech staffing. Why? Because I actually think that it will have a more significant long…
NOTE: The Doctor is out this week, checking out the new TATech Conference & Expo in Las Vegas. In the meantime, here's a rerun from this summer: I was discussing Indeed with some other folks at the JobG8 conference (what a…
NOTE: The Doctor is off this week, enjoying some R&R. This is a repeat of a post from last year that is still quite relevant. Enjoy! A few years back during the deep, dark recession, a few articles appeared about…
Wind, lightning, rain, and tens of thousands of soccer fans 'sheltering in place' at Soldier field. Just another lazy Wednesday in Chicago! The next day, me and over a hundred other folks jammed into the downtown Chicago Hilton for the…
As part of my ongoing research, I look at a lot (LOT) of job boards and recruiting sites (and of course those sites that will not call themselves job boards but actually are). I look at sites in Japan, Germany,…