Zombie job boards (will never die)
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…
Windy: what I saw and heard at the JobG8 job board summit
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…
Candidates: the only thing that matters
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,…
Old words, new words: naming what you do
The Doctor is out, so this is a visit into the vault from 2011. Enjoy! Consider the term 'job board'. For some, it is a term of derision, an insult (as in, "geez, why would you use a job board?")…
Either-Or: why using only one recruiting technique is stupid
If you - as I do - read the recruiting industry press regularly, you quickly become aware of a pattern: 'something' has arrived that will negate every other recruiting technique you use. 'Something' will 'revolutionize' your recruiting, solve all your…
Lead nurturing is a good thing
Note: The Doctor is taking a holiday break, so this is a repeat from 2009. Enjoy! Once, a long time ago in a galaxy far far away, a job board salesperson called up a prospective employer, made his (because of course…
2015: the job board and online recruiting year in review
Another year has (almost) come and gone. Startups have started up, sites have been sold, money has gone into the market (and out of the market). In other words, a pretty good year for folks in our industry. So let's…
Job board shark tank: some survive…and some don’t
I've been covering the job board world in this blog since 2009. During that time, I've covered lots of startups. I thought it might be interesting to go back and see how many are still around. You could call this…
The Doctor tells you what happened in Vegas
Smoke, lights, action! No, it wasn't a movie set, it was a typical few days in Vegas. Several hundred job board and online recruiting folks gathered for the last IAEWS Fall Congress (more on this in a moment). There were…
Take the Zombie Job Board Test!!!
A few years back during the deep, dark recession, a few articles appeared about zombie job boards (not to mention jobs for zombies). These sites staggered forward despite a lack of traffic, audience, or employers, refusing to die, filling the…