The results are in from the latest Job Board Trends and Online Recruiting surveys - and they're interesting. This year 319 job boards, 79 HR and recruiting professionals, and 108 job seekers participated - that's a lot of responses! It also took…
I wanted to let you know about some exciting things happening here in Job Board Doctor World: Next week I will begin releasing the results of this year's Job Board Industry Trends survey. There was great response - over 300…
It seems that Monster is continuing its long, slow fade as the 'big dog' in the job board world (funny how long-term lack of leadership can do that to you). But there are plenty of services vying for the leadership…
Last May I wrote a post about the concept of a 'job board', in which I asked the eternal questions, "Is LinkedIn a job board?" and "Is Indeed a job board?" It was one of the more popular posts of…
Growing any business is an inevitable - and continual - challenge. Somewhere along the line, after the start-up obstacles but before world domination, you are faced with a very simple problem: how can you make this thing bigger, faster, and…
Pop quiz: which of the following will increase profitability the most? A) Individual job postings and/or resume access B) Annual or semi-annual job posting/resume access subscriptions I'm betting that most of you answered (B). So why do the vast majority…
On Friday Dice Holdings announced the purchase of FINS.com, the financial job board that powers WSJ.com and Marketwatch.com. The acquisition got me thinking: why do job boards buy other job boards? Why do they sometimes decide not to buy, but instead create…
A few weeks back I posed the question "What is a job board?". In the process of trying to answer that question, I mentioned LinkedIn as a prime example of something that looks like a job board, acts like a…
Almost every week I see another blog post or story about a trend, product, or development that will doom job boards. Let's be honest - writing about the death of any institution, especially one used by millions of people worldwide,…
Hey folks - I will be conducting a webinar on May 2nd at 11 AM EDT, and I'd like you to attend! I'll be talking about the many challenges facing job boards these days - and what you can do…