When you're a huge business like LinkedIn, part of an even bigger business - Microsoft, and as much a part of most recruiters' days as Facebook is for the masses, you really have to work on experimenting. Why? Because every…
As you may (or may not) know, I work with the folks at Jobg8 on their North American summit - specifically, to put together the speakers and agenda for the gathering. I get ideas from others in the industry (who…
Think back to when you were young, attending a new school for the first time. Your nerves are on full alert, and you're busy trying to read the new faces - to identify who might be a future friend, and to…
Before a candidate can even think about finding a new job, they have to be aware that it is there. That the employer exists. That the employer is looking for someone to do something. If a candidate is completely unaware of the…
I was in Barcelona last week (I know, the life of a Doctor is hard :-)) attending and speaking at the RecPlus conference. It was an eye-opening experience - and one that I highly recommend. The content was top-notch, the…
One of the recurrent features of my consulting life is someone - a close friend, a new acquaintance, or a potential client - asking me: 'So what exactly do you do?'. If I say, 'Well, I'm a consultant', that often…
A couple of times a year I do a guest lecture in a college class at my alma mater that focuses on creative and non-traditional careers. It's always interesting because it puts me in direct contact with some very smart soon-to-be…
Ah, conferences - fighting with hotel Wifi, getting lost late at night trying to find your room, or reaching the free food table just a few minutes after they take the goodies away. Yet still we go because a good…
It seems that 2018 was the year that - once again - job boards failed to die. However...they certainly did evolve. And although there was a lot of startup activity as well as developments with established niche sites, it was…
Note: This is a re-up of a post from this summer. Enjoy! Job boards - both traditional and non-traditional - have historically had one primary purpose in life: to bring candidates and employers together. For the traditional boards, that meant…