I've been doing lots of reading (and re-reading) in preparation for this fall's workshop on Branding, and it has me thinking about why companies thrive, just get by, or fail. I've been personally involved in all three types of businesses…
It's that time of the month - time to see what happened, to whom, and how. Not surprisingly, LinkedIn makes an appearance - but there are some other surprises. Let's check it out: Monster goes a-branding: Monster is going after millennials…
The recruiting press was abuzz last week with the news that LinkedIn had purchased Lynda.com, a career-focused online learning company. It was the kind of deal that makes stockholders swoon - LinkedIn is 'broadening' its revenue streams, is going 'cradle to grave',…
Spring is one of my favorite times of year - most importantly, it signals the end of winter! But it also signals the start of job board conference season - and something special this year: a contest. CareerLeaf and JobBoardDoctor…
A long time ago, I worked at the granddaddy of all tech-focused sites, Dice. It started as a bulletin board in 1990, then migrated to the web in 1996. To this day, it is the largest tech-focused job board, both…
Well, another 30 days has come and gone - and not surprisingly, things have happened in the job board and online recruiting industry. Has anything affected your business? Let's find out: LinkedIn limits API usage: LinkedIn is restricting access to most of its…
New is always better than old. Don't believe me? Take an inventory of articles published in the last 12 months that focus on something new that will 'revolutionize' recruiting and leave all existing technologies/methods/disciplines in shambles. (This of course also…
The results of the 2015 Job Board Trends Survey are now available. This survey, a coproduction of IAEWS and JobBoardDoctor, was taken by 197 job board owners, operators, and employees around the globe from November 2014 through January 2015. As…
Just a month has passed since the last update, but as you probably guessed, plenty has happened with regard to IPOs in the job board industry. Let's find out what: Another LinkedIn, only European: Shapr is coming out of beta…
The job board industry is (and has been) in transition. Startups are sprouting faster than crabgrass in spring, venture funding is flowing in, and existing players are expanding. Yet at the same time, some sites are fading. The industry growth…