I've worked with dozens of job boards over the years, and I often take a look at what the job seekers are saying to them. Since the onset of the recession (and honestly, before), it goes something like this: "Why…
It's that time of the year - leaves are falling, frost is threatening our gardens....and I'm knocking on your door about the online recruiting survey. Despite the Job Board Doctor name, lots of different folks read this blog: HR and…
Well, folks, it's official - there are now resumes on Indeed - and Indeed is letting anyone and everyone search their resume database. It's free - for now. Sound familiar? It does to me - after all, Indeed used the…
One problem with the internet in general and social media in particular is that you have fewer reasons to leave the office. After all, if I'm swapping Tweets with @Animal or @HRMargo all day, do I really want to spend…
My favorite weather site is WeatherUnderground. For some obscure, probably cookie-driven reason, I tend to see a lot of HR-related ads there. A few SHRM and iCIMS ads, for example. The other day I noticed a corporate blue banner that…
Inspired by Joel Cheesman's recent foray into newsletters, I've decided to start one myself. Basically, you'll get the world-famous (ok, sort-of semi-famous) Job Board Doctor blog posts - but via email. Some might argue this is a regression. I would…
This may be heresy - but sometimes I think more communication in the job board world isn't necessarily better. To wit: here in the U.S. Midwest, we are experiencing - depending on your news source - an unprecedented number of…
The more things change, the more they stay the same - except when they don't. Now how's that for equivocation? The results are in for the 2011 Online Recruiting Survey, and they are intriguing. We had a record 323 completed…
Any job board operator will tell you that one of the toughest things about keeping your site running well is ensuring that you have a steady flow of the right kind of candidates. How do you find candidates? And what…
I'm a great believer in stealing ideas. Think about it: are most successful businesses truly original? Not often - instead, they take an idea and perfect it, then execute skillfully. (This applies to art, music, and literature, too - if…