For the past two years, we (i.e., anyone going to job board conferences) have known that Elevated Careers, the eHarmony job board, is coming, and that matching jobs to candidates was in the offing. Dr. Steve Carter has given numerous…
December is here, and as you might guess, job board buzz and activity has continued unabated in the online recruiting and job board world. Let's see what's happened lately: Indeed goes public, kind of: Recruit, the parent company of Indeed, went…
It's happened again - I've let the better part of a year pass since I took a look at some of the new and interesting sites and services out there. Last time it seemed career hubs were thriving. This time? Well,…
Hey folks! It's summer! Laying back, sipping a cool drink, going barefoot. But apparently in our industry, summertime means 'deal time'. Check out the acquisitions and funding action below. My head is spinning. I think I need a vacation!: LinkedIn…
Big change is so sudden, which is why I often talk about the evolution of job boards. Remember how LinkedIn came out of nowhere and revolutionized the recruiting industry? Oh right – they started in 2004. Well, how about Indeed…
The economy is slowly but steadily rebounding (more or less), and this seems to be driving more activity of all types in the online recruiting space. Let's see what's happening!: Dice starts a buy-back: Dice Holdings, Inc. today announced that its Board…
Hey folks - I will be presenting at the JobG8 Job Board Summit (June 20-21) in Chicago - but that's not the only reason you should go! Seriously - they've pulled together what promises to be an interesting and informative agenda. Here…
Last week Jakub Zavrel posted a fascinating piece on ERE.net that digs into search technology: Are Job Boards Still Relevant for the Future of Recruiting? I strongly encourage you to read it (and definitely check out the comments - Steven Rothberg…
It's been a while since I looked at the newest crop of recruitment sites, so I thought that we could take a trip down StartUpLane and see what we discover: TalentSprocket: It bills itself as 'the first machine learning system for…
In a recent presentation with Dr. Charles Handler, I discovered that although both he and I focused on candidate quality - as does anyone involved in recruiting - we weren't able to find much data on exactly which recruiting techniques delivered…