Last week I walked through the Google Jobs initiative, which is comprised of a specific way of marking up job ads (and letting Google know you did), and the Cloud Jobs API, which addresses job search. There is a third…
I just spent a pleasant few days in New Orleans for the Jobg8 Job Board Summit, dodging a hurricane and eating crawfish etouffee. I also had a chance to listen to Tarquin Clark of Google and Scott Helmes of CareerBuilder…
Remember Google Base? Joel Cheesman does. "The company launched Google Base in the mid-2000s to much fanfare." And...it never went anywhere. Then last year Google announced that they were working with CareerBuilder, Jibe, and Dice on a Jobs API. That…
A long time ago I was the marketing director for a publishing company. Apart from making sure that the ad sales team was happy, my job involved spending lots of money on direct mail to attract magazine subscribers. It was while…
It's been a couple of months since I looked at interesting/new sites, so I think it's time for a new round. In addition to the usual job boards and recruiting sites, I'm going to venture into a few other areas…
Although I looked at new sites a month ago, here I am again with a new batch. Why? Well, honestly, because our industry seems quite prolific in generating new businesses! As is often the case, I will be including some…
The most common question I've heard in the last two job board conferences (apart from 'where is the bar?') is: What is programmatic advertising? You have to admit, the phrase is a bit off-putting - we know about ads, but…
"It is amazing what you can accomplish if you do not care who gets the credit." - Harry Truman Self-sufficiency can be a virtue - but it can also be a danger to your (business) health. It pains me to…
It's a new year, the snow is on the ground (in Iowa, that is), and it's time for a new round of interesting recruiting sites from the Doctor. I did my last round up in September 2015, which is like…
I did my last round up of new job boards and recruiting sites a few months back - and here I am again with a new list. I think this speaks to the vitality of the recruiting industry - and…