Employers are in a hiring frenzy, haven't you heard? The growing hiring frenzy! Perhaps you've seen it via a surge of postings and recruiting activity on your own site - or a competitor's. Perhaps you've read some version of the…
Note: This post originally appeared in the summer of 2018 - but it's newly relevant as job boards reach out to candidates as the economy opens up. How can you reintroduce yourself? Read on: Job boards - both traditional and…
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…
As we move into Year 2 of the pandemic, some things have changed about the world and the job board market. There is not just one, but multiple vaccines that have been shown to greatly limit death or hospitalization due…
If you've read me for any length of time, you know that I believe job seekers are the driving force for our industry. They are why employers are willing to talk to us and willing to pay us. Their success…
Well, a few weeks into 2021, it still feels good to say that 2020 is behind us! The past year offered multiple challenges - not the least of which was the COVID pandemic. Let's review. A year ago, most of the job…
Seems like Facebook has been trying to tackle recruiting for a long time - and in fact, they have, over and over. I wrote about them in 2012, and again in 2018, plus many, many updates in the news posts.…
Note: It's a few days before Christmas and the Doctor is undoubtedly frantically wrapping packages. This is a replay from last year. Enjoy! It's impossible to escape holiday music. Radio stations begin playing it in October September, Christmas muzak flows…
Remember back to the pre-pandemic days - specifically, to 2017? That was the year that Google launched its Google for Jobs initiative. It promised to do for job search what it had previously done for shopping and travel: build a…
The pandemic has brought a renewed focus on working remotely - which in turn has pushed the gig economy to the forefront once again. Makes sense, right? After all, if you've been laid off but you still have to pay…