Is the term ‘job board’ still relevant?
NOTE: The Doctor is enjoying the Memorial Day holiday, so this is a repeat of a post from last year. Hope you like it and find it relevant! A couple of times a year I do a guest lecture in…
How job boards are responding to the pandemic, round two
Back in the middle of April, I took a look at how job boards around the world are responding to the pandemic. Well, in the weeks that followed, there's been even more activity. As different countries begin the first tiny…
From tag lines to free ads: how job boards respond to the COVID 19 pandemic
As we enter week four/seven/twelve/?? of the COVID 19 pandemic, you may be wondering how the job board industry is responding to this dramatically altered recruitment environment. A few have garnered lots of press (think ZipRecruiter's 40% cut in staffing),…
Before and after: news of the job board and recruitment marketing industry
Before and after: that's how I (and many people I've spoken with) think about the global pandemic. Suffice it to say that my most recent 3 posts since the last news round up have focused relentlessly on how COVID-19 is…
COVID 19: Job board industry leaders respond
As the worldwide COVID 19 pandemic continues, it seems obvious that things are not going to go 'back to normal' anytime soon. Unemployment is climbing - possibly to rates not seen in decades. Economic activity is grinding to a halt.…
How coronavirus could affect the recruitment marketing industry
Disease has been a fact of life since, well, forever. The plague ravaged much of the world in multiple waves starting in the 1300s. Influenza infected 27% of the world's population in 1919-20, killing between 17 and 50 million. More…
Any tea leaves in the latest round of acquisitions and sales?
Remember any tea leaves from the summer of 2019? It seemed like every programmatic vendor out there was being acquired: Appcast, ClickIQ, Perengo - if there was programmatic in your offering, someone was interested in buying it. Then things calmed…
Matching, AI, marketplaces, and other intriguing new sites
Although I think we're past the high point in funding for the recruitment marketing industry, new sites and marketplaces keep popping up. It's been a while since I last surveyed the landscape, so I thought it would be good to…
Help the Doctor! Take the 2019-20 Recruiting Site Trends survey!
You know, even a Doctor needs some help every now and then. Yes, it's that time of the year - time for the 2019-20 Global Recruiting Site Trends survey! To make it useful, I need your help and input! In…
Is offline the new online? Deja vu all over again!
Is offline the new online? As famed New York Yankee (and St. Louis native) Yogi Berra once said, “It’s deja vu all over again.” While he was talking about baseball, the comment could easily apply to the recruitment marketing business…