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…
Why a job board megamix? Well, there have been a lot of blog posts here over the years - 120, to be exact. Some faded quickly, and some didn't. So I thought it might be useful to have a roundup…
As recently as several years ago, it was considered standard operating procedure for job seekers to post their resumes on as many job boards as possible. Why? Visibility. Employers and recruiters used the job board resume databases to find possible…
A lot of the chatter about social media in our industry has been about how it may displace job boards as a core recruiting tool. Less has been said about how job sites can actually use social media to promote…
Job Board Doctor topped 100 posts this year - and some were more popular than others. I decided to look at this year's blog posts using 3 criteria: the number of comments, the number of page views, and the number…
The following is a guest post by Felix Wetzel, Group Marketing Director at Jobsite.co.uk: A couple of weeks ago I bought the new Kindle. It wasn’t an easy decision as I kept wondering if I was better off buying an…
It's been an interesting several months in the job site world. To wit: Indeed surpasses Monster: Yep, for the first time a job site aggregator's traffic surpassed the 'monster' of our industry. RealMatch lands some serious VC dollars: Remember my…
Is social recruiting a symptom of larger problems in the world of recruitment - or is it a solution to recruitment woes? Let me argue both sides of this question: Symptom: def. "something that indicates the existence of something else"…
If you follow my Twitter stream, you no doubt noticed I spent last week at #truManchester. It was a great experience - I listened to many recruiters and HR pros talk about how they use social media in their recruiting…
Job board social media isn't just for fun. Sorry to tell you this - but job boards are businesses. They make money. They produce results. Why are these statements such a shock to social media enthusiasts? Just like Apple and…