Most job boards are privately held - that's just a fact. It's the same in most industries, actually. But when folks knock on my door asking about the size of the job board market, they are usually looking at the…
And we thought 2020 was weird! 2021 proved to be a return to form for many job boards - and then some. With employers clamoring for candidates, but candidates still thinking hard about whether they wanted to actually return to…
Although much of the job board industry is privately held, there are enough publicly-owned companies to provide us with a sense of how thing are going with regard to revenue. The answer? Well, pretty good, actually - and much better…
As a mentor of mine often told me, 'It's not what they say, it's what they do.' She was trying to help me in my efforts to be a better salesperson - but her observation holds for the job board…
The big news in our industry is the impending ZipRecruiter IPO (set for the day after the Doctor's birthday - no coincidence, I am sure!). When a job board IPO shows up in the tech press, the financial press, and…
The polar vortex has made an unwelcome reappearance in the Doctor's location - brrr! I hope it's avoiding you. On the other hand, activity in the job board and recruitment marketing industry continues at a pretty significant pace, with plenty…
When job boards get big - really big - they start acting like a typical big company. What does that mean? Well... They are smarter than you: It's one of those 'totally obvious' arguments - their site is 10 million times…
I normally wait a bit longer to do the industry news update - usually every 4 weeks or so - but there has been so many developments and announcements that I decided to jump in early! You wouldn't think that…
In pandemic times, four weeks feels like four months - at least that's how long it feels to me regarding the last time I wrote about the news of our industry! Yet despite the virus (or because of?), I continue…
Although the job board and recruitment marketing industry is sizable - estimated at $22 billion worldwide - most of the companies involved are privately held. So when the few publicly held sites put out their quarterly reports, industry observers scrutinize…