Candidates need a good, basic career research tool - this is just a fact. And I've talked before about how job boards are evolving to meet the changing needs of both employers and candidates. I've also talked about how some boards…
Conferences can be a mixed bag. Sometimes you go and are dazzled by the information, presentations, and people - and other times, you find yourself wondering what else there is to do in town. I've been to several IAEWS conferences…
In my recent survey of readers, several asked for more information about what I actually do as the Job Board Doctor (other than write these blog posts, I suppose). I do cover a bit of this on the website, but…
The 'traditional' job board is evolving - but as science tells us, every instance of evolution isn't always 'successful'. There have been plenty of dead ends in nature. Same in the job board world - often because the sites in…
I'll sum up the JobG8 Job Board Summit in a single phrase: 'big picture'. Sure, there were some nuts and bolts sessions and plenty of useful advice (some of which I will pass along), but Kevin Wheeler really set the…
I recently wrote a post for HR Examiner that looked at the profusion of choice for recruiters these days - how they are presented with lots of tools to do their jobs. It got me thinking about how things are…
Hey folks - I will be presenting at the JobG8 Job Board Summit (June 20-21) in Chicago - but that's not the only reason you should go! Seriously - they've pulled together what promises to be an interesting and informative agenda. Here…
Last week Jakub Zavrel posted a fascinating piece on ERE.net that digs into search technology: Are Job Boards Still Relevant for the Future of Recruiting? I strongly encourage you to read it (and definitely check out the comments - Steven Rothberg…
It's been a while since I looked at the newest crop of recruitment sites, so I thought that we could take a trip down StartUpLane and see what we discover: TalentSprocket: It bills itself as 'the first machine learning system for…
A lot has happened since the 2012 Job Board survey - Indeed, JobFox, and JobCircle were sold, Facebook (sorta) launched their own job offering, and Monster didn't sell itself. So it's time to take the temperature of the industry again -…