The unexpected
Expect the unexpected, a teacher once told me. One of my closest friends had a stroke last week. He is 58. Right now he's in a hospital, waiting for the stroke to stop getting bigger. He can't move his left…
The future, the past, and everything in between: reflections on the JobG8 Summit
There ought to be a law against holding the Jobg8 Summit in Atlanta in late June - or at least, if you're going to do so, let's have everyone run at half-speed, ok? Free BBQ would be good, too. But…
LinkedIn: moving up – and out?
The recruiting press was abuzz last week with the news that LinkedIn had purchased Lynda.com, a career-focused online learning company. It was the kind of deal that makes stockholders swoon - LinkedIn is 'broadening' its revenue streams, is going 'cradle to grave',…
Las Vegas, job boards, and more: will I see you at IAEWS?
At the end of the month, I'll be heading down (over?) to Las Vegas for the Fall 2014 IAEWS meeting. There will be networking, eating and drinking, and a pretty interesting lineup of speakers and topics. Plus, of course, I'll…
Deconstruction for fun and profit
Almost every day I read about a new recruiting site or service that has nabbed some VC money. Sometimes it's big ($100M for Thumbtack) and sometimes it's not so big ($2M for for JobR). But in every case, the company…
Change is painful, change is good
This morning I will lose my right thumb joint. It's been a good joint and has served me well for five decades, but for the past three years it has deteriorated. How much? Let's just say that it is extremely…
What a job board doctor really does
In my recent survey of readers, several asked for more information about what I actually do (other than write these blog posts, I suppose). I do cover a bit of this on the website, but I thought I'd make it more specific. So...what…
Evolution: thinking about the future of job boards
I'm preparing for a talk at the JobG8 Job Board Summit (June 26-27, Orlando), and it has me thinking a lot about job board evolution. I will be taking a tour of unusual and interesting sites that are moving the…
Results of the 2014 Job Board Trends survey are in!
A few months back, almost two hundred job board owners, operators, and employees took the 2014 Job Board Trends survey. This project, a joint effort of IAEWS and Job Board Doctor, focuses on what is really going on in the job board…
People aggregation: buzzword or new paradigm?
A large percentage of what is billed as 'new' is actually just repackaged - as we will see in this examination of people aggregation. For example, think about LinkedIn: is it really the first social recruiting site, or simply a…