You can't say it's been dull this past month. As the mercury has risen, so has the buying fever in our industry. Revenues seem to be rising as well, which will create even more acquisitions, I suspect. So, without further…
In a recent presentation with Dr. Charles Handler, I discovered that although both he and I focused on the 'quality of candidates' - as does anyone involved in recruiting - we weren't able to find much data on exactly which…
As I mentioned last week, the results are in from the 2012 Job Board Industry Survey. With over 190 responses from every category of site, including aggregators, general sites, niche boards, and networks, I believe that there is useful information…
The data is still rolling in (and I'm a bit behind), but after 190 (yes, that's right - 190) responses, I believe we have some very good information about the state of the job board industry in 2012. The full…
What a difference 7 months make! The last industry survey preceded Monster's stock crash, LinkedIn's revenue jump, and a big increase in matching and assessment sites. Things changed - and we need new data! So I've revamped the survey, added…
Once a week (more or less), I sit down and write about the job board and online recruiting industry. Some of these posts are more popular than others (and honestly, some are complete duds). As it's almost the end of…
So, the last few years have not been so wonderful for most of us. A tenacious recession has managed to squash both new entrants and industry stalwarts. And yet...I've heard from board after board over the past 12 months that…
It's that time of the year - leaves are falling, frost is threatening our gardens....and I'm knocking on your door about the online recruiting survey. Despite the Job Board Doctor name, lots of different folks read this blog: HR…
The more things change, the more they stay the same - except when they don't. Now how's that for equivocation? The results are in for the 2011 Online Recruiting Survey, and they are intriguing. We had a record 323 completed…
Mobile is omnipresent - at times it seems as though more people are on their mobile devices that actually talking to each other. But what role is mobile playing in recruitment? This was the question I set out to answer…