It's the time of the year when everyone - even doctors - are making predictions. I have done it in the past (last year turned out reasonably accurate), but I do so with plenty of caveats (my favorite: 'No one…
In this episode of JobBoardGeek, we talk to Elizabeth Willetts of InvestingInWomen, an U.K. job board focused on part-time and flexible work for moms. Elizabeth was frustrated with employers that didn't support part-time positions, and so she built a site that focused…
Lyz Lenz, a very good Iowa-based writer (check out her newsletter) recently tweeted: "I told the liquor store guy about a drink I made with this gin he sold me and he was like, "Congratulations you invented a Tom Collins.".…
For every industry - including ours - there is 'common knowledge'. As in: 'It's common knowledge that millennials approach work differently'. Or 'Using direct mail to promote a job board is stupid'. Or '42 million people will be working in…
Remember a few years back, when social media recruiting was all the rage? It was going to change the face of recruiting. Revolutionize how recruiting was done. Make old methods of recruiting obsolete. Social media recruiting was the hot new…
Before we discuss Facebook jobs, let's start with a number: 1.79 billion. And that is? The number of Facebook users. Why is that important? Facebook is rolling out (slowly) a Jobs Tab feature for company pages. It's early days still,…
Last week was a big week for industry news - and pundits. Everyone had something to say about LinkedIn and Microsoft. Except...me. Why did I wait? Well, I was getting ready for this week's JobG8 conference (branding and sales workshops,…
I did my last round up of new job boards and recruiting sites a few months back - and here I am again with a new list. I think this speaks to the vitality of the recruiting industry - and…
As Neil Young said, rust never sleeps (which I'm sure means something) - and the job board industry likewise never sleeps, it just keeps chugging along. Lots of activity, both in North America and overseas. Let's see what we have…
Remember social recruiting? It was huge in 2010. Big. Awe-inspiring. Going to change the face of recruiting as we knew it, and of course eliminate all other recruiting methods. As CareerXRoads says, it is no longer tracked separately in their…