As 2013 draws to a close, it's a good time to take one last look at what is actually going on in the job board industry. More acquisitions, revelations, and developments, actually - so let's take a look: JobsInLogistics acquires…
My last post focused on what candidates do when they are looking for work. We asked a wide range of questions in order to get a better picture of how candidates behave 'in the wild', as it were. But this…
What is the 2013 job seeker survey all about? Well...it's what happens when you ask 1,276 job seekers how they really look for work. Guess what - you get some pretty interesting answers. Earlier this fall, I collaborated with Job-Hunt.org (a…
A couple of weeks ago I asked the readers of my newsletter to give me some feedback (and if you don't get the newsletter, here a link to start). Why? Because blogging can sometimes feel a bit solitary - you…
I got caught up in surveys and what not (What? You haven't seen the 2013 Job Board Trends survey?) and fell a bit behind on the news. So here is the latest and greatest in the far-flung world of online…
The results are in from the 2013 Job Board Trends Surveys - and they're interesting. This year 319 job boards, 79 HR and recruiting professionals, and 108 job seekers participated - that's a lot of responses! It also took a while…
I wanted to let you know about some exciting things happening here in Job Board Doctor World: Next week I will begin releasing the results of this year's Job Board Industry Trends survey. There was great response - over 300…
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 -…
In a recent presentation with Dr. Charles Handler, I discovered that although both he and I focused on candidate quality - as does anyone involved in recruiting - we weren't able to find much data on exactly which recruiting techniques delivered…
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…