Chicago-bound – will I see you there?
Hey folks - I will be at the HR Tech show in Chicago on Monday, October 8 (yes, as a lowly consultant, I can only afford to give up a day to this). Will I see you? Drop me a…
A thousand flowers bloom: new job sites, everywhere you look
It's hard to believe that we are in the dog days of summer, at least judging from the number of new job sites I'm seeing. Granted, some of these have been around in alpha or beta for a while, some…
Good ideas: how job seekers would make job boards better
I recently had the privilege of hosting #HFChat - the HireFriday Tweet-fest organized by @HRMargo and @CyndyTrivella. HireFriday is all about helping job seekers find work. Recruiters, HR professionals, and the occasional job board doctor pose and answer common questions…
You have dozens of job board questions – I have (a few) answers
Sometimes, job board questions pop up - particularly if you're doing a webinar! A few weeks back I was lucky enough to host a webinar (sponsored by RealMatch). I talked about the various and sundry challenges facing job boards in…
Spidering jobs – a necessity, luxury, or neither?
Getting jobs from an employer and onto a job board has been a challenge from the earliest days of the industry. Initially, the only way to do so was manually - the employer filled out a web form and submitted…
Resume search: are the walls coming down?
In the old days - say, 2 or 3 years ago - you had an internal database of candidate resumes that you used for a resume search. Perhaps you paid a job board for its resume search. Or perhaps you…
When job board sales go down – what’s a site to do?
The best time to think about what to do when job board sales go down...is when job board sales are up. Huh? Consider this: when sales are up, you have better cash flow. You aren't frantically trying to do something…
Job board variations: many paths to job seeking enlightenment
I continue to be amazed at the job board variations and the pace of start-ups in the job board sector. No matter that we're in the midst of the worst recession since the Great Depression; no matter that companies are…
“Job boards are broken”: thus saith TheLadders
My favorite weather site is WeatherUnderground. For some obscure, probably cookie-driven reason, I tend to see a lot of HR-related ads there. A few SHRM and iCIMS ads, for example. The other day I noticed a corporate blue banner that…
3 great ideas to steal for your job board
I'm a great believer in stealing ideas. Think about it: are most successful businesses truly original? Not often - instead, they take an idea and perfect it, then execute skillfully. (This applies to art, music, and literature, too - if…