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…
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…
There is just nothing like late June in Orlando (unless perhaps you prefer mid-July): 95% humidity, temperatures hovering in the low 90s, and drenching thunderstorms with sheet lightning. Oh, and don't forget the tourists! So I was initially not so…
The most common mistake I see job board startups make is completely understandable. They spend all of their time and effort thinking about the employer. Why? Because that's (usually) where the money is. They're wrong. If you don't have the…
Once, in a world far, far away (i.e., the 1990s), Monster beat its chest and claimed to be the biggest and best source for online jobs in the world, bar none. Then, last week, Monster - diminished, no longer for…
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…
Is registering job seekers on your site worth doing - or not? And if you do, how hard should it be? Almost every client I've worked with has had to wrestle with registering job seekers. Why? Because as you already…
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…
What is a brand? Well, I think (at least in the online recruiting world) we've moved past the original meaning: to burn a mark on an animal. The purpose of this type of branding was to indicate ownership - and…
Hey folks - I hope you can join me next week for a look at the top trends in online recruiting for 2014 - and how they will affect the job board industry. This webinar (sponsored by Adicio) will cover…
Big change is so sudden, which is why I often talk about the evolution of job boards. Remember how LinkedIn came out of nowhere and revolutionized the recruiting industry? Oh right – they started in 2004. Well, how about Indeed…