JobBoardGeek talks to Brad McCorkle of Local Eyesite, a job board that focuses on the ophthalmology sector, about finding candidates that are hard to find. Hosts Jeff Dickey-Chasins and Steven Rothberg learn how candidate assessments, scholarships, and yes, even an…
JobBoardGeek hosts Jeff Dickey-Chasins and Steven Rothberg talk about TextKernel's acquisition of Sovren, and then spend some time with Kathleen Smith of ClearedJobs.net and how both offline and online methods of acquisition work. Kathleen talks about reaching candidates that were…
This episode of JobBoardGeek finds hosts Jeff Dickey-Chasins and Steven Rothberg discussing Indeed's recent record financials, and then chatting with Jonathan Samuels of the sales and tech recruiting site Ntroduced about how his site is ditching the resume. The platform…
For many job boards, seasonality in hiring demand is a fact of life. Demand may drop during the holidays, or the dead of summer, or perhaps in the fall or spring. Or...it may rise during those periods. It just depends on what…
When was the last time someone asked you, 'Hey, aren't job boards dead already?' For me, it's pretty much every couple of weeks. Really. The question isn't asked in hostility (usually), but in more of a tone of bewilderment. Why?…
As a mentor of mine often told me, 'It's not what they say, it's what they do.' She was trying to help me in my efforts to be a better salesperson - but her observation holds for the job board…
I always smile when I hear a news report about the 'labor market' - as if a thing so vast and and full of complexity could ever be described easily. If you're in our industry, you know that 'unemployment' is…
As with most industries, the recruiting industry is partial to faddish names and acronyms. ATS, PPC, 'talent pipeline', RPO, 'hiring marketplace', PPA, platforms, and so on, and so on. As systems grow in complexity, so do the names describing them…
As we move into Year 2 of the pandemic, some things have changed about the world and the job board market. There is not just one, but multiple vaccines that have been shown to greatly limit death or hospitalization due…
If you've read me for any length of time, you know that I believe job seekers are the driving force for our industry. They are why employers are willing to talk to us and willing to pay us. Their success…