Inside and outside, scrappy and established
If you read my news updates, you might begin to think that everyone is getting funded and/or launching a new service. Part of this is what I have called the 'excitement of the new' - we want to hear about…
Matching returns and Neuvoo is no more: news of the job board world
It's a new year, and that means - more news (and yes, some of it is about Neuvoo)! I hope you had a great holiday season (and actually took some time off, too). What will 2020 bring for the job…
The top posts from 2019: what you really liked
Every week (well, more or less), a new JobBoardDoctor post appears. Some are more popular than others, which is why I've rounded up the tops posts from 2019. I've been doing this long enough to know that if I put…
Hey ho ho! It’s the holiday music roundup!!
Note: It's the day before Christmas (also known as Christmas Eve) and the Doctor is undoubtedly frantically wrapping packages. This is a replay from last year. Enjoy! It's impossible to escape holiday music. Radio stations begin playing it in October…
Predictions for 2020: chaos, evolution, and heat
It's the end of the year, and while some folks have already done a year in review, others are looking at predictions for 2020 - others being 'me'. Yes, the end of the year is merely symbolic, and a 'year'…
The year in review: what happened with job boards and recruitment marketing
2019 has been an impressive year for the job board and recruitment marketing world: lots of buying (can we say 'programmatic'?), lots of selling, and the continued expansion of both small and large sites - not to mention a raft…
Panes, gigs, and trucks: news of the recruitment marketing world
We're coming up on the end of 2019 - and (not surprisingly) there is, as always, more news (and panes) to report. The job board and recruitment marketing industry has had a busy year. What did the last few weeks…
The saddest conversation the Doctor has – every month
Calling yourself the JobBoardDoctor means that people with problems are going to call you - sometimes with the saddest conversation. And that's great - I love problems and problem-solving! But about once a month, I get a call from someone…
Do you really want funding?
My monthly news roundups invariably feature a number of companies that have received funding from venture capitalists and other types of investors. Going through funding rounds - which was pretty much non-existent during the first few decades of the industry…
Smashfly sells and Randstad stumbles: news of the recruitment marketing world
If you're in South America, South Africa, or southern Australia, it's spring right now. However, if you're in Iowa (like me), winter has begun. So what better way to cope with the weather than to check out the latest news…