NOTE: I'm re-upping this post from earlier in the year because: a) it's still relevant; and b) I asked what job boards called themselves in the latest Recruiting Site Trends Survey. Turns out a lot of them call themselves 'job…
Did you hear? SEEK, the Australian job board giant, is moving from a subscription-based revenue model to variable - or surge - pricing. Um...what's that, you may ask. Well...it is lining up the price for a job ad with the…
The results of the 2019-20 Recruiting Site Trends Survey are in - and there are some interesting bits of data. The survey, which included respondents from every area of the globe - from North America to Africa to Australia, and…
Maybe things will slow down in December? Or maybe not. They certainly haven't thus far, with a rebranding of Prime by Indeed, funding rounds by many different players, and Vimeo's entrance into the job board world. So without further ado,…
Uber has the distinction of having its company name enter the English language as both a verb and noun: 'Let's uber to the restaurant', and 'We'll grab an Uber'. Like Kleenex and Band-Aid before it, Uber is sliding into the…
In talking about LinkedIn's new moves, you have to remember that it is big - literally. It has more than 15,000 employees in 30+ offices around the world. It has 645 million members in 200 countries. And it's trying some…
Ok, a question for you: which site can make more money - a job board that gets 80%+ of its revenue from job postings, or a job board that gets 80%+ of its revenue from 'recruiting solution' subscriptions? Um...trick question.…
As summer slips into fall (at least in the Northern hemisphere), the pace of announcements, acquisitions, legal woes, and fund raising has failed to slacken in our industry. Google Hire is going away, SEEK continues to grow, and LinkedIn loses…
You know, even a Doctor needs some help every now and then. Yes, it's that time of the year - time for the 2019-20 Global Recruiting Site Trends survey! To make it useful, I need your help and input! In…
NOTE: It's the 2 year anniversary of the Doctor's heart attack. Yay! In case you're wondering, he's doing fine. But he thinks the post he wrote after the original event is worth a re-read! I almost died on Tuesday. Let…