Ok, the election is in the rearview mirror, winter is looming, and I bet you haven't gotten all of your Christmas presents yet! Nevertheless, things keep happening in the job board world. For example: Facebook launches their job board aggregator: Facebook…
This brief history of job boards isn't complete by any means, but thanks to John Sumser, Eric Shannon, Wikipedia, Chris Russell, and others, it covers the basics (I hope!). Amazing how far we've come in 22 years! [Want to…
Pop quiz: which of the following will increase profitability the most? A) Individual job postings and/or resume access B) Annual or semi-annual job posting/resume access subscriptions I'm betting that most of you answered (B). So why do the vast majority…
Facebook launched its long-rumored job board turkey, umm, offering last week. It was a bit rocky: " It’s buggy and kind of janky looking.” - FB user Mike Chapman (and thank you, Mike, for introducing me to a new, useful word!) "The entire platform…
For years I've been writing about what I see as job board evolution - away from the traditional 'job postings and resume' model, and toward something more social, interactive, flexible, and useful to both candidates and employers. Many factors are…
The Job Board Doctor blog was just an idea in my mind during the last Presidential election - but this time around it's going strong, so I'll keep the message nice and simple: Please vote. If you've already voted, thank…
'Frankenstorm' is washing ashore, an election is in the offing - yet things keep happening in our online recruiting industry, too. That's good, I guess - I wouldn't want anyone (especially myself) getting bored. So here is my round up of…
The folks at LinkedIn have been busy lately, rolling out new features, connecting with their users at the LI conference, and busily expanding their empire in all directions. Some pundits are proclaiming that LinkedIn is really the next step in…
It's been a busy couple of weeks - first we discovered that Recruit bought Indeed, then Doostang bought JobFox, and then many of the heavyweights in the online recruiting world rolled into Chicago for HR Tech. Geez! What's next? Rather…
Being a full time consultant is wonderful - I have the opportunity to work with hundreds of interesting clients, tackle unusual and cutting edge projects, and yes, get paid for it. But there is a drawback - although I'm in…