Job boards have long believed - or were taught to believe by search engines - that job ads were 'their' content. In other words, a job board was nothing without the primal content of job ads. After all, refer to…
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…
If you check into my archive, you may notice that I did not predict the pandemic or anything like the shape of things to come. In fact, at times I've even said that I won't or can't predict. Ahem. So…
I live in a small college town in the US Midwest. If you know anything about the US, you know what that means for internet access: mediocre internet speeds, high prices, limited provider choice, and unpredictable upgrade paths (unless your…
After the nadir of the pandemic, the current hiring frenzy feels pretty good, right? Most of the folks in the industry that I talk to are seeing big increases in candidate and employer activity. Investments are also rising, as are…
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…
Note: I'm always surprised when I talk to folks and they say, "I didn't know I could hire you! I thought you were just a blogger." In fact, I've had clients that actually encourage me to be more aggressive in…
One of the most common questions I get from startups is whether they should build or buy the software for their job board. It's a question that wasn't that common 10 years ago - simply because the options for job board…
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…
Note: This is from last spring, during the early days of the pandemic. Since the virus is still with us - and will affect a good part of 2021 - the Doctor thought it would be worth a re-read. Enjoy!…