Long COVID and job boards
The world has suffered through the first (and second, and third) wave of COVID. Many people are vaccinated - many more are not. In the U.S. alone, over one million people have died from the virus, and the death toll…
Job board UX: when design creates friction for no good reason
How much do you think about your job board UX? All the time? Or never? In my experience, I’ve found that job board site designers often expect people to act linearly – going from point A to point B, logically and…
Who benefits from pay per application?
In 2023, any employer that is using Indeed (and let's be honest, that's a lot of employers) will be using the pay per application (PPA) model. Why? Because Indeed says so. OK, it's a bit more complex than that, and…
5 things that woodworking taught me about job boards
I've built various items with wood for many years. Tables, benches, cabinets, spoons, stools, chairs - some actually resemble real furniture, others...well, they were interesting to create. Yet, apart from the sheer fun of cutting, chopping, paring, and (occasionally) pounding…
Blabbing and gabbing: the best of the JobBoardGeek podcast (plus something new!)
As you may have noticed, the JobBoardGeek podcast ended a few weeks back - but never fear, the archive lives on! And in a related development, my co-host Steven Rothberg ran off and found a new partner-in-crime, Peter Zollman -…
HR tech design fads: now where have I seen that before?
The recruitment marketing industry encompasses many different types of services: traditional job boards, hybrid job boards, sourcing tools, recruitment platforms, professional networks, career hubs, and much more. What do these all have in common? They are focused on connecting candidates…
Google asks, but Indeed tells: show us the salary information!
For years, job boards have pushed employers to include salary information in their job postings. Why? Research has shown that adding a salary (or salary range) to a posting will increase the job seeker response - and often, the quality…
Building a new job board: thinking about the user interface
Note: This is first in a 3-part series from 2020, about building a job board. It's still true! Enjoy. Back in the early days of job boards, folks put up their own version of what they thought a site should be.…
JobBoardGeek: Is video worth a thousand job postings?
In this episode of JobBoardGeek, we talk to Brian Forrester of Lumina.co about how his company turns text job ads into video - at scale. With job ads often running to 300 words or (much) more, candidate engagement can be difficult. Jeff Dickey-Chasins…
JobBoardGeek: An upside-down job board – flipping who pays
In this episode of JobBoardGeek, we talk to Ric Burley of BintlHire. Ric has flipped the normal job board model by having employers pay the candidate to see their resume. On the other hand, employers post jobs for free. Jeff Dickey-Chasins of JobBoardDoctor…