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…
This episode of JobBoardGeek finds hosts Jeff Dickey-Chasins and Steven Rothberg discussing Indeed's recent record financials, and then chatting with Jonathan Samuels of the sales and tech recruiting site Ntroduced about how his site is ditching the resume. The platform…
And we thought 2020 was weird! 2021 proved to be a return to form for the job board and recruitment marketing industry - and then some. With employers clamoring for candidates, but candidates still thinking hard about whether they wanted…
What the world needs now is another podcast, right? Well, maybe so - maybe the JobBoardGeek podcast. I've been thinking about doing a podcast for a while, but it took the prodding of Steven Rothberg and Chad Sowash to make…
Ok, I've been reporting on the job board and recruitment marketing industry for a while (ahem, 12 years!), but I'm pretty sure I've never reported on 100% growth for a job board. Well...this time I am. Check out the news…
What do you get if you can't articulate what you want? When you have a lack of clarity? Sometimes you get a surprise, as in: 'Just get me something that tastes good', and you are presented with 'liver an onions…
As we move closer to the traditional holiday season, you might expect to see some slowdown in industry activity - after all, some folks actually take a few days off here and there! Well, if there is a slowdown, I'm…
It's been a while since I've talked about whether or not a job board or recruiting site should have resumes. Originally, almost every job board had resume databases - and they charged employers to access them. Some still do, in…
For many job boards, seasonality in hiring demand is a fact of life. Demand may drop during the holidays, or the dead of summer, or perhaps in the fall or spring. Or...it may rise during those periods. It just depends on what…