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…
It's been kind of busy around here lately. As you probably saw, the 2021-22 Recruiting Site Trends Survey Results are out - some interesting stuff there. And yes, news keeps happening in our industry (like Byteboard)! So it's time for…
The 2021-22 Recruiting Site Survey results are in - and things have changed a bit from 2020! Folks seem considerably more optimistic. The survey, which included respondents from every area of the globe - from North America to Africa, from…
When was the last time someone asked you, 'Hey, aren't job boards dead already?' For me, it's pretty much every couple of weeks. Really. The question isn't asked in hostility (usually), but in more of a tone of bewilderment. Why?…
You may have noticed that my news updates are usually about 4 weeks apart. I like to gather up what's happened, give you a reliable rundown, and then talk about other things in the intervening weeks. But sometimes the news…
Sometimes things happen with a big splash (did you happen to notice ZipRecruiter's IPO?), and sometimes there is a slight disturbance - just a ripple. As you already know, LinkedIn is capable of making a big deal out of what…
It's hard to believe it's been 4 weeks since the last news roundup - but it has! In the meantime, DHI has gotten weird (see last week), a bunch of companies have landed funds, and the big players like Talroo…
I used to work for Dice, the primary revenue driver for DHI. It was a long long time ago, and the job board world was very different. So take the following with a grain of salt (as in fact you…