If you've ever tried to help a recent graduate look for work, you probably realized that they had only a vague idea of what the 'right job' might look like for them. Over the years I've worked with a number…
You know, even a so-called Doctor needs some help every now and then - and that's where you come in. It's time for the 2020-21 Recruiting Site Trends survey! To make it useful, I need your help and input! In…
Six months into the pandemic, it seems obvious - to me, at least - that the hiring industry (including job boards) is not going to go up in a puff of smoke. It felt like that was a distinct possibility…
It's been an interesting 4 weeks for the Doctor here in the Midwest - a derecho, power outages, searching for internet, and much much more! But at least Hurricane Laura missed me. The job board industry has been busy, too…
Note: The Doctor is now in week 3 (!) of no internet or phone due to the derecho. Trust me, the Midwest is hurting - thousands still without power. You can help by donating here. Here is a post from…
Note: A derecho hit the Midwest last Monday - and the Doctor is still waiting for his power and internet to return! So in deference to Mother Nature, here is a post from last year that is still quite relevant.…
Over the past several weeks, I've proposed a few rules for designing an effective recruiting site or job board: remember that users aren't rational, and keep the focus on the candidate. Well, now it's time for the final rule (that's…
I normally wait a bit longer to do the industry news update - usually every 4 weeks or so - but there has been so many developments and announcements (Randstad, ouch!) that I decided to jump in early! You wouldn't…
You would think after three decades of web-based recruiting sites that the folks designing these sites would have figured out the basics. You would be wrong. I've talked about this before (well, ok, many times) - candidates are the key component…
Back in the early days of job boards - this would the dark ages of the 1990s - everyone put up their own version of what they thought a site should be. There were no dominant visual or functional models,…