Before we discuss Facebook jobs, let's start with a number: 1.79 billion. And that is? The number of Facebook users. Why is that important? Facebook is rolling out (slowly) a Jobs Tab feature for company pages. It's early days still,…
Elections always have consequences, but many are not obvious until long after the elected party is long gone (Iraq, anyone?). But it seems likely that the U.S. election of Donald Trump will have implications for the online recruiting industry in North…
Before Dice's problems, I used to work at Dice, as you may well know. I was employee #9, stepping into a company that had evolved from a BBS in California to a full-fledged niche job board in Des Moines. I…
As the temperature drops and coats appear, it seems that the digital recruiting biz keeps chugging away. We've had some interesting developments, including Amazon's move into job ads and Craigslist charging for the same - but I'm getting ahead of…
Before I began this post on the automation of recruiting, I had to pull my jaw off the ground. Yes, I had just learned that Monster paid $12.5M for Jobr. That's right. An app that Monster actually spec'd out to…
It's been a couple of months since I looked at interesting/new sites, so I think it's time for a new round. In addition to the usual job boards and recruiting sites, I'm going to venture into a few other areas…
Stealing ideas has a long and storied history. I would argue that it's fundamental to humanity. You see a neighbor use an iron bar to lever up a rock, and you think, 'hey, that looks a lot easier than digging! I…
Hey everyone! It's that time - time for the 2016-17 Global Recruiting Site Trends survey! As always, we need your help to get it off the ground. In addition to the usual valuable info on what job boards and recruiting sites…
Fall is in the air (at least in Iowa) but activity in the recruitment marketing space hasn't slackened. If anything, it feels like things accelerate as we get closer to the winter holidays! So let's see what's happened lately: A…
NOTE: The Doctor is out this week, checking out the new TATech Conference & Expo in Las Vegas. In the meantime, here's a rerun from this summer: I was discussing Indeed with some other folks at the JobG8 conference (what a…