As Neil Young said, rust never sleeps (which I'm sure means something) - and the job board industry likewise never sleeps, it just keeps chugging along. Lots of activity, both in North America and overseas. Let's see what we have…
Note: The Doctor is take a Labor Day rest from his labors (as should you!). This post from last year generated lots of feedback, so we're running it again. Enjoy! Almost every day I read about a new recruiting site…
News wanders across my desk (well, my monitor) on occasion that doesn't really fit into a standard 'themed' blog post - just random observations and things that may or may not have any impact on our industry. Still, I find…
Remember social recruiting? It was huge in 2010. Big. Awe-inspiring. Going to change the face of recruiting as we knew it, and of course eliminate all other recruiting methods. As CareerXRoads says, it is no longer tracked separately in their…
A long time ago - well, maybe a year or two - big data was being touted as the next big thing. It would 'change the game' for recruiters, it would change the workplace, and provide 'new recruiting insight'. Guess…
What's going on in the job board and online recruiting industry - and perhaps with CareerBuilder? Well, a lot, actually. It's almost like no one takes a vacation around here (including the JobBoardDoctor). Nonetheless - let's take a look-see at…
Expect the unexpected, a teacher once told me. One of my closest friends had a stroke last week. He is 58. Right now he's in a hospital, waiting for the stroke to stop getting bigger. He can't move his left…
A few years back during the deep, dark recession, a few articles appeared about zombie job boards (not to mention jobs for zombies). These sites staggered forward despite a lack of traffic, audience, or employers, refusing to die, filling the…
I've been doing lots of reading (and re-reading) in preparation for this fall's workshop on Branding, and it has me thinking about why companies thrive, just get by, or fail. I've been personally involved in all three types of businesses…
It's been months since my last overview of new, new-ish, and interesting job boards / recruiting site startups / sites that refuse to be called job boards. Strangely enough, that hasn't stopped the wave of entrants into our industry. So…