Spring is one of my favorite times of year - most importantly, it signals the end of winter! But it also signals the start of job board conference season - and something special this year: a contest. CareerLeaf and JobBoardDoctor…
A long time ago, I worked at the granddaddy of all tech-focused sites, Dice. It started as a bulletin board in 1990, then migrated to the web in 1996. To this day, it is the largest tech-focused job board, both…
Well, another 30 days has come and gone - and not surprisingly, things have happened in the job board and online recruiting industry. Has anything affected your business? Let's find out: LinkedIn limits API usage: LinkedIn is restricting access to most of its…
New is always better than old. Don't believe me? Take an inventory of articles published in the last 12 months that focus on something new that will 'revolutionize' recruiting and leave all existing technologies/methods/disciplines in shambles. (This of course also…
As previous posts have noted, there is a lot of movement in the job board industry right now - startups, acquisitions, IPOs, and more. All of this activity is ultimately about business - who wins, who loses, and who survives.…
The results of the 2015 Job Board Trends Survey are now available. This survey, a coproduction of IAEWS and JobBoardDoctor, was taken by 197 job board owners, operators, and employees around the globe from November 2014 through January 2015. As…
I admit - even after doing these roundups of new and unusual recruiting-related sites for many years - it's a bit overwhelming. Last time out, I pointed out 8 sites that I thought were pretty interesting. Well, it's barely 3…
Just a month has passed since the last update, but as you probably guessed, plenty has happened with regard to IPOs in the job board industry. Let's find out what: Another LinkedIn, only European: Shapr is coming out of beta.…
The job board industry is (and has been) in transition. Startups are sprouting faster than crabgrass in spring, venture funding is flowing in, and existing players are expanding. Yet at the same time, some sites are fading. The industry growth…
This week's guest post by Paul Basile on matching for job boards was sparked by my post last week on matching. Paul Basile is CEO of Matchpoint Careers, a matching service that uses psychometrics to help employers hire better candidates.…