The economy is slowly but steadily rebounding (more or less), and this seems to be driving more activity of all types in the online recruiting space. Let's see what's happening!: Dice starts a buy-back: Dice Holdings, Inc. today announced that its Board…
Since I began working in the job board industry in 1997, I've heard many discussions about pay for performance {PFP} (as opposed to pay to post or pay to access resumes). At one point, CareerBuilder launched a PFP service, but…
By now you've crawled out from the piles of emails and messages accumulated during the holiday break (I hope), so it's a great time to talk about how to buy or sell a job board. As recent headlines have shown,…
Hey everyone! It's a new year - and time to see how our industry is doing! 2014 marks the first time the Job Board Doctor survey will be merged with the IAEWS survey. I think that the combination of great…
Hey folks - I will be hosting a webinar on job seeker behavior on Thursday, January 16th, at 2 pm EST / 1 pm CST. I hope you'll join me! Here are some of the topics I'll cover: What do…
So another year has come and gone. Amazingly enough, job boards aren't dead (but if you feel the urge to write about it anyway, here's a handy guide). There's been a surprising amount of activity in this relatively mature industry,…
It's been a while since I took a look at how you can screw up your job board, so I thought it was time to revisit the subject. After all, if you're going to spend time on your site, why not…
As 2013 draws to a close, it's a good time to take one last look at what is actually going on in the job board industry. More acquisitions, revelations, and developments, actually - so let's take a look: JobsInLogistics acquires…
Earlier this year I had the good fortune to attend the JobG8 Job Board Summit for North America. It was an interesting conference, full of useful insights about new and developing technologies, as well as clear-eyed looks at challenges for…
Pop quiz: which of the following will increase profitability the most? A) Individual job postings and/or resume access B) Annual or semi-annual job posting/resume access employer subscriptions I'm betting that most of you answered (B). So why do the vast majority of job…