Hey, it's a new year, which means - well, I don't know! But some stuff did happen in the past 30-40 days, so let's take a look at how the industry is faring: Quora and LinkedIn integrate: In a StackOverflow-like…
Growing any business is an inevitable - and continual - challenge. Somewhere along the line, after the start-up obstacles but before world domination, you are faced with a very simple problem: how can you make this thing bigger, faster, and…
What if you had a service - say, a job board/candidate acquisition/employer service - and no one knew about it because it wasn't mobile-friendly? How long do you think you'd stay in business? Countless job boards (and other web-based businesses)…
Maybe it come from having been in the industry for a while, but some eternal truths of online recruiting just keep recurring: Bill Warren, John Sumser, Joel Cheesman, and job matching sites, to name a few. Seriously, though - although…
Hey, it's the end of the year (almost) and time to take a look at the 10 mind-blowing earth-shattering things that happened in 2012. Did anything? Well, actually, yes - quite a bit. Apart from an election, a (slowly) recovering…
Ok, the election is in the rearview mirror, winter is looming, and I bet you haven't gotten all of your Christmas presents yet! Nevertheless, things keep happening in the job board world. For example: Facebook launches their job board aggregator: Facebook…
This brief history of job boards isn't complete by any means, but thanks to John Sumser, Eric Shannon, Wikipedia, Chris Russell, and others, it covers the basics (I hope!). Amazing how far we've come in 22 years! [Want to…
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 subscriptions I'm betting that most of you answered (B). So why do the vast majority…
Facebook launched its long-rumored job board turkey, umm, offering last week. It was a bit rocky: " It’s buggy and kind of janky looking.” - FB user Mike Chapman (and thank you, Mike, for introducing me to a new, useful word!) "The entire platform…
For years I've been writing about what I see as job board evolution - away from the traditional 'job postings and resume' model, and toward something more social, interactive, flexible, and useful to both candidates and employers. Many factors are…