The first hints of fall are in the air - unless you live in south Texas or Florida, that is. The world of online recruiting, however, has not taken either a summer or fall break. LinkedIn in particular seems to…
One of my goals at Job Board Doctor is to provide resources for job boards. My first attempt was the listing of job board software (which has been updated many times!). I also hope that my blog posts serve this function - at least…
The results are in from the 2013 Job Board Trends Surveys - and they're interesting. This year 319 job boards, 79 HR and recruiting professionals, and 108 job seekers participated - that's a lot of responses! It also took a while…
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…
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…
As noted in previous posts, I've been thinking lately about what makes employment sites good - or not. Below are a few questions to that effect - and yes, some employment sites have these features, but most do not. Maybe…
The online recruiting sector continues to change and grow (and sorry, Nick, I don't think it 'sucks wind'). Monster is still up for sale, start ups are sprouting like last spring's vegetable garden, and I'm heading to HR Tech in…
So much for the doldrums of summer with regard to job board news. You'd think that record heat, drought, and the impending Olympics would result in a boring news slump for the job board world. You'd be wrong. Let's see…
Given the name of my business, I guess it is my destiny to write about the news reports that there may soon be a Facebook job board. Why is Facebook considering a Facebook job board? Let's lay out the pluses:…
Another month flown by, another round of activity in job board industry news, including a possible flameout by BranchOut, a lost Monster suitor, and the possibility of an aggregator IPO. Interested? Read on!: Evenbase launches JobsiteWhite: Evenbase, the newly named…