I said I would be more prompt about my periodic roundups of new and unusual employment sites - and for once, I am! This time we're going to look at a special sub-set of site - hubs. I've talked about these…
Candidates need a good, basic career research tool - this is just a fact. And I've talked before about how job boards are evolving to meet the changing needs of both employers and candidates. I've also talked about how some boards…
For a number of years, the CareerXroads Source of Hire study has identified referrals, career sites, and job boards as the #1, #2, and #3 sources of external hires, respectively. Much of the traffic that career sites receive comes directly from job…
In a recent presentation with Dr. Charles Handler, I discovered that although both he and I focused on candidate quality - as does anyone involved in recruiting - we weren't able to find much data on exactly which recruiting techniques delivered…
Another 30 days, another month of excitement in the online recruiting world! This is the stuff I thought worth noting: CareerBoard has a new director of sales: CareerBoard has appointed Dennis Liniman as their new Director of Sales. He's been…
Why a universal login? Well...do you ever feel like your head will burst if you have to create or remember another login/password combo? Sure, your browser tries to help (at least mine does), prompting helpfully to 'remember' the login -…
In my experience, I've found that programmers working on job board site design often expect people to act linearly - going from point A to point B, logically and inexorably marching forward, until they reach their goal. People don't usually…
You know your job board or career site isn't perfect, right? (And if you don't, I'm sure you can find someone that will tell you that). In fact, perfection can be pretty annoying, particularly when it manifests itself as a…
Every day I peruse ERE.net, Cheezhead, Workforce, and a bunch of other sites. Why? Well, of course I'm avoiding my 'real' work...but I'm also trying to keep up with the ever-shifting winds of change in the HR, recruiting, and job…
It's self-promotion time, so I'll keep it brief: my ebook on Job Board Success is now available. It's ideal for anyone who is either planning to launch or has just launched a job site. If that sounds like you, please…