Funding has picked up again (see bullet #1, below), and some major players like Xing and Google are making some major moves. As you'll see, activity is present around the globe - demonstrating once again that our industry is truly…
Before a candidate can even think about finding a new job, they have to be aware that it is there. That the employer exists. That the employer is looking for someone to do something. If a candidate is completely unaware of the…
I was in Barcelona last week (I know, the life of a Doctor is hard :-)) attending and speaking at the RecPlus conference. It was an eye-opening experience - and one that I highly recommend. The content was top-notch, the…
Note: The Doctor is away at RecPlus this week, so enjoy this post from last year! As long as I've been in this industry, there have been the 'big boys'. The companies that have grabbed attention, market share, and investment.…
It seems that 2018 was the year that - once again - job boards failed to die. However...they certainly did evolve. And although there was a lot of startup activity as well as developments with established niche sites, it was…
It's the end of 2018 - so are things slowing down? Well, not exactly. Money continues to be raised, a site goes down, and some other sites are expanding. Let's take a look: Jobindex revenue up: Danish job board Jobindex reported…
The past 12 months have been busy for those at Facebook who are working on their hiring offerings. The company is huge, of course, and I don't have a clear sense of how many staff are attached to the hiring…
If you are like me, you sift through 150 or so articles a day about the HR and recruiting industry, looking for trends in the noise that seem most relevant to our corner of it. Who got funding? What new…
News this month from players big and small. Every time I think the recruitment marketing industry is starting to slow down, it gets busy again. I guess I should just get used to it! At any rate, let's take a…
I always thought it would be fun to be a personal advice columnist, like 'Dear Abby'. The only problem was, I knew my answers would never get published in a general audience paper. 'Dear Jeff, my significant other is having…