I just spent a pleasant few days in New Orleans for the Jobg8 Job Board Summit, dodging a hurricane and eating crawfish etouffee. I also had a chance to listen to Tarquin Clark of Google and Scott Helmes of CareerBuilder…
Summer continues, conferences happen, M&A is popping - and the job board and recruitment marketing biz is bubbling along. Our Amazon/Whole Foods equivalent? Probably the Google Jobs/Hire news. But there are plenty of other things going on, including some interesting…
Since the beginning of the year there have been dozens of recruiting startups, mergers, and acquisitions trying to address what employers want. Google is making a new foray into the jobs world. Indeed is trying to become a brand. Programmatic…
When shoes drop, they sometimes drop slowly. It was last fall when we first learned of Google's Cloud Jobs API (also know as Google Jobs) - and of certain job boards' partnership in testing it. Then around the first of…
Note: The Doctor is out for the next few weeks, helping his sister deal with her cancer. This is from a few years ago, but still quite relevant Authenticity is all the rage. Supporters of both Donald Trump and Bernie…
Note: The Doctor is out for the next few weeks, helping his sister deal with her cancer. This is from last year, but still quite relevant, particularly given the progress with Google's Cloud Jobs API! I was discussing Indeed with…
Although studies have shown that companies with more diverse employees - both with regard to gender and ethnicity - tend to outperform their peers, actual progress by organizations via diversity in online recruiting has been slow. Why? Because (a) it's…
Remember Google Base? Joel Cheesman does. "The company launched Google Base in the mid-2000s to much fanfare." And...it never went anywhere. Then last year Google announced that they were working with CareerBuilder, Jibe, and Dice on a Jobs API. That…
A long time ago I was the marketing director for a publishing company. Apart from making sure that the ad sales team was happy, my job involved spending lots of money on direct mail to attract magazine subscribers. It was while…
It's been almost 2 months since my last look at new recruiting sites and services. Not surprisingly, that hasn't stopped the startups - they just keep on coming. You will no doubt note a 'theme' in my comments this time…