Theoretically, I shouldn't be doing another roundup of unusual recruiting sites so quickly after the last one - but you know what? There is so much happening in our industry right now, I thought, to heck with that! I'm gonna do…
If you follow my blog, you know that I often complain about applicant tracking systems (ATS) - mostly in relation to what they don't for candidates and how they can hurt job boards (via poor source tracking). But it's a…
It's happened again - I've let the better part of a year pass since I took a look at some of the new and interesting sites and services out there. Last time it seemed career hubs were thriving. This time? Well,…
To listen to some recruiting industry pundits, a job board is a job board is a job board (except, of course, when they're dead). Usually what they mean is a job board = Monster or CareerBuilder; to wit, they only…
In my recent survey of readers, several asked for more information about what I actually do (other than write these blog posts, I suppose). I do cover a bit of this on the website, but I thought I'd make it more specific. So...what…
The most common mistake I see job board startups make is completely understandable. They spend all of their time and effort thinking about the employer. Why? Because that's (usually) where the money is. They're wrong. If you don't have the…
I am remarkably unphotogenic. When at Dice, I once sat down with a professional photographer for the obligatory 'head shot'. It took 39 shots before the poor fellow managed to get one without my eyes closed or mouth open. I'm betting that's…
Once, in a world far, far away (i.e., the 1990s), Monster beat its chest and claimed to be the biggest and best source for online jobs in the world, bar none. Then, last week, Monster - diminished, no longer for…
I'm preparing for a talk at the JobG8 Job Board Summit (June 26-27, Orlando), and it has me thinking a lot about job board evolution. I will be taking a tour of unusual and interesting sites that are moving the…
Is registering job seekers on your site worth doing - or not? And if you do, how hard should it be? Almost every client I've worked with has had to wrestle with registering job seekers. Why? Because as you already…