JobBoardGeek dives into the murky and sometimes confounding world of candidate experience - applying for a job - when we interview Alex Murphy of JobSync.io. His company hopes to solve the challenge of making a job application not too hard…
JobBoardGeek hosts Jeff Dickey-Chasins and Steven Rothberg talk about TextKernel's acquisition of Sovren, and then spend some time with Kathleen Smith of ClearedJobs.net and how both offline and online methods of acquisition work. Kathleen talks about reaching candidates that were…
This episode of JobBoardGeek finds hosts Jeff Dickey-Chasins and Steven Rothberg discussing Indeed's recent record financials, and then chatting with Jonathan Samuels of the sales and tech recruiting site Ntroduced about how his site is ditching the resume. The platform…
It's been a while since I've talked about whether or not a job board or recruiting site should have resumes. Originally, almost every job board had resume databases - and they charged employers to access them. Some still do, in…
For many job boards, seasonality in hiring demand is a fact of life. Demand may drop during the holidays, or the dead of summer, or perhaps in the fall or spring. Or...it may rise during those periods. It just depends on what…
When was the last time someone asked you, 'Hey, aren't job boards dead already?' For me, it's pretty much every couple of weeks. Really. The question isn't asked in hostility (usually), but in more of a tone of bewilderment. Why?…
I live in a small college town in the US Midwest. If you know anything about the US, you know what that means for internet access: mediocre internet speeds, high prices, limited provider choice, and unpredictable upgrade paths (unless your…
After the nadir of the pandemic, the current hiring frenzy feels pretty good, right? Most of the folks in the industry that I talk to are seeing big increases in candidate and employer activity. Investments are also rising, as are…
Speaking of a revenue model - one of the most popular posts I've written is about generating revenue. So my readers are interested in making money - go figure! A smart blogger would have immediately written more posts about revenue…
Remember shaking a person's hand? Going to a conference? Entering a building without masking up? This is moving from digital to analog. It may be hard to believe, but sometime over the next year, that world will reemerge. It won't be…