As with most industries, the recruiting industry is partial to faddish names and acronyms. ATS, PPC, 'talent pipeline', RPO, 'hiring marketplace', PPA, platforms, and so on, and so on. As systems grow in complexity, so do the names describing them…
Note: The Doctor is recovering from yet another Memorial Day, so this is some still-timely advice from 2009 (!!) Once, a long time ago in a galaxy far far away, a job board salesperson called up a prospective employer, made his…
Note: I'm always surprised when I talk to folks and they say, "I didn't know I could hire you! I thought you were just a blogger." In fact, I've had clients that actually encourage me to be more aggressive in…
Note: This post originally appeared in the summer of 2018 - but it's newly relevant as job boards reach out to candidates as the economy opens up. How can you reintroduce yourself? Read on: Job boards - both traditional and…
Think back to when you were young, attending a new school for the first time. Your nerves are on full alert, and you're busy trying to read the new faces - to identify who might be a future friend, and to…
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…
Well, a few weeks into 2021, it still feels good to say that 2020 is behind us! The past year offered multiple challenges - not the least of which was the COVID pandemic. Let's review. A year ago, most of the job…
Note: This is from last spring, during the early days of the pandemic. Since the virus is still with us - and will affect a good part of 2021 - the Doctor thought it would be worth a re-read. Enjoy!…
Job boards began as digital translations of 'real world' objects: newspaper classifieds. The relatively low cost of entry meant that job boards soon proliferated. And from this crazy-quilt of sites grew the job board advertising wars, promoting destination job boards.…
You know, even a so-called Doctor needs some help every now and then - and that's where you come in. It's time for the 2020-21 Recruiting Site Trends survey! To make it useful, I need your help and input! In…