NOTE: The Doctor is taking the week off. In the meantime, here is a post from 2010 that continues to be one of the most popular ever. Wonder why? :-) I've been cataloging job boards for many years (for obvious…
Elections always have consequences, but many are not obvious until long after the elected party is long gone (Iraq, anyone?). But it seems likely that the U.S. election of Donald Trump will have implications for the online recruiting industry in North…
NOTE: The Doctor is out this week, checking out the new TATech Conference & Expo in Las Vegas. In the meantime, here's a rerun from this summer: I was discussing Indeed with some other folks at the JobG8 conference (what a…
The news was surprising: Tegna was putting CareerBuilder up for sale. Tegna, which owns 53% of the job board (along with Tronc (aka Tribune) and McClatchy) stated that it wanted more 'financial flexibility'. In other words, time to cash out for…
I was discussing Indeed with some other folks at the JobG8 conference (what a surprise, right?), and one person made a comment that really stuck with me. "Google can wreck Indeed's business anytime they want, simply by changing their search…
Wind, lightning, rain, and tens of thousands of soccer fans 'sheltering in place' at Soldier field. Just another lazy Wednesday in Chicago! The next day, me and over a hundred other folks jammed into the downtown Chicago Hilton for the…
No one can say that our industry is boring! Sure, the recent SH sale is a bit of inside baseball, but hey - this entire blog is pretty 'inside baseball!'. So I say, let's get job-board-geeky and see what's been…
On April 16th and 17th roughly 200 job boarders, vendors, and hangers-on descended on the Walt Disney Dolphin, smack dab in the middle of a certain theme-park. Opening day also happened to coincide with a big marathon, some rain, and…
Why business partners? Well..."It is amazing what you can accomplish if you do not care who gets the credit." - Harry Truman Self-sufficiency can be a virtue - but it can also be a danger to your (business) health. It…
On the eve of a blizzard (and of course the Iowa caucuses), I prefer to look forward - to greener pastures and sunny days. Some would call me delusional. I call it self-preservation. The spring and summer options for learning…