I've almost recovered from the IAEWS fall congress - but in about 4 weeks I will be attending the JobG8 Europe Job Board Summit in London (Dec. 4-5). Actually, 'attending' isn't quite right - I will be presenting some very…
Sometimes, a format change is a good thing. At least that's my opinion after having spent the last couple of days at the IAEWS 2013 Fall Congress. Although the IAEWS conference has always been a good source of information and…
Many years ago, I embarked on my first sales job. I wasn't even wet behind the ear - I was clueless. But...I knew how to read, and I knew that I didn't know anything about sales. So I picked up…
In my recent survey of readers, several asked for more information about what I actually do as the Job Board Doctor (other than write these blog posts, I suppose). I do cover a bit of this on the website, but…
One of the most popular posts I've written is about revenue streams. So my readers are interested in making money - go figure! A smart blogger would have immediately written more posts about revenue (and I did write a few)…
Hey folks - I will be presenting at the JobG8 Job Board Summit (June 20-21) in Chicago - but that's not the only reason you should go! Seriously - they've pulled together what promises to be an interesting and informative agenda. Here…
The results are in from the 2013 Job Board Trends Surveys - and they're interesting. This year 319 job boards, 79 HR and recruiting professionals, and 108 job seekers participated - that's a lot of responses! It also took a while…
Growing any business is an inevitable - and continual - challenge. Somewhere along the line, after the start-up obstacles but before world domination, you are faced with a very simple problem: how can you make this thing bigger, faster, and…
Pop quiz: which of the following will increase profitability the most? A) Individual job postings and/or resume access B) Annual or semi-annual job posting/resume access subscriptions I'm betting that most of you answered (B). So why do the vast majority…
On Friday Dice Holdings announced the purchase of FINS.com, the financial job board that powers WSJ.com and Marketwatch.com. The acquisition got me thinking: why do job boards buy other job boards? Why do they sometimes decide not to buy, but instead create…