I am an optimistic pessimist. In other words, I expect the worst to happen, and when it doesn't, I'm pleasantly surprised. In fact, I usually try to act on my pessimistic outlook by planning ahead for disaster. This approach has…
As you might guess, I'm a great believer in the fundamentals of job boards. I've seen the emails from happy job seekers and employers extolling the many ways job boards can save users time and money. In essence, for many…
A few weeks back I asked you to help with a job board industry survey - and you did! You answered questions about the effect of the recession on your job sites, threats to your business - and your thoughts…
A few weeks back I offered to provide 6 hours of free consulting to one lucky job site. I called it the "Extreme Job Board Makeover." Why? Well, because the job board industry has been very good to me over…
Oh, to be the new kid on the block! Twitter, Facebook, and the rest of social media are experiencing that thrill - they're new, exciting, and can do no wrong. A while back, job boards were the new kids. No…
The future is alluring - nothing bad has happened yet, you haven't made any dumb mistakes yet, and anything could happen. In fact, the future is so interesting I will now write about it (with my job board industry goggles…
Folks, I need your help. We're emerging from an extremely challenging recession - one that has affected the job board industry deeply. So I thought we might all benefit from some collegial insight. Thus, I've put together a short (12…
The formula for the extremely popular reality series "Extreme Home Makeover" is simple and compelling: find a family (or sometimes an individual) who have done good works in their community but have been beaten up by bad luck luck; add…
You know what gets a job seeker truly steamed? Clicking on a link for a job posting - and discovering that it's exactly the same job he looked at a few seconds earlier. Same job, different listings = unhappy job…
Consider this a companion piece to last week's blog. Remember, you don't want an average job board - you want one that makes job seekers and employers alike enthusiastic! Ask questions. You can never know too much about your job…