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Let's face it: there is a reason that there are skills testing sites. If you hire people, at some point you will have to hire for a position about which you know absolutely nothing. Perhaps you're hiring a chief technology…
I've worked with dozens of job boards over the years, and I often take a look at what the job seekers are saying to them. Since the onset of the recession (and honestly, before), it goes something like this: "Why…
It's that time of the year - leaves are falling, frost is threatening our gardens....and I'm knocking on your door about the online recruiting survey. Despite the Job Board Doctor name, lots of different folks read this blog: HR and…
The more things change, the more they stay the same - except when they don't. Now how's that for equivocation? The results are in for the 2011 Online Recruiting Survey, and they are intriguing. We had a record 323 completed…
Any job board operator will tell you that one of the toughest things about keeping your site running well is ensuring that you have a steady flow of the right kind of candidates. How do you find candidates? And what…
Why a job board megamix? Well, there have been a lot of blog posts here over the years - 120, to be exact. Some faded quickly, and some didn't. So I thought it might be useful to have a roundup…
What do job seekers want? Ahem - to find a job. I might add that's why they network, Tweet, post profiles on LinkedIn, and troll through company career sites. They just want a job. Right? Well, no. Not exactly. Job seekers…
Back in the dark ages, when the Job Board Doctor was first learning the mysteries of sales and marketing, he was told that he should "sell benefits, not features." Fast forward, umm...many years. I'm still telling clients (and myself) to…
Every day we are deluged with images, sounds, sights, smells....and words. Some lodge in our brains and some don't. If you're in the recruiting biz, your primary tools (at present) are words - spoken or written. Yes, some employment advertising…