Walmart From Rooster to Chicken
Happy Thanksgiving week American Job Board Doctor friends and happy Black Week to the rest! I have something to get off my chest before I sign out for the holiday, so let's dive right in. This week, in a blindingly…
Stories from the War: Choosing the Wrong Job Board SaaS Partner, TWICE
After the whirlwind of the HR Tech Expo Hall and last week's flood of industry news, the Job Board Doctor team thought it’d be a good time for a “back to basics” post—valuable not just for aspiring and up-and-coming job board…
The Devil Doesn’t Come In…
...Wearing a red cape and pointy horns, he appears as everything you've ever dreamed of, or so the saying goes. In the job board community and the broader talent acquisition world, this advice is worth heeding—not just for the sake…
Understanding Shifts in Market Strategy – Indeed and Upwork
During times of market tightening or periods of market instability, recruitment technology vendors must respond, but it is too often done reactively. The best understand how market trends shift over time, know markets expand and constrict, and approach shifts in…
Don’t play their game
Many years ago as a marketing novice I learned the first rule of competing against giants: don't play their game. This was long before I entered the job board world. I was a marketing director at a niche publishing company…
Prepping for 2024 – working the odds
As you may being prepping for 2024 - yes, I know, it's already almost the end of the year and you aren't ready for Christmas, either - the Doctor has a few thoughts. In fact, I often have more than a…
Missing your numbers: the good, the bad, and the ugly
Most job boards and recruitment platforms are privately held. Missing your numbers - assuming that you have targets, that is - can be scary. But at least you don't have angry shareholders to deal with, right? Well, sort of. First…
Three ways to make your job board better, no matter if you’re big or small
You want to make your job board better, right? Even if you don't call it a job board? Even if you're an old-timer? Even if you started your job board yesterday? Well, sure. Of course. But the rub is, how? How do…
Getting funding: good or bad?
If you read my monthly news roundup (and if you don't, you should!), you have probably noticed that a fair amount of the content is on companies getting funding. Why? Well, for one thing, big (or even moderate) money is…
Your job board’s future: should you offer CPA, CPC, or duration-based postings?
When thinking about your job board's future, you may be looking at the latest missteps by Indeed and Google's move into recruitment marketing and wonder: what do I do now? I mean, apart from worries about a recession that keeps…