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…
I'm looking out my window at a truly spectacular show of color from a beautiful maple - oranges, yellows, and reds. Sometimes the fall almost makes up for the Iowa winter. The natural world is not the only thing with distinct seasons.…
I have no idea what you're thinking because I don't think surveys matter. In fact, I can't even see you. I guess I'm operating in the dark. The above pretty much describes any web-based business with regard to their relationship…
Note: The Doctor is take a Labor Day rest from his labors (as should you!). This post from last year generated lots of feedback, so we're running it again. Enjoy! Almost every day I read about a new recruiting site…
A long time ago - well, maybe a year or two - big data was being touted as the next big thing. It would 'change the game' for recruiters, it would change the workplace, and provide 'new recruiting insight'. Guess…
Expect the unexpected, a teacher once told me. One of my closest friends had a stroke last week. He is 58. Right now he's in a hospital, waiting for the stroke to stop getting bigger. He can't move his left…
There ought to be a law against holding the Jobg8 Summit in Atlanta in late June - or at least, if you're going to do so, let's have everyone run at half-speed, ok? Free BBQ would be good, too. But…
The recruiting press was abuzz last week with the news that LinkedIn had purchased Lynda.com, a career-focused online learning company. It was the kind of deal that makes stockholders swoon - LinkedIn is 'broadening' its revenue streams, is going 'cradle to grave',…
At the end of the month, I'll be heading down (over?) to Las Vegas for the Fall 2014 IAEWS meeting. There will be networking, eating and drinking, and a pretty interesting lineup of speakers and topics. Plus, of course, I'll…
Almost every day I read about a new recruiting site or service that has nabbed some VC money. Sometimes it's big ($100M for Thumbtack) and sometimes it's not so big ($2M for for JobR). But in every case, the company…