A long time ago I was the marketing director for a publishing company. Apart from making sure that the ad sales team was happy, my job involved spending lots of money on direct mail to attract magazine subscribers. It was while…
What's this about age bias? "Attorney General Lisa Madigan today sent letters to six national career and job search companies over potential age discrimination violations in setting age requirements for job seekers searching career opportunities." That's from a press release…
It's true - focus drives function. An example: many years ago, Lloyd Linn, the then-owner of Dice, told me something that I have never forgotten: "If you don't have candidates, you won't have employers." In other words, without candidates, job…
Before we get into recruiting site conferences, did you notice that sly 'recruiting site' mention in the title? I didn't say 'job board'! And me - the JobBoardDoctor! What is the world coming to? Well, if you read this blog…
Remember department stores? I do. I remember going to Hubbards, our local version - riding up the escalator to the men's department in the 2nd floor, and of course the reverse path to the toy department in the basement. You…
Although there are mixed signals on the overall economy, the recruiting industry continues to sprout new job boards and job-board-like sites. It's been a couple of months since my last roundup, so I thought it was time to take a…
No one can say that our industry is boring! Sure, the recent SH sale is a bit of inside baseball, but hey - this entire blog is pretty 'inside baseball!'. So I say, let's get job-board-geeky and see what's been…
The most common question I've heard in the last two job board conferences (apart from 'where is the bar?') is: What is programmatic advertising? You have to admit, the phrase is a bit off-putting - we know about ads, but…
It's been a bit longer than usual since my last news roundup, so this missive may be rather packed. View it as your morning pick-me-up high density news sandwich. Or something like that. Ahem. Anyway, let's get started: Not so smart: David…
Note: The Doctor is away for a bit - his mother died quite unexpectedly. The following is from the archives, and has great relevance for both him - and hopefully you. Please enjoy: One of my closest friends had a…