Although studies have shown that companies with more diverse employees - both with regard to gender and ethnicity - tend to outperform their peers, actual progress by organizations via diversity in online recruiting has been slow. Why? Because (a) it's…
It's been almost 2 months since my last look at new recruiting sites and services. Not surprisingly, that hasn't stopped the startups - they just keep on coming. You will no doubt note a 'theme' in my comments this time…
As you already know because you're in the thick of it, the recruitment marketing industry has been morphing and evolving significantly over the past 5 years. Companies have been bought and sold. Buying habits are changing. And hundreds of millions…
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…
Sometimes you just have to dig to find a topic to write about in the recruiting site biz, you know? Particularly when you are in a backwoods, nothing-exciting industry like ours. I mean, I'd write about watching the grass grow...but…
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…
Last year I counted 21 acquisitions, mergers, and sales in the recruiting site industry. 2017 has already notched one, with the sale of AuthenticJobs to BuySellAds. But new services continue to pop up, and since it's been almost 3 months…
NOTE: The Doctor is taking the week off. In the meantime, here is a post from earlier this year that is - of course - still quite relevant. The gig economy is going to be 'huuuge', or so many speakers…
It's impossible to escape holiday music. Radio stations begin playing it in October, Christmas muzak flows out from countless store speakers, and each new generation of popular singers do their best to create their own ultimate holiday recording (because, of…
Before we discuss Facebook jobs, let's start with a number: 1.79 billion. And that is? The number of Facebook users. Why is that important? Facebook is rolling out (slowly) a Jobs Tab feature for company pages. It's early days still,…