New is always better than old. Don't believe me? Take an inventory of articles published in the last 12 months that focus on something new that will 'revolutionize' recruiting and leave all existing technologies/methods/disciplines in shambles. (This of course also…
As previous posts have noted, there is a lot of movement in the job board industry right now - startups, acquisitions, IPOs, and more. All of this activity is ultimately about business - who wins, who loses, and who survives.…
The results of the 2015 Job Board Trends Survey are now available. This survey, a coproduction of IAEWS and JobBoardDoctor, was taken by 197 job board owners, operators, and employees around the globe from November 2014 through January 2015. As…
I admit - even after doing these roundups of new and unusual recruiting-related sites for many years - it's a bit overwhelming. Last time out, I pointed out 8 sites that I thought were pretty interesting. Well, it's barely 3…
This week's guest post by Paul Basile on matching for job boards was sparked by my post last week on matching. Paul Basile is CEO of Matchpoint Careers, a matching service that uses psychometrics to help employers hire better candidates.…
For the past two years, we (i.e., anyone going to job board conferences) have known that Elevated Careers, the eHarmony job board, is coming, and that matching jobs to candidates was in the offing. Dr. Steve Carter has given numerous…
I personally think the idea of New Year's resolutions are kind of dumb. If you only manage to come up with goals once a year, of course you're going to break them. Behavioral change happens through repetition - daily, weekly,…
Last week I put on my virtual job seeker hat to immerse myself in the current world of searching for work. It kinda sucked. Step 1: I picked a job title that I know fairly well - marketing director. Step…
Theoretically, I shouldn't be doing another roundup of unusual recruiting sites so quickly after the last one - but you know what? There is so much happening in our industry right now, I thought, to heck with that! I'm gonna do…
Hey everyone! Once again, the IAEWS and Job Board Doctor have teamed up for the 2014 Job Board Trends survey - but we need your help to get it off the ground. In addition to the usual valuable info on what job…