I've been consulting in the job board industry since 2009 and active with job boards for much longer. In all that time, a particular type of article / blog post / etc. has persisted and even occasionally thrived: the 'job…
Hey folks - I will be presenting at the JobG8 Job Board Summit (June 20-21) in Chicago - but that's not the only reason you should go! Seriously - they've pulled together what promises to be an interesting and informative agenda. Here…
Last week Jakub Zavrel posted a fascinating piece on ERE.net that digs into search technology: Are Job Boards Still Relevant for the Future of Recruiting? I strongly encourage you to read it (and definitely check out the comments - Steven Rothberg…
The results are in from the 2013 Job Board Trends Surveys - and they're interesting. This year 319 job boards, 79 HR and recruiting professionals, and 108 job seekers participated - that's a lot of responses! It also took a while…
As Monster continues its long, slow fade as the 'big dog' in the job board world (funny how long-term lack of leadership can do that to you), industry attention turns to LinkedIn and CareerBuilder. Why? These sites have shown the…
Today we're going to talk about simplicity versus complexity; as in, have you tried applying for a job lately? If the employer is of any size, you will probably be directed into an applicant tracking system (ATS), where you will…
One of the most common questions I get from startups is whether they should buy or build job board software. It's a question that wasn't that common 10 years ago - simply because the options for job board software were,…
The 2013 Job Board Industry Trends is still open - have you participated yet? You can easily finish the survey in 7 minutes or less. I've also created specific versions of the questions for European and UK boards, as well as the…
It's been a while since I looked at the newest crop of recruitment sites, so I thought that we could take a trip down StartUpLane and see what we discover: TalentSprocket: It bills itself as 'the first machine learning system for…
What if you had a service - say, a job board/candidate acquisition/employer service - and no one knew about it because it wasn't mobile-friendly? How long do you think you'd stay in business? Countless job boards (and other web-based businesses)…