The appeal of applicant tracking systems (ATS) for employers is obvious: they promise to bring order to the often disordered process of managing job applicants. An ATS can theoretically drive all job applicants into a single pipeline, massage their unruly…
At their core, most job boards are series of one-way communications: employer posts a job; job seeker responds to employer; employer does (or doesn't) respond to job seeker. Each communication is distinct and separated by both time and method -…
Once upon a time, if you visited a job board, you knew what you would get: whatever jobs the board had on that day. These were jobs that the board's sales force had convinced employers to post, on that job…
Is job seeker registration good or bad? And if you require registration, how much is too much? And...how much value should you attach to these registered users? Personally, I think a little friction is a good thing (as does Seth…
Sometimes it really is all about the numbers. For instance, you know that your customers (and competitors) will probably use Alexa, Compete, or QuantCast to evaluate your site's traffic. Never mind that any of these can be grossly inaccurate -…
In the beginning was the job post - a classified ad on the internet. Then came the resume database - a collection of job seeker wit and wisdom, long and short, awful and awesome. Employers and recruiters saw the resume…
I've built various items with wood for many years. Some resemble furniture, others...well, they were interesting to create. Yet, apart from the sheer fun of cutting, chopping, paring, and (occasionally) pounding wood, I've also managed to extract a few lessons…
There are an endless number of articles predicting the imminent death of job boards. Yet this one caught my eye - it was thorough and it was re-Tweeted a number of times. (In the author's defense, it was aimed at…
You know your job board or career site isn't perfect, right? (And if you don't, I'm sure you can find someone that will tell you that). In fact, perfection can be pretty annoying, particularly when it manifests itself as a…
It's self-promotion time, so I'll keep it brief: my ebook on Job Board Success is now available. It's ideal for anyone who is either planning to launch or has just launched a job site. If that sounds like you, please…