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A few weeks back I was lucky enough to host a webinar (sponsored by RealMatch). I talked about the various and sundry challenges facing job boards in the coming years. Judging from the number of attendees AND the number of questions, it was a smashing success – so thank you! I had a limited amount [...] > read more

Spidering jobs – a necessity, luxury, or neither?

Published on 2012-05-15 08:00:43

Getting jobs from an employer and onto a job board has been a challenge from the earliest days of the industry. Initially, the only way to do so was manually – the employer filled out a web form and submitted the job ad to the job board. Needless to say, this method (which, of course, [...] > read more

Buying and selling – job board news that fits

Published on 2012-05-08 08:00:27

You can’t say it’s been dull this past month. As the mercury has risen, so has the buying fever in our industry. Revenues seem to be rising as well, which will create even more acquisitions, I suspect. So, without further ado, here’s what happened: LinkedIn adds new tools for more engagement and (natch) revenue: LinkedIn [...] > read more

BranchOut, the job board – social network mashup for Facebook – my take

Published on 2012-04-24 08:00:52

BranchOut was one of the earliest ‘job hunting’ apps available on Facebook, and it has parlayed its early mover advantage into significant signups (25 million users and counting) and investments from venture capitalists (they picked up another $25 million last week – yow!). It has portrayed itself as ‘LinkedIn for the Facebook crowd’ – a [...] > read more

What about candidate quality? The latest HR/Recruiting survey results

Published on 2012-04-19 08:10:32

In a recent presentation with Dr. Charles Handler, I discovered that although both he and I focused on the ‘quality of candidates’ – as does anyone involved in recruiting – we weren’t able to find much data on exactly which recruiting techniques delivered the best quality candidates, according to HR and recruiting professionals. As I was [...] > read more

Webinar: The Recruiting World Has Changed. Will Your Job Board Survive?

Published on 2012-04-17 08:00:04

Hey folks – I will be conducting a webinar on May 2nd at 11 AM EDT, and I’d like you to attend! I’ll be talking about the many challenges facing job boards these days – and what you can do to ensure that your job board will not only survive, but thrive. This webinar is [...] > read more

What’s in a name? Job boards and their (negative) reputation

Published on 2012-04-10 08:00:58

Almost every week I see a blog post or tweet claiming that job boards are dead or dying. We’re talking about the top source for hiring outside of employee referrals here. A tool that almost every employer uses to locate some or all of their job candidates. A fixture on the recruiting scene for over 15 [...] > read more

SimplyHired layoffs, Ladders app, and more job board news of the moment

Published on 2012-04-05 08:00:45

It’s time to dig into the past month or so and see what interesting, unusual, and mind-blowing things have happened of note in the online recruiting and job board world. Let’s see, now…. Jobvite and JobTarget team up: Clients can now use JobTarget’s OnePost to send jobs to appropriate JobTarget job boards and social media venues, [...] > read more

Results are in – the 2012 Job Board industry survey

Published on 2012-04-02 08:00:15

As I mentioned last week, the results are in from the 2012 Job Board Industry Survey. With over 190 responses from every category of site, including aggregators, general sites, niche boards, and networks, I believe that there is useful information for all. If you participated, you should have received an email from me with the [...] > read more

What you think: early peeks into the Job Board Industry survey

Published on 2012-03-27 08:00:53

The data is still rolling in (and I’m a bit behind), but after 190 (yes, that’s right – 190) responses, I believe we have some very good information about the state of the job board industry in 2012. The full details will be ready soon (perhaps next week), but here are some tidbits that you [...] > read more

Selling the candidate: how recruiters, job boards, and (gasp!) social recruiting make money

Published on 2012-03-20 08:00:50

I don’t know if it’s inevitable that age and experience brings cynicism, but the ongoing discussion about social recruiting certainly brings out the skeptic in me. Social recruitment is about the ‘conversation’, the ‘engagement’, the ‘ongoing discussion’. Umm, no. Social recruiting is about landing a candidate. And somewhere along the line, landing the candidate involves [...] > read more

Take the 2012 Job Board Industry Survey!

Published on 2012-03-13 08:00:57

What a difference 7 months make! The last industry survey preceded Monster’s stock crash, LinkedIn’s revenue jump, and a big increase in matching and assessment sites. Things changed – and we need new data! So I’ve revamped the survey, added some new questions, refined others based on your feedback, and still kept it at 5 [...] > read more

Is Monster on the block? and other news from the job board world

Published on 2012-03-08 08:00:27

Man, time flies when you’re blogging. It’s been a while since the last news roundup, and a few things have happened. Like: Monster’s for sale? Or not?: Well, I don’t know. But rumor (and Sal Iannuzzi) has it that the big board is not, as they say, ‘maximizing shareholder value’. In other words, the stock [...] > read more

More mobile apps for job search: Android apps for job boards

Published on 2012-03-06 08:00:28

A few months back I examined 7 Android apps for job search – in fact, I even liked a few! As mobile apps continue to spread throughout the job search universe, I thought it would be useful to take a 2nd look at both new and updated entrants. (Note: I don’t have an iPhone – if [...] > read more

Coming soon – How to improve candidate quality – a webinar

Published on 2012-03-02 10:50:02

I will be joining Dr. Charles Handler in a few weeks for a webinar on “Improving Candidate Quality”, on Wednesday, March 14th, at 11 am EDT. This webinar is sponsored by JobG8. We’ll be talking about why candidate quality is important, how it affects employer retention, and several techniques you can use to improve quality. [...] > read more

Predictive assessments and data analytics- the next frontier in the job board revolution

Published on 2012-02-28 08:00:52

(Note: today’s guest post is by Dr. Charles Handler, of RocketHire. His firm focuses on employee testing and assessment.) Job boards have served a very important function over the past fifteen years. Try to remember what your job searches were like before you had the ability to find out about available jobs anywhere on the [...] > read more

Rumblings in the hiring ecosystem: what the Source of Hire data tells us

Published on 2012-02-21 08:00:16

Gerry Crispin and Mark Mehler have been conducting the landmark CareerXRoads Source of Hire survey for over a decade. In my mind, that’s useful data. They’ve just come out with the 2012 edition, and it’s absolutely worth a look. The top four sources of hire include referrals (28%), job boards (20.1%), career sites (9.8%), and recruiters (9.1%). [...] > read more

New! Amazing! Different! Checking out the latest job board startups and variations

Published on 2012-02-14 08:00:53

It’s been a while since I looked at new, interesting, and (occasionally) odd startups in the online recruiting sector. However, just because I haven’t been looking doesn’t mean there’s been any shortage of start-ups. Sometimes it seems like I see a new one every day! So without further ado, let’s take a look: Exquisite Jobs: [...] > read more

Not another bleeding job board! …or… How to differentiate yourself from your competitors

Published on 2012-02-07 08:00:45

Depending on who you talk to, the phase of the moon, and the price of corn in Iowa, there are roughly 50,000 to 100,000 job boards out there. Yes, really. Why so many? There are a lot of reasons (low barriers to entry, continued demand, margins), but what this really means is that if you [...] > read more

Are job boards tanking? The problem with very little data

Published on 2012-01-31 08:00:56

If you read this blog, then you have at least a passing interest in job boards – so it’s likely that you saw the news last week that Monster is laying off 400 employees and missed its quarterly earnings/revenue targets. Now, this is the type of news that many pundits of various stripes will take [...] > read more

Talking about the future of job search

Published on 2012-01-25 13:15:12

I recently did a Q&A with the folks at Cachinko about the future of job search. You may find it interesting – check it out here! > read more

I’m better than you, and I’ll prove it: the rise of skills testing sites

Published on 2012-01-24 08:00:24

If you hire people, at some point you will have to hire for a position about which you know absolutely nothing. Perhaps you’re hiring a chief technology officer, but your background is marketing and sales. Or you’re hiring a new accountant, and you only understand coding. What do you do? Perhaps you turn to friends [...] > read more

The month that was: job boards, online recruiting, and more

Published on 2012-01-17 08:00:22

Ok, it’s been a bit more than a month since the last news round up – I blame it on the holiday season. But now I’m working off those Christmas cookies, so here’s all the news that’s fit to print, more or less: Chris Russell sells out: Well, at least he hopes so. Chris has put [...] > read more

Growth is good – even when it hurts sometimes

Published on 2012-01-10 08:00:57

The last 3 years have been full of advice for companies were struggling to survive. But what about companies that are growing? It’s been a while since I’ve written about the challenges of growth – so it’s about time. Despite the flat overall employment market, some areas are experiencing growth and even shortages (think healthcare, [...] > read more

Even more mind-blowing, earth-shattering things – the expanded audio version

Published on 2012-01-06 07:48:15

I was fortunate enough last week to talk with Peter Clayton of Total Picture Radio about my post a few weeks ago. We talked about the non-death of job boards, Monster, LinkedIn, matching, .jobs, and a bunch of other things. I think you will enjoy the conversation. Click here to listen (click on the Podcast [...] > read more

What are the drivers of change in the job board industry?

Published on 2012-01-04 08:00:32

I’m a very lucky guy. How so? I have the privilege of working with dozens of job boards and recruiting software companies. I’m not locked into a single site or sector – but I am continually focused on the job board industry at both the micro and macro level. I don’t see everything, of course – [...] > read more

Money money money – what was most popular on Job Board Doctor in 2011

Published on 2011-12-28 14:31:43

Once a week (more or less), I sit down and write about the job board and online recruiting industry. Some of these posts are more popular than others (and honestly, some are complete duds). As it’s almost the end of the year, I though you might find it interesting to see which posts my readers [...] > read more

Going to Hollywood…Florida, that is – hope to see you there!

Published on 2011-06-28 08:00:05

The Fall ERE conference and the IAEWS Fall meeting are coming, folks – and the Job Board Doctor will be there. I hope you will be, too. If you don’t know already, IAEWS is the organization for the job board industry – they’ve > read more

OMG the sky is falling! And other threats to the job board world….

Published on 2011-06-21 08:00:07

This may be heresy – but sometimes I think more communication isn’t necessarily better. To wit: here in the U.S. Midwest, we are experiencing – depending on your news source – an unprecedented number of floods, a stunning in > read more

2011 Online Recruiting Survey Results: Change…and no change

Published on 2011-06-01 08:00:58

The more things change, the more they stay the same – except when they don’t. Now how’s that for equivocation? The results are in for the 2011 Online Recruiting Survey, and they are intriguing. We had a record 323 completed response > read more

Revenue models for job boards – revisited

Published on 2011-05-24 08:00:34

The amazing success (and possible bubble) of LinkedIn’s IPO last week got me to thinking about job boards and money. Almost a year ago I wrote a post about how one makes money with job sites – interestingly enough, it has been one of the > read more

Using greed to find candidates: an all American solution

Published on 2011-05-17 08:00:54

Any job board operator will tell you that one of the toughest things about keeping your site running well is ensuring that you have a steady flow of the right kind of candidates. What exactly is the ‘right kind of candidate’? Well, this w > read more

Why you should consider a universal login for your job board

Published on 2011-05-03 08:00:08

Do you ever feel like your head will burst if you have to create or remember another login/password combo? Sure, your browser tries to help (at least mine does), prompting helpfully to ‘remember’ the login – usually. But that’ > read more

3 great ideas to steal for your job board

Published on 2011-04-26 08:00:54

I’m a great believer in stealing ideas. Think about it: are most successful businesses truly original? Not often – instead, they take an idea and perfect it, then execute skillfully. (This applies to art, music, and literature, too – > read more

A job board megamix – Job Board Doctor’s greatest hits

Published on 2011-04-19 08:00:00

There have been a lot of blog posts here over the years – 120, to be exact. Some faded quickly, and some didn’t. So I thought it might be useful to have a roundup of what I consider to be the most interesting and useful (if not always suc > read more

Take the job board future survey!

Published on 2011-04-18 14:10:27

I’m hoping that you’ll help me out by taking a short survey on the future of the job board industry. It will take about 4 minutes of your time – and I’ll be happy to send you the complete results! It’s divided into 3 tr > read more

Indeed, customer service, and job boards: a cautionary tale

Published on 2011-04-12 08:00:06

Imagine that you’re one of the thousands of job boards that provided Indeed with job postings from its inception. Imagine that in addition to providing those jobs (which turned Indeed into the most visited job site on the web), you also spent m > read more

Did LinkedIn hijack the resume database? And what should job boards do?

Published on 2011-04-05 08:00:14

As recently as several years ago, it was considered standard operating procedure for job seekers to post their resumes on as many job boards as possible. Why? Visibility. Employers and recruiters used the job board resume databases to find possible h > read more

The danger of ‘big’ – it sometimes goes away

Published on 2011-03-29 08:00:17

One of the first business lessons I learned many years ago was that it is often better to have many smaller customers than fewer large ones. At the time, I was learning the ropes from a battle-hardened magazine publisher. He said (in reference to my > read more

A tour of new, unusual, and interesting job sites (that may or may not be job boards)

Published on 2011-03-22 08:00:46

The times they are a-changin’ – and Mr. Zimmerman never even envisioned the internet, much less job boards. One way or another I end up looking at a lot of online recruitment sites – some aimed at employers, some at job seekers, som > read more

Are you awake? Lots of changes in the online recruiting world!

Published on 2011-03-15 08:00:07

There is a lot of activity in the online recruiting industry now – more than I’ve seen in many years. Money is flowing in, startups are blossoming, and established players are branching out. So why now? Part of it stems from the (slow) re > read more

What do job seekers want? (Hint: a job…and a wee bit more)

Published on 2011-03-08 08:00:52

Why do job seekers go to job boards? Ahem – to find a job. I might add that’s why they network, Tweet, post profiles on LinkedIn, and troll through company career sites. They just want a job. Right? Well, no. Not exactly. They want a lot > read more

Indeed: the elephant in the room – or just the same old friendly puppy?

Published on 2011-03-02 08:00:15

Go to any animal shelter and you will usually see pets that simply got too big for their owners – hulking St. Bernards, twelve-foot pythons, walking catfish, and so on. It’s easy in hindsight to blame the owners. But the owners weren̵ > read more

Which technologies are changing the job board industry?

Published on 2011-02-22 08:00:03

Although it may not seem like it at times, the job board industry is a technology-driven industry. After all, it was the combination of a database and the web that gave it birth so many years ago. After a fairly lengthy period of incremental and erra > read more

It’s all mobile: Results from the 2011 mobile recruiting survey

Published on 2011-02-15 08:00:00

Mobile is omnipresent – at times it seems as though more people are on their mobile devices that actually talking to each other. But what role is mobile playing in recruitment? This was the question I set out to answer a few months back. (Thank > read more

Job board networks: the idea that’s never gone away

Published on 2011-02-08 08:00:04

In the beginning, there was the job board, and the candidates rejoiced. So many jobs! So many locations! So much easier than paper. The employers liked it, too. But after a while, candidates realized that general boards were, well….general. The > read more

Features vs. benefits: the never-ending trap that we all fall into

Published on 2011-02-01 08:00:17

Back in the dark ages, when the Job Board Doctor was first learning the mysteries of sales and marketing, he was told that he should “sell benefits, not features.” Fast forward, umm…many years. I’m still telling clients (and m > read more

Is it ever ethical to charge the job seeker?

Published on 2011-01-25 08:00:18

There has been a spate of articles recently about TheLadders – specifically, how the site is a bad deal for job seekers. To wit: when I see the new commercials for The Ladders, I want to puke on my shoes…the jobs on The Ladders can be > read more

Using social media to promote your job site

Published on 2011-01-18 08:00:58

A lot of the chatter about social media in our industry has been about how it may displace job boards as a core recruiting tool. Less has been said about how job sites can actually use social media to promote their services. It’s time to rectif > read more

Recruiting goes mobile: a new survey

Published on 2011-01-12 08:00:14

As you’ve probably noticed from previous posts, I believe mobile is getting big – very big – in the online recruiting world. But I haven’t been able to find some of the specific, relevant data about mobile recruiting that I th > read more

Job board industry predictions for 2011

Published on 2011-01-04 08:00:53

Predictions are a dime a dozen – and if you’re lucky, no one goes back at the end of the year to see how accurate your soothsaying actually was. Nevertheless, I like predictions just as much as the next person; if nothing else, making the > read more

How do job boards help people?

Published on 2010-12-21 08:00:04

What was job hunting like before job boards? Well…. You obsessively pored through each line of the newspaper classifieds, looking for something that might match your skills. (You might even do this with multiple newspapers, depending on where y > read more

The year in job boards: 2010 – what we learned

Published on 2010-12-14 08:00:01

In 2009, the job board industry (and the rest of the world) was deep in the recession’s trough. It was ugly. With 2010 essentially in the rear view mirror, I think I can safely say that we’re out of the trough. We’re not at the top. > read more

Words matter – for job boards, career sites, and recruiting in general

Published on 2010-12-08 08:00:50

Every day we are deluged with images, sounds, sights, smells….and words. Some lodge in our brains and some don’t. If you’re in the recruiting biz, your primary tools (at present) are words – spoken or written. Yes, some employ > read more

Job boards vs. LinkedIn is like Kindle vs. iPad

Published on 2010-12-03 07:30:04

The following is a guest post by Felix Wetzel, Group Marketing Director at Jobsite.co.uk: A couple of weeks ago I bought the new Kindle. It wasn’t an easy decision as I kept wondering if I was better off buying an iPad. Yes, the iPad is more expens > read more

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