Since the beginning of the year there have been dozens of recruiting startups, mergers, and acquisitions. Google is making a new foray into the jobs world. Indeed is trying to become a brand. Programmatic is taking more recruiting dollars, social…

Despite the recent hoopla about Google Jobs, the job board and recruiting site world continues to see a steady stream of new sites and services. One size obviously doesn’t fit all, and (to add to my cliches) there is always…

When shoes drop, they sometimes drop slowly. It was last fall when we first learned of Google’s Cloud Jobs API – and of certain job boards’ partnership in testing it. Then around the first of the year, we heard more of the API, inclu...

Note: The Doctor is out this week, soon to return. This is from 2015 and still extremely relevant, IMO. Enjoy!
 
I have no idea what you’re thinking. In fact, I can’t even see you. I guess I’m operating in the dark.
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The past month or so has been eventful in the recruitment marketing world – major players like Google, and SEEK are flexing their muscles, and AI continues to make big noise in the sector. So without further ado, let’s get to it!:

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Note: The Doctor is out for the next few weeks, helping his sister deal with her cancer. This is from a few years ago, but still quite relevant
Authenticity is all the rage. Supporters of both Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders claim that their candidates...

Note: The Doctor is out for the next few weeks, helping his sister deal with her cancer. This is from last year, but still quite relevant, particularly given the progress with Google’s Cloud Jobs API!
I was discussing Indeed with some other folks...

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 has been slow. Why? Because (a) it’s hard to change ...

Remember Google Base? Joel Cheesman does. “The company launched Google Base in the mid-2000s to much fanfare.” And…it never went anywhere.
Then last year Google announced that they were working with CareerBuilder, Jibe, and Dice on a ...

There has been no shortage of activity in the job board and recruitment marketing world since our last roundup – just check out the first bullet below! I also find it interesting that investment dollars continue to flow in, albeit perhaps at a sl...

A long time ago I was the marketing director for a  publishing company. Apart from making sure that the ad sales team was happy, my job involved spending lots of money on direct mail to attract magazine subscribers. It was while doing this that I was...

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 ar...

As you already know because you’re in the thick of it, our 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 of dollars (and hund...

“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 ...

Despite my (somewhat sarcastic) comments last week, there are in fact a ton of things happening right now in the job board and recruiting site industry. Money is still dropping into our sector, startups are still starting up, and companies are being bo...

Sometimes you just have to dig to find a topic to write about, 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 winter.
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To improve how your job board or recruiting site functions, you need to go right to the core consumer – specifically, the job seeker. In order to better understand exactly how job seekers look for work (and where they do it), Madgex and JobBoa...

Note: TheDoctor is speaking at the Staffing Industry Analysts conference this week – so this post is a ‘greatest hits’ from March 2016. Enjoy!
Seems like everyone and their donkey does a ‘what’s coming next’ post aro...

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 boards are worthless.
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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 since my...