As we slip (drift? fall?) into fall, the recruitment marketing industry continues to grow and develop. Speaking of – have you taken the 2017-18 Recruiting Trends survey? No? Do it now! Ok, let’s get on to the news: Recruit is…
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Sep, 2017Four stents
Note: This post – unlike 97%+ of my posts – does not deal with recruiting. So you may want to skip it. But if not, please read on: I almost died on Tuesday. Let me explain. I had just released…
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Sep, 2017Take the 2017-2018 Recruiting Trends survey!
Hey everyone! It’s that time – time for the 2017-18 Global Recruiting Site Trends survey! As always, I need your help to get it off the ground. In addition to the usual valuable info on what job boards and recruiting sites…
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Aug, 2017Market complexity is your friend
There is a tendency – in every industry, not just our own – to look for the ‘next big thing’. We’re talking about ground-shaking, market-changing stuff – like maybe Monster, LinkedIn, Indeed, or (even) Google. Each one of these has…
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Aug, 2017Technology, recruiting, and skepticism
Note: The Doctor is taking a day off, so enjoy this post from last year – before Monster was sold to Randstad: Before I began this post, I had to pull my jaw off the ground. Yes, I had just learned…
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Aug, 2017The eternal question: what is a job board, really?
What exactly is a job board? Nowadays there are many sites that run from that description – after all, it’s quite unfashionable. Yet many HR and recruiting industry professional continue to use the term, so it seems worth exploring (notwithstanding my own…
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Aug, 2017Dice and RealMatch, Indeed!: news of the recruitment marketing world
In order to break my habit of writing about Google Jobs, I decided it was time for another news roundup (plus the fact that it’s been a month since the last one). Not surprisingly, things have been happening. Apparently the…
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Aug, 2017Google Jobs is already changing our industry
I’m in the process of finishing the latest version of the Job Board Software Buyer’s Guide (out hopefully next week). In between the time I first sent out surveys to the vendors and the time I started writing up the…
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Jul, 2017Compared to what?: the values (and dangers) of employer rating sites
Way back in 1996, Vault launched. It was the granddaddy of all employer comparison sites. Then Glassdoor launched in 2008 (along with the help of about $3M in pre-launch financing). By 2015, it had a valuation of roughly $1B (along with a total…
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Jul, 2017Candidates and employers: two sides moving in a fog
A fundamental challenge for our industry is discovery: how do candidates and employers discover each other? You can argue that job boards – and newspapers before them – tried to solve this problem: they tried to make it easier for candidates…
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Jul, 2017Buy, Sell, and Raise: news of the job board and recruitment marketing world
OK, so I finally got tired of writing about Google! Plus an amazing amount of stuff has been happening in our corner of the world economy. So it’s time to take a look at the wheelings and dealings of our…
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Jul, 2017Google Jobs again: the sky is falling edition
Last week I walked through the Google Jobs initiative, which is comprised of a specific way of marking up job ads (and letting Google know you did), and the Cloud Jobs API, which addresses job search. There is a third…
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Jun, 2017Google Jobs deja vu: it’s as big as you think it is
I just spent a pleasant few days in New Orleans for the Jobg8 Job Board Summit, dodging a hurricane and eating crawfish etouffee. I also had a chance to listen to Tarquin Clark of Google and Scott Helmes of CareerBuilder…
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Jun, 2017New names, more money, and some M&A: news of the recruitment marketing world
Summer continues, conferences happen – and the job board and recruitment marketing biz is bubbling along. Our Amazon/Whole Foods equivalent? Probably the Google Jobs/Hire news. But there are plenty of other things going on, including some interesting funding. Let’s take…
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Jun, 2017Candidates are what employers want
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…
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Jun, 2017Recruiting apps, matching, and more: another roundup of new recruiting sites
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…
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May, 2017Google Jobs good or bad? Crystal ball says…cloudy
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...
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May, 2017If you don’t ask, you won’t know
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.
The above pre...
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May, 2017Mergers, sales, and money: news of the recruitment marketing world
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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May, 2017Authentic or fake?: where your site ends up
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...
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May, 2017Job postings are commodities – really!
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...
