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May, 2013A new resource added to Job Board Doctor
One of my goals at Job Board Doctor is to provide resources for job boards. My first attempt was the listing of job board software (which has been updated many times!). I also hope that my blog posts serve this function – at least some of th...
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Apr, 2013What the 2013 Job Board Trends Surveys tell us
The results are in from the latest Job Board Trends and Online Recruiting 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 res...
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Dec, 2012A brief history of job boards (infographic)
This isn’t complete by any means, but thanks to John Sumser, Eric Shannon, Wikipedia, Chris Russell, and others, it covers the basics (I hope!). Amazing how far we’ve come in 22 years!
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Nov, 2012Facebook gives us a half-baked job board turkey…and it’s not even Thanksgiving yet
Facebook launched its long-rumored job board offering last week. It was a bit rocky:
“ It’s buggy and kind of janky looking.” – FB user Mike Chapman (and thank you, Mike, for introducing me to a new, useful word!)
“The entir...
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Jul, 2011Job search engine nabs £300,000
Adzuna, a popular job search engine in the UK, said today it has secured a £300k seed investment from Passion Capital. Current or former executives from eBay, Skype, Adjug, BT and Virgin have also reportedly invested in the job site. With the capital infusion, Adzuna said it plans on conquering the classifieds search engine space. [...]
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Jul, 2011Which job postings got the most clicks? Indeed releases trends report
The month of June was relatively stagnant for job postings, according to job site Indeed, which released its monthly employment trends report today. Healthcare, retail, and human resources posted declines in June, while the other industries Indeed tracks only saw small increases. Contrary to the poor housing market, the real estate job scene is humming [...]
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Jun, 2011Chris Russell on launch of mobile recruiting app, JobSpeek
A short conversation with online recruiting veteran Chris Russell about the recent launch of his mobile recruiting app JobSpeek: What inspired you to launch JobSpeek.com? Mobile is coming and recruiters are going to need solutions to help them recruit on the go. As an avid iPhone user I have always been fascinated with the smartphone [...]
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May, 2011Indeed unlocks doors at new London office
Job search engine Indeed.com has opened a new office in London, according to a company report released today. Indeed said the expansion occurred to improve and expand service to clients in Europe and the UK. Dylan Michael, Director of Sales at Indeed, has been charged with handling the new office’s operations. Michael said, “Indeed is [...]
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May, 2011Indeed: Job postings reach 2011 high
Job search engine Indeed’s April Industry Employment Trends mark the highest number of job postings seen in 2011, according to a blog released today. Ten out of the 13 industries Indeed tracks saw record growth, including accounting, up 7 percent, and healthcare, up 21% from the last quarter. According to Indeed, with 25% quarterly growth, [...]
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Apr, 2011New York Times unloads its portion of Indeed
All eyes were on the New York Times’ financial results last week, as the national newspaper announced sliding revenue due to print ad declines. Total revenues decreased 3.6 percent to $566.5 million from $587.9 million. The publisher’s operating profit came in at $31.1 million for the quarter, compared with $52.7 million in the same period [...]
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Apr, 2011Indeed Military debuts after White House invitation
On the heels of an invitation to the White House by First Lady Michelle Obama and Jill Biden, job search engine Indeed is announcing the launch of Indeed Military, a new service dedicated to helping military families find employment. According to the company’s blog, Indeed was invited to the White House to join the First [...]
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Mar, 2011Simply Hired launches in Sweden
Job search engine Simply Hired has announced its launch in Sweden, adding a localized site to its burgeoning roster of global sites. According to a press release, the new job search engine, www.SimplyHired.se, joins Simply Hired sites in 22 other countries. Simply Hired currently indexes over seven million jobs worldwide from job boards, content websites, [...]
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Mar, 2011LinkUp claims About.com’s award for best job search engine; Dice wins best job board
LinkUp, a national job search engine that only indexes jobs found on corporate career websites, announced today it has snagged About.com’s 2011 Readers’ Choice Award for best job search engine. The About.com Readers’ Choice Awards recognizes products, features and services across more than a dozen categories, ranging from technology to hobbies to parenting and more, selected as the [...]
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Jan, 2011Indeed: Total job postings in 2010 increased 88%
Job aggregator Indeed.com just released their job posting analysis for 2010, and the results are leaps and bounds ahead of 2009 data. The review of 2010 online job posting activity found that total U.S. job postings increased 88%. In 2009, job postings declined 13%. Each month in 2010 with the exception of August recorded a [...]
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Dec, 2010Simply Hired partners with PCWorld | Macworld
Simply Hired, a job search engine and recruitment advertising network, today announced a partnership with PCWorld | Macworld to create two jobs channels, jobs.pcworld.com and jobs.macworld.com. PCWorld and Macworld, which are sources for technology news, reviews and productivity insight, will provide 19 million consumers access to SimplyHired.com’s job listings. PCWorld | Macworld will integrate Simply [...]
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Dec, 2010Job postings up 40% year-over-year, says Indeed
Industry job postings were up 40 percent year-over-year and have ballooned an average of 5 percent per month in 2010, according to Indeed.com’s Industry Employment Trends. The Employment Trends are a monthly indicator on the job market. Minus education and healthcare, every industry had strong quarterly job posting growth in November When benchmarking industries, Indeed [...]
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Nov, 2010MyLife “registering more members than LinkedIn, Twitter combined”
MyLife.com, a people search service, said it is registering more members than professional networking site LinkedIn and Twitter. The company claims to have brought in 2.4 million new members in October 2010, nearly one per second, and also said unique visitors have increased 80% year-over-year to 26 million. This brings MyLife’s total number of registered [...]
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Apr, 2010What’s up with this .jobs stuff – and should I care?
In 2005, the top level extension (TLD) known as ‘.jobs’ was born. A company called Employ Media was assigned to manage the registration and marketing of the new domain, and SHRM signed on as the TLD’s sponsor.
Why did SHRM decide that the .jobs extension was worth sponsoring? They believed that a TLD specifically focused on careers would help its members do a better and more cost effective job of recruiting new people. So if you worked f…
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Mar, 2010Where did that hire come from, anyway? And who cares?
A long time ago – say, in the early 1990s – employers had a very good idea where their job candidates originated. Most came from ‘word of mouth’ and the rest via newspaper ads.
Not so today. In a world where candidates can discover jobs via Twitter, job boards, social networks, unemployment offices, and yes…
Not so today. In a world where candidates can discover jobs via Twitter, job boards, social networks, unemployment offices, and yes…
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