by JobBoardDoctor
on October 13, 2020
Job boards began as digital translations of ‘real world’ objects: newspaper classifieds. The relatively low cost of entry meant that job boards soon proliferated. And from this crazy-quilt of sites grew the job board advertising wars. Again, the logic driving…
by JobBoardDoctor
on January 28, 2020
For every industry – including ours – there is ‘common knowledge’. As in: ‘It’s common knowledge that millennials approach work differently’. Or ‘Using direct mail to promote a job board is stupid’. Or ’42 million people will be working in…
by JobBoardDoctor
on August 20, 2019
If you read my monthly news roundup (and if you don’t, you should!), you have probably noticed that a fair amount of the content is on companies getting funding. Why? Well, for one thing, big (or even moderate) money is…
by JobBoardDoctor
on April 23, 2019
As you may (or may not) know, I work with the folks at Jobg8 on their North American summit – specifically, to put together the speakers and agenda for the gathering. I get ideas from others in the industry (who…
by JobBoardDoctor
on November 27, 2018
Note: This is a re-up of a post from this summer. Enjoy! Job boards – both traditional and non-traditional – have historically had one primary purpose in life: to bring candidates and employers together. For the traditional boards, that meant…
by JobBoardDoctor
on May 8, 2018
As long as I’ve been in this industry, there have been the ‘big boys’. The companies that have grabbed attention, market share, and investment. Sites like Monster, OCC, LinkedIn, Indeed, HotJobs, and CareerBuilder. They sought the #1 position and told…