As we move into Year 2 of the pandemic, some things have changed. There is not just one, but multiple vaccines that have been shown to greatly limit death or hospitalization due to the virus. Mask-wearing, while still not universal,…
As we move into Year 2 of the pandemic, some things have changed. There is not just one, but multiple vaccines that have been shown to greatly limit death or hospitalization due to the virus. Mask-wearing, while still not universal,…
If you’ve read me for any length of time, you know that I believe job seekers are the driving force for our industry. They are why employers are willing to talk to us and willing to pay us. Their success…
Remember back to the pre-pandemic days – specifically, to 2017? That was the year that Google launched its Google for Jobs initiative. It promised to do for job search what it had previously done for shopping and travel: build a…
If you’ve ever tried to help a recent graduate look for work, you probably realized that they had only a vague idea of what the ‘right job’ might look like for them. Over the years I’ve worked with a number…
Over the past several weeks, I’ve proposed a few rules for designing an effective recruiting site or job board: remember that users aren’t rational, and keep the focus on the candidate. Well, now it’s time for the final rule (that’s…
You would think after three decades of web-based recruiting sites that the folks designing these sites would have figured out the basics. You would be wrong. I’ve talked about this before (well, ok, many times) – candidates are the key component…
