A baker’s dozen: 13 new recruiting sites for 2016!
It’s a new year, the snow is on the ground (in Iowa, that is), and it’s time for a new round of interesting recruiting sites from the Doctor. I did my last round up in September 2015, which is like 50...
View ArticleGive me a hand!: the argument for business partners
“It is amazing what you can accomplish if you do not care who gets the credit.” – Harry Truman Self-sufficiency can be a virtue – but it can also be a danger to your (business) health. It pains me to...
View ArticleWe are the robots
The most common question I’ve heard in the last two job board conferences (apart from ‘where is the bar?’) is: What is programmatic advertising? You have to admit, the phrase is a bit off-putting – we...
View ArticleGetting the knack, or a tasty hire? New and unusual recruiting sites!
Although I looked at new sites a month ago, here I am again with a new batch. Why? Well, honestly, because our industry seems quite prolific in generating new businesses! As is often the case, I will...
View ArticleLearning, gigs, diversity, and more: new recruiting services
It’s been a couple of months since I looked at interesting/new sites, so I think it’s time for a new round. In addition to the usual job boards and recruiting sites, I’m going to venture into a few...
View ArticleWhite noise: attribution (or absence of) in recruiting
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...
View ArticleBoom!: Google creates a hiring system
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...
View ArticleGoogle 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...
View ArticleGoogle 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....
View ArticleResults of the 2017-18 Global Recruiting Site Trends survey are here!
The results are in from the latest edition of the Global Recruiting Site trends survey! This year we had – as always – great response from recruiting sites, job boards, and other recruitment marketing...
View ArticleYudu, Eightfold, and more: some pretty interesting recruiting sites
It’s been a while – but not too long – since I’ve looked at new sites and services in the recruitment marketing world. New ones roll out all the time, so I thought it was worth a look at some…
View ArticleLack of awareness: why Google for Jobs works
Before a candidate can even think about finding a new job, they have to be aware that it is there. That the employer exists. That the employer is looking for someone to do something. If a candidate is...
View ArticleWorking during the lockdown: no vacation for the Doctor!
When the pandemic began to affect the world at large, back in late February, my first reaction was: well, here comes an unwanted vacation for the Doctor. Even at that point, I suspected there would be...
View ArticleHow job boards are responding to the pandemic, round three
This the latest in a series of posts on how the job board industry has been responding to the COVID 19 pandemic – which I wished I could say is getting better, but doesn’t seem to be. The world is…
View ArticleIt will be a bumpy ride back to ‘normal’
Well, a few weeks into 2021, it still feels good to say that 2020 is behind us! The past year offered multiple challenges – not the least of which was the COVID pandemic. Let’s review. A year ago, most...
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