These are exciting times for the online recruiting industry: acquisitions (Jobs2Web, Bullhorn), IPOs (LinkedIn), and flame-outs (BranchOut). The majority … Read more
Jeff Dickey-Chasins is a veteran of the job board, publishing, and e-learning industries. Jeff was the original marketing director for Dice.com, growing it from $7 million to $65+ million in three years. He has worked with numerous job boards and HR-related sites over the past 20 years. His site can be found at JobBoardDoctor.
Job Boards and the Name Game
Almost every week I see a blog post or tweet claiming that job boards are dead or dying. We’re talking about the top source for hiring outside of employee … Read more
10 Earth-shattering, Mind-blowing Things That Happened in Online Recruiting During 2011
As another year draws to a close, it’s time to take a look back at the year that 2011 was (man, that was truly an awkward construction, eh?). As … Read more
A Job Description Is Not a Job Ad
We all know that a job description is not a job ad. So why do we see so many boring, long, and legalistic job ads — postings that are really just job … Read more
Why NOT Do Your Job Ads Right?
You see them everywhere: job ads that are little more than corporate gobbledygook, pulled from a job description more interested in covering legal points … Read more
Is ‘Free’ the Wave of the Future for Job Boards?
There’s been an explosion of ‘free’ out there — free social media, free long distance, and yes, free job boards. What is a free job board? For most … Read more
Do Some Job Boards Drive You Crazy? A modest proposal
Even in this brave new age of Twitter and LinkedIn, job boards are a fact of life for most recruiters. But how many times have you thought, “This job … Read more