eHire (Feb 11, 2009) The PR reads: “One United Community. One Powerful Experience. Candidates and recruiters are now able to enjoy a universal networking and career-centric platform that is the technological adhesive for developing trusting relationships, saving valuable time, and advancing rewarding careers.” Huh? Technological adhesive? Super Glue for Jobs? “Can you help me? I […]
Novotus I (Feb 09 2009) Mike Mayeux (MYU), CEO of Novotus may be best known for his magic feats of barbeque. In Texas, they do things big and Mayeux‘ portable kitchen is pure lone star. Happy to throw a party and happy to invite you, Mike Mayeux is the quintessential work hard-play hard entrepreneur. At the […]
Entice Labs (Jan 30, 2009) This week, I had the good fortune to spend time with a number of CEOs in the Human Capital Industry. Deb McGrath, who runs HR.com, hosted a simultaneous event for the community that invests in the Human Capital Marketplace. More about the conference tomorrow. I spent about an hour with […]
Job Boards Revisited 3 (Jan 28, 2009) There are several major variables moving through the job board industry right now Job scrapers (like Indeed and SimplyHired) are rapidly growing into positions of dominance. They are currently 40% of the top five job boards and account for half of the industry’s growth in traffic. Their price […]
Job Boards Revisited 2 (Jan 27, 2009) The job boards are often maligned, mismanaged and misunderstood. Several recent tidbits create an opportunity for a review. The December Comscore rankings tell a big story. Monster’s database was hacked again. The questions about the value of job boards are increasingly loud (see here and here) This table […]
Job Boards Revisited 1 (Jan 26, 2009) The Monster database was hacked again. According to a variety of sources (here, here and here), Monster.com posted the warning about the breach on Friday morning and does not plan to send e-mails to users about the issue. The same attacks affected the USA.gov job board as well. […]
As budgets tighten, companies are beginning to wrestle with standard cost-effectiveness questions. Advertising and advertising-like functions are one of the first places that budget shaving takes root. Since much of Recruiting and Talent acquisition uses an advertising business model (upfront expense, limited quantification of returns), the cost cutter’s eyes are inevitably drawn towards expenses in […]
(Sep 25, 2008) To wrap this up, let’s explore the idea that a great job board is all in the eye of the beholder. If it gives me more value, of a kind that I want, than I invest, it’s a good thing. If it gives me less value than I invest in it, it’s […]
(Sep 24, 2008) When I talk to my kids about finding a job, I tell them to avoid using job boards. While job boards can be helpful in a job hunt, it’s easy to fall prey to the belief that they are the only thing you need to do.
(Sep 23, 2008) Jason Davis started a great conversation over on RecruitingBlogs.com. Take a look at "Building a successful Job Board". Like most discussions that try to generalize about a big idea, you run into trouble quickly on this topic. Success is one of those ideas that is entirely in the eye of the beholder. […]
Recent Comments