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The biggest (little-known) benefit of job boards for any employer

Job boards have become prisoners of their moniker. After all, a ‘job board’ is just an online bulletin board for ‘posting’ your electronic ‘job ad’, right? Wrong. Job boards (and yes, I think I’m...

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Is it time for job boards to get a new name (and is this a dumb question)?

Last May I wrote a post about  the concept of a ‘job board’, in which I asked the eternal questions, “Is LinkedIn a job board?” and “Is Indeed a job board?” It was one of the more popular posts of the...

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A new resource added to Job Board Doctor

One of my goals at Job Board Doctor is to provide resources for job boards. My first attempt was the listing of job board software (which has been updated many times!). I also hope that my blog posts...

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More money: thinking about your job board’s revenue streams

One of the most popular posts I’ve written is about generating revenue. So my readers are interested in making money – go figure! A smart blogger would have immediately written more posts about...

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Florida Rebrands State Job Sites

Fifteen months in the making, Florida has consolidated a hodge-podge of workforce boards and career centers into one brand called CareerSource Florida. (more…)

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You’re building your brand – whether you realize it or not

What is a brand? Well, I think (at least in the online recruiting world) we’ve moved past the original meaning: to burn a mark on an animal. The purpose of this type of branding was to indicate...

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Job board myths and how to fight them

How do myths start? First, something happens – something unusual or notable, something that prompts a person to file it away in their memory. Next, the person tells a story about what happened. Perhaps...

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What’s in a (job board) name? Lots.

(Note: The Doctor was in Nashville at the IAEWS Congress, so today’s post is a blast from the past. Enjoy!) Almost every week I see a blog post or tweet claiming that job boards are dead or dying....

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Building the employer brand – with job boards

Note: The Job Board Doctor is out for a few days. This post originally appeared in 2013 Job boards have become prisoners of their moniker. After all, a ‘job board’ is just an online bulletin board for...

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What a job board doctor really does

Note: The Doctor is on vacation! This is a post from the past – enjoy. In my recent survey of readers, several asked for more information about what I actually do (other than write these blog posts, I...

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Job boards with a twist: what you can learn from GlassDoor and LinkedIn

To listen to some recruiting industry pundits, a job board is a job board is a job board (except, of course, when they’re dead). Usually what they mean is a job board = Monster or CareerBuilder; to...

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Deconstruction for fun and profit

Almost every day I read about a new recruiting site or service that has nabbed some VC money. Sometimes it’s big ($100M for Thumbtack) and sometimes it’s not so big ($2M for for JobR). But in every...

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Job Board Doctor 2014-10-28 12:30:45

I want to invite you to join me on Wednesday, November 5th, when I explore how to drive up your job board’s revenue – without spending a bundle. This free webinar (courtesy of Adicio) will cover the...

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7 Big Trends shaping the job board industry in 2015

It’s that time of the year, when everyone and their uncle is either looking back, telling you what happened, or looking forward and predicting the future. I like the old Magic 8 ball as much as the...

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Results of the 2015 Job Board Trends Survey are here!

The results of the 2015 Job Board Trends Survey are now available. This survey, a coproduction of IAEWS and JobBoardDoctor, was taken by 197 job board owners, operators, and employees around the globe...

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Marketing 101: what you are vs. what you say you are

As previous posts have noted, there is a lot of movement in the job board industry right now – startups, acquisitions, IPOs, and more. All of this activity is ultimately about business – who wins, who...

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Job boards are the email of the recruiting world

New is always better than old. Don’t believe me? Take an inventory of articles published in the last 12 months that focus on something new that will ‘revolutionize’ recruiting and leave all existing...

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What recruiters want: reflections from San Diego

You know it’s always sunny in San Diego – except when IAEWS is in town. The sun finally peeked out on Sunday (pun intended) but I suspect the locals were more than happy for some grey and drizzle....

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Money, hacks, and rebranding: the latest job board industry news

Well, big earnings news from Indeed, Monster, and others, plus lotsa goings-on in the job board industry. I’d say it’s hard to keep up with – and I’d be right. So that’s why the news roundup is here!...

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Modern, curated, and other words we (mis)use

I am continually amazed by the enduring power of words in our oh-so-modern world (and I say this of course as an unrepentant wordsmith). For example: last week I watched a webinar by GlassDoor in which...

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