The topic around job board effectiveness is always an emotional one, from the supporters to the haters. Until a few years ago, it was difficult to gauge and compare the results from a specific job boards – with each other. Remember back in the day when candidates were asked to self supply their source? The […]

In 1999, Monster was born and quickly became the largest and one of the most respected job boards in the industry.  Over the past few years (like most job sites), Monster.com has tried to rebrand itself as much more than a job board, with little success. The site has made a lot of headlines recently, […]

It’s been 5 months since the industries first mobile recruiting conference.  Since then, more and more companies are developing mobile recruiting capabilities.  The business case for mobile continues to strengthen for both sides of the table (candidates and recruiters). According to a Potentialpark communications study – the priorities for candidates related to mobile are fairly […]

Indeed.com, the leader in the online job search space is crushing other job boards in traffic.  According to comScore, overall traffic to U.S. job search sites grew 27 percent in January to 24.2 million total visitors. Indeed.com ranks as the leader with over 1/2 of these visitors (13.7 million), followed by CareerBuilder.com with 9.8 million […]

Social Recruiting continues to be a focal point in the evolution of online recruiting. In a recent post titled The Reality of Online Recruiting, I concluded with data is just what it is.. Data. As an example, a recent JobVite report showed 78% of job seekers attributed their job to Facebook. Say it isn’t so. Today, […]

Great recruiters and researchers use competitive intelligence in a variety ways to advance their organizations talent acquisition efforts and results – from industry information, company research, organizational charts, employee information, labor market information, and overall trends. Recruiters that lead the way use competitive intelligence to position and drive influence with their hiring leaders. And sure, […]

Glassdoor is the only site that offers professional networking, job listings and reviews and salary reports in one place – and they represent more than 150,000 companies including 100% of those that make up the Dow Jones Industrial Average, the Fortune 500 and the S&P 500.  Minutes ago they announced the launch of Inside Connections.  […]

Remember 15 years ago when the experts were scaring everyone with “the war for talent”? Saying by 2010 unemployment would be at historic lows? How about a little over a decade ago when job boards and applicant tracking systems would forever change a recruiters life (and make it simpler)? Or when 8 years ago when […]

Ask a job seeker, and they’ll tell you it doesn’t take long before they get lost or frustrated online during their job search. For starters the amount of duplicate job content has, at a minimum, doubled in the past year alone.  From the tens of thousands of job boards, aggregator sites, and social recruiting approaches, […]

The story lines were..  The latest and greatest way for you to find a job (if you are a job seeker) or to source and hire a job seeker (if you are a recruiter). Here are the top 5 recruiting #fails of 2011: #5 – Twesume:  While twesume was just announced, it’s still 2011.  This […]

The Human Rights Campaign Foundation has released the 2012 Corporate Equality Index.  The 100% ranking carries more weight than in previous years – and is more difficult to attain. 3 years ago the HRC provided participants notice that there would soon be more stringent qualifications for the 100% ranking.  How has it impacted employers?  Last […]

Minutes ago at the LinkedIn TalentConnect Conference the 2011 inaugural Recruiting Award winners were announced live – in front of the nearly 2,000 conference attendees and USTREAM viewers.  The winners were awarded with $5,000 in cash and prizes, in addition to a contribution to a charity of their choice from Talent HQ. When the awards […]