The myriad of headlines in the talent acquisition and space are misleading and, at times, spellbinding.  With the social sharing features on many web sites, the headlines go viral and become truth (for many). That was one of the topics at the webinar last week “recruiting secrets overheard in a dark alley”, in addition to […]

UPDATE:  The webinar was last week, if you are interested you can view the slides from the recruiting webinar here. I’m excited to announce an upcoming recruiting webinar in partnership with Recruiting Trends on May 9th, from 12:00-12:45 EST, titled “Recruiting secrets overheard in a dark alley”, and you are invited! Click here to register, […]

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 […]

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, […]

In a press release earlier today, the “.JOBS Universe” announced its’ going to transform online recruiting. Put your seat belts on, and get ready for more job pollution with 40,000 new job sites coming, potentially growing to 100,000 by the end of the year.

Jobvite’s solutions have already been adopted by companies including Starbucks, Twitter, Zynga and Yelp. Earlier today they announced they are advancing their technology solution to deliver real-time recruiting intelligence to optimize the sourcing and hiring of talent. An intuitive, personalized dashboard built into the Jobvite recruiting platform now integrates all the relevant data from any […]

We’re looking for a few great Recruiters… Recruiting and advising talent takes talent, and while there are enough opinions (and content) in the recruiting and job seeker space – a majority is driven by self proclaimed experts or an agenda to sell a product.  There’s also enough of the“sky is falling drama”. This is where […]

There are many opportunities for both HR professionals and Recruiters to engage in (and leverage) social media (coming out your mouth with your blah blah blah) – both personally and professionally. But buyer beware, don’t just fall for the hype (zip your lips like a padlock)– and be sold worthless goods. If you filter through […]

I had the opportunity to present at the Minnesota Recruiters Conference last week on Online Recruiting.  A big thanks to the co-founder of the group, Paul DeBettignies, for another great event. I focused on this topic as a follow-up to an article I wrote a few weeks ago called “Job Seekers Beware“.  These are a […]

Interactive Marketing and SEO leader Jobs2Web published a new video, taking a subtle yet direct hit at job boards. And by the looks of things, they are not clowning around.

Jobster – what seemed to have a shift in strategy or direction frequently years ago has possibly seen some daylight.  The site has a new home and has been acquired by a start-up that offers Talent Management applications in the Human Resources space – Zapoint. Previous news on Jobster from The Talent Buzz: Job Aggregator […]