If given a chance – what would you do?
Note: A derecho hit the Midwest last Monday – and the Doctor is still waiting for his power and internet to return! So in deference to Mother Nature, here is a post from last year that is still quite...
View ArticleAre ‘destination’ job boards dead?
Job boards began as digital translations of ‘real world’ objects: newspaper classifieds. The relatively low cost of entry meant that job boards soon proliferated. And from this crazy-quilt of sites...
View ArticleEveryone is selling (or buying)! Should I?
Note: This post first appeared back in 2019 – that’s right, in the pre-COVID world. Yet it has plenty of relevance now, as the pace of M&A in the job board industry continues to pick up. Enjoy!...
View ArticleHave candidates forgotten you? Try advertising
Note: This post originally appeared in the summer of 2018 – but it’s newly relevant as job boards reach out to candidates as the economy opens up. How can you reintroduce yourself? Read on: Job boards...
View ArticleWhat is a job board doctor, and why would you need one?
Note: I’m always surprised when I talk to folks and they say, “I didn’t know I could hire you! I thought you were just a blogger.” In fact, I’ve had clients that actually encourage me to be more...
View ArticleGentle prods turn into actual sales!
Note: The Doctor is recovering from yet another Memorial Day, so this is some still-timely advice from 2009 (!!) Once, a long time ago in a galaxy far far away, a job board salesperson called up a...
View ArticleWhen building your revenue model, think about your audience(s)!
Note: The Doctor is still picking up unexploded fireworks from his Fourth of July celebration – so enjoy this post from the archives! One of the most popular posts I’ve written is about generating...
View ArticleSteal these ideas!: a job board owner’s toolkit
When you’ve been writing about job boards and recruiting sites for 13 (!) years, you manage to cover a lot of ground. Sometimes good information gets buried in the past, while other information becomes...
View ArticleJobBoardGeek podcast: Don’t tell your customers how to recruit!
In this episode of JobBoardGeek, we talk to Ian Partington of HST Hiring Group about what’s changed – and hasn’t – in the last 20 years of job boards and recruiting. Ian, who previously founded and ran...
View ArticleJobBoardGeek: How subscriptions built this job board into a niche leader
In this episode of JobBoardGeek, we talk to Andy Hibel of HigherEdJobs, the leading job board for careers in academia. Andy talks about how HigherEdJobs got started – including a number of revenue-free...
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