Let’s get right at it: Recruitment is recruitment is recruitment false. One size doesn’t fit all. Just ask Cinderella’s step sisters. Recruitment … Read more
Recruiting Tradeoff: Will You Find Programmers If You Call Them Ninjas?
Yes. Recruiting software can hire you the talent you want. But what you name that talent is entirely up to you. So, does it matter that you call … Read more
For Love or Money? eHarmony Entering the Job Search Market
The next time you want to find a date and a job in the same sitting, you’ll be in luck — eHarmony job matching will soon exist. The dating website … Read more
Job Seeking Is Like Dating and eHarmony Intends to Prove It
Remember George Costanza from the old Seinfeld show? He had problems with jobs and women, which makes sense to anyone who believes job seeking is like … Read more
Big Layoff in Scranton, Pennsylvania, Dunder Mifflin/Sabre Closes
We pause now, before beginning our workday, before we plunge into this post about Mars and Monster, to pay homage to television’s most real unreality … Read more
Are Job Boards Still Relevant for the Future of Recruiting?
Everyone seems to agree that generalist large scale job boards are in trouble, and others are profiting. The decline of the Monster share price to below … Read more
Monster Beats Market, Gets Rewarded. LinkedIn Blasts Through and Loses 20 Percent
Shares of LinkedIn and Monster moved in opposite directions today, although both careers sites met or exceeded, or, in the case of LinkedIn, blasted … Read more
Skip the Job Board: Here’s How to Leverage Your Network’s Network
Being a recruiter is all about that moment when you find the right person for the right job. But for every amazing candidate you find who is a great fit, … Read more
Dice’s On Target Q1: A Foreshadowing of Job Board Slowdown?
If Dice Holdings is any kind of bellwether, Q1 is looking like it got off to a slow start for the publicly held job boards. The company reported this … Read more
Creative Ways to Distribute Your Job Postings
Not everyone can afford (or wants to pay) $300 or more to post a job on one of the premier job boards like LinkedIn, Monster, or CareerBuilder, and few … Read more