Came across a pretty cool infographic that shows the evolution of recruiting over the years. We’ve come so far, makes you wonder where things are headed.
Category: Free Content
Need to outsource your job board development?
If you are looking to cut your development costs and need to outsource your development, a reader from the Ukraine, Roman Leleko has informed me that he knows of a dev team ready to be hired. Just wanted to pass this along. Self-promotion from a developers team with 12+ years of experience. Among other projects…
RegionalHelpWanted suing for trademark ‘HelpWanted’
I was recently tipped off to a court case involving the job board network RegionalHelpWanted. In the case, they claimed exclusive rights to the use of “Helpwanted”. Here’s a link to the case. They are suing a company called “Olson Media” which I’ve never heard of. If I had to guess that might be the…
Monster gets the dot Monster domain extension
I’m not sure why they need this but job search company Monster has beat out the Monster cable company for exclusive access to the .Monster domain extension. I guess it could useful for branding content like articles/ job content but its a curious move by the new Monster after rebranding themselves and launching new products. According to…
Job boards in the headlines
Leave it to me to keep you abreast of the latest job board news. Here’s some of the headlines that caught my eye. Thinking of starting your own job board or need help with your existing one? Contact me, I can help. Realmatch adds more job sites to its portfolio. The company also changed CEO’s recently….
The Jobs2Careers interface has a lot to like
Jobs2Careers, a pay per applicant job aggregator has been on a roll lately. They were named to the Inc.com list of fastest growing companies (2014) and they’re about to move into brand new offices in Austin Texas. I gave their site a look the other day and was highly impressed by its design, and UI….
Streamline your apply process
Does your job board or Applicant Tracking Software have a long drawn out apply process? Well if it does you need to change it ASAP. I came across an article recently that talks about how USAjobs.gov‘s apply process is hurting applicants. USAJobs.gov, the main job site for federal employment, has discouraged applicants for years, with…
Jobs boards are becoming ATS’s
Don’t look now but the big job boards are turning into ATS (applicant tracking systems) and the ATS is becoming a job board. Yes they are all morphing into the same thing right before our eyes. As my evidence I’m going to use 2 popular sites: ZipRecruiter and Indeed.com. Indeed started out as an aggregator,…
This job board just added video to the mix
CNCJobs.net has launched a job board and resume search engine with support for video (view site). In contrast to text-only job search engines, the website supports both photos and video to help employers and potential employees find the right match. According to the site, these unconventional features will help save employers money while shortening the…
Internships.com just got bought for $11 million
Breaking News off the wires today. CareerArc, the company that also owns TweetMyJobs has sold off one of its big properties, Internships.com to Chegg for 11 million dollars. Here’s the press release. Makes me wonder if their other properties like TMJ are next…?