Job matching using AI is becoming more prevalent in today’s job search. I like how Ziprecruiter’s “Phil“, the name for their AI agent does it. I got a quick tour recently from one of their top execs. In the video above you’ll see how Ziprecruiter onboards new users and matches them to jobs.
I was a guest on last weeks Recruiting Brainfood podcast hosted by Hung Lee. We had a group discussion on the future of job advertising and I think you’ll find it interesting. powered by Crowdcast
Fractional Industry Site Emerges ROffice, a platform where financial advisors and talented service providers converge to seek and provide assistance, recently announced its launch. As interest in fractional work is on the rise, ROffice brings together highly-skilled and vetted professionals with the firms and advisors who would benefit from their services. At no fee to…
Back in 2008 when the economy tanked I lost about 40% of my local job board business (AllCountyJobs). 2007 had been my best year ever where I earned around $200k, but that quickly dwindled once ’08 came around. Hiring came to a crawl. And that’s when I really learned of the cyclical nature of running…
Job boards may not be exciting or sexy but they are, and remain, a key part of the recruiting ecosystem. A lot of pundits like to talk down on them but they’re a primary channel for many businesses that need applicants. That will never change. If you can build a niche audience there will be…
If you missed the 2023 version of Job Board Con it is now available on Youtube for replay viewing. The beginning is a bit dated now since I talk about the Google for Jobs paid ads experiment which recently ended.
Recently I write about the value of showcasing resumes on your job board homepage. A reader emailed me about it; I’m currently including resume access in my paid packages, never really considered that it could be beneficial to showcase resumes to all visitors to my site. Would you offer this feature regardless of whether employers…
A reader emailed me to ask how much maintenance is involved in running a job board. My Answer From an operational standpoint there is very little maintenance…. it kind of runs itself. If you use an off the shelf job board software that platform is essentially a DIY solution for your audience. Job seekers create…
Job board software does a good job today letting you showcase jobs on your homepage but what about profiles and resumes? Niche boards are great at curating a talent pool of same skill candidates but today’s current crop of software mostly hides resumes and profiles. This is an old way of thinking about job seeker…
Recruitment marketers were abuzz last week when someone at Recruitics, the programmatic job advertising company, announced that Google for Jobs is ending its Alpha program that was testing paid job ads within Google for Jobs results. Google has been working with a handful of job marketing agencies to see what they could do around PPC…