Remember when LinkedIn used to say it wasn't a job board? Oh, wait - I guess they still do. Yet if you ask a room of HR professionals that question, the answer is crystal clear: "Of course LinkedIn is a job board!"

Well, I would argue that Indeed is going through something similar. Launched in 2004, the site for many years defined what a job aggregator was: a site that aggregated the majority of its jobs from job…

Fall is most definitely in the air, as in leaves falling to the ground and making it hard to mow. But fall also means conferences for job board folks and (of course) deals, deals, deals! So without further ado, here is the latest news:

• JobBoardFinder.net migrates into North America:  JobBoardFinder.net, an international recruiting startup created by Rillieux-La-Pape, France-based  Aktor Interactive,…

About a month ago, I asked job boards around the world to participate in the 2014 Aggregator Usage survey. This study asked about how job boards really use aggregators, which ones they actually use, and what their plans were for…

It's happened again - I've let the better part of a year pass since I took a look at some of the new and interesting sites and services out there. Last time it seemed…

You know, I keep thinking that I won’t lead off with news of VC money for one of these news roundups – and then it happens again. I guess it means that recruiting continues to be hot, and the services that connect employers to candidates are even hotter. So without further ado, let’s see what’s happened…

Hey folks! It's summer! Laying back, sipping a cool drink, going barefoot. But apparently in our industry, summertime means 'deal time'. Check out the acquisitions and funding action below. My head is spinning. I think I need a vacation!:…

We are living in interesting times: an app that says 'Yo' gets $1 million in funding, while worthy products (remember RemarkableHire?) languish. Every so often I like to look around and see who is actually doing…

Once, in a world far, far away (i.e., the 1990s), Monster beat its chest and claimed to be the biggest and best source for online jobs in the world, bar none.

Then, last week, Monster - diminished, no longer for sale, and facing significant declines in revenue - once again beat its chest and said that it would…

I'm preparing for a talk at the JobG8 Job Board Summit (June 26-27, Orlando), and it has me thinking a lot about …

Some interesting developments over the past month, including a new round of financials from the publicly-held job boards and some VC money going into the market.

Let’s take a look:…

A few months back, almost two hundred job board owners, operators, and employees took the 2014 Job Board Trends survey. This project, a joint effort of IAEWS and Job Board Doctor, focuses on what is really going on in the job board and online recruiting industry - traffic, spending, technology, and more. We asked you about all aspects of your business - what works and doesn't work, where things are going, and how you feel about the future. Here are some of…

Big change is so sudden. Right? Remember how LinkedIn came out of nowhere and revolutionized the recruiting industry? Oh right – they started in 2004. Well, how about Indeed and the rush to PPC? Oops – they launched in…

The economy is slowly - but steadily - rebounding, and this seems to be driving more activity of all types in the online recruiting space. So do tell - what is happening?:

• Dice starts a…

As 2013 draws to a close, it's a good time to take one last look at what is actually going on in the job board industry. More acquisitions, revelations, and developments, actually - so let's take a look:…

What happens when you ask 1,276 job seekers how they really look for work? You get some pretty interesting answers.

Earlier this fall, I collaborated with Job-Hunt.org (a career resource and advice site) and eHarmony (a dating site planning to enter online recruiting) to reach out to two distinctive types…

It's that time to take a look at what's been happening in the job board industry over the past month. All I can say is - more than you might imagine. So let's get started:

• Dice's ex-CEO sells stock: Dice Holdings ex-CEO Scot Melland sold 60,000 shares of Dice Holdings stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, September 17th. The shares were…

Remember 1999? For those of us in online recruiting, it was the year Monster ran an ad during the Superbowl. Overnight the job board went from sort-of well-known to very well known. Part of it was a memorable…

It's been 146 days since I last looked at the newest and coolest job-board-like sites - so it's time for an update. Startups never sleep, as you…

We’ve moving into summer but the pace of activity doesn’t seem to be slowing for the online recruiting and job board world. I hope to see some of you at this week’s JobG8 Job Board Summit in Chicago –…

I’ve been consulting in the job board industry since 2009 and active with job boards for much longer. In all that time, a particular type of article / blog post / etc. has persisted and even occasionally thrived: the ‘job boards are dead‘ article. In fact, these have been so persistent and resilient (much like ‘…