Another week, another ‘job boards are dying’ blog post. If I had a dollar for every post like this, I’d be a (moderately) rich man. Truly.
I try to avoid the ‘job boards are dying’ discussion because (a) it’s a flamer’s game (not unlike arguing with those who disbelieve climate change), and (b) those of us in the biz know it simply isn’t true – so why waste time talking about it? It’s much more useful to talk about how you can continue to evolve and develop your sites to take advantage of new paradigms, technologies, and audiences. (I’m hardly the only skeptic out there; check out this posting, this one, this one, and this one.)
But…Gregg’s post got me thinking. Wouldn’t it be great to have a nice pocket-guide to the reasons that job boards aren’t dying? I thought you would never ask!:
So what could kill job boards? Simple – lack of job seeker interest. If job seekers quit using job boards, the sites are toast.
As I’ve said many times, job boards are evolving (and I do hope they can evolve past their current moniker!). Just as this blog post will not prevent job boards from evolving (or disappearing), neither can the determined efforts of other pundits bring the industry down. Job boards help job seekers find jobs. Job boards help employers find candidates (at a reasonable price).
Ok. No more ‘job boards are dying’ posts for a while!!
I agree with you John. Jeff's post title states it all. This argument is similar to the 3PR is dead, Resumes are over, and yada yada yada (sorry just one too many Seinfeld references around the RBC at the moment to resist). What I really appreciate is the sound argument to Gregg's post. Lots of interesting data here to look at to see this is indeed a flamer's game'.
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