May 2010 Blog Posts (21)

Recruitment Industry niche job board Recruit Me Now, has announced the expansion of its career site to include Human Resources Jobs. Now specialising in HR & Recruitment Jobs this places Recruit Me Now in a distinctive niche market yet again but expanding its reach into another industry and as a result are the only site of its kind in Australia…

The length and depth of the recession has led to an increase in freelancers in many professions. In fact, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics claims that the number of people who became self-employed as a

result of the downturn has more than doubled, to 1.2 million people.

This trend has significance for job boards, and for several…

• Make mobile easy
• People are already consuming newsletters etc on the move
• Treat new…

Commoditization – it’s a big word. What does the dictionary tell us? “When a product becomes indistinguishable from others like it and consumers buy on price alone, it becomes a

commodity. ” (emphasis added)

One of the top concerns expressed in the recent job board industry survey was…

Did you know that these are the top ten job categories that job seeker resumes were uploaded to at…

A few weeks back I asked you to help with a job board industry survey – and you did! You answered questions about the effect of the recession on your job sites, threats to your business – and your thoughts about

the future of the industry. So first and foremost, thanks!

I received 94 completed responses – which gives me considerable confidence in the results. A wide range of job sites participated, ranging in revenues from less than $500,000 to more than $10 million.

Each…

BaRecruitment announces "Jobs by Email" facility.

Derbyshire - May 2010

Leading regional Accountancy and Administration recruitment business Ba Recruitment Ltd announces the launch of a "Jobs by

Email" facility to allow Candidates to automatically receive…

ago, it has been difficult to get a new job. Employers are interested in

candidates who have lots of IT skill set. They hire those who are current and

abreast with emerging technologies she added. It is hard to keep up and I feel

like I am being left…

Did you know that these are the top ten job categories that job seeker resumes were uploaded to at…

Oh, to be the new kid on the block! Twitter, Facebook, and the rest of social media are experiencing that thrill – they’re new, exciting, and can do no wrong.

A while back, job boards were the new kids. No more messy newsprint, no more limits on ad length, immediate results – what was not to like? Recruiters flocked to job boards and, in the process,

made many boards very profitable.

But things have changed. Job boards are old news, like those ugly,…