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There are, of course, other fine surveys in our industry, but the IAEWS Global Benchmark Survey is the only data collection effort designed by job boards for job boards. A Steering Committee of your peers has now finished updating and improving the survey questionnaire to ensure it captures information that is important, accurate and useful to you.



In addition, we have retained a research team from The Ohio State University, one of the leading academic institutions in the world, to…

The IAEWS Spring Congress will be the largest gathering of employment site executives in the world.

The registration desk opens at 9:00 AM on Sunday April 14th, the conference starts at 10:00 AM and closes with a Networking Reception from 6-7:30 PM, followed by several "after parties."  It is being held at the Mandalay Bay Hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada USA.

It is truly an extraordinary event.  And, today is the last day for…

This year's IAEWS Spring Congress will be the largest gathering of employment sites executives in the world. 

That means you get:

• peer conversations you can’t have anywhere else,
• content you won’t see anywhere else,

and

• connections you can’t make anywhere else.

Thanks to the generous support of its membership, the IAEWS is offering complimentary registration to non-IAEWS organizations.  We want you…

The 2012 IAEWS Global Benchmark Survey found that almost 10 percent of respondents’ traffic came from a mobile platform.

•    Despite that significant (and fast growing) trend, just 17 percent had an iPhone app and just 8 percent had an Android app.

•    Almost four-in-ten (39 percent) had a .mobi version of their site, yet just 11 percent were using their mobile platform to send job alerts by text message.



What can we learn from this data? …

The job market, the workforce, technology, the competitive field, employer expectations, the global economy – all of that and more has changed.  And so too must job boards, at least if they want to be sustainable businesses.

What should the change look like?

Take at look at my new book, The New Golden Rules for Job Board Success: Four Principles for Optimizing Operational and Bottom Line Performance in the 21^st Century.  It’s a quick read –…

“Open Jobs and Good Candidates, but Employers Won’t Commit.”  That was the headline of a front page story in The New York Times yesterday.



It cites a U.S. Department of Labor study which found that unfilled positions are now staying open for an average of 23 business days compared to just 15 business days four years ago.



While this situation may be caused by skill shortages in the workforce, the author of the article, Catherine Campbell, opines that “for a large majority of…

Join your peers worldwide for The State of the Online Employment Services Industry, an exclusive Webinar by the International Association of Employment Web Sites (IAEWS).  This program will explore the three key challenges now facing employment Web-sites and the opportunities for significant growth that are hidden within them.



Based in part on IAEWS Executive Director Peter Weddle’s soon-to-be-released book, The New Golden Rules for Job Board…

The job board and recruiting event of the year!  That’s how the back-to-back IAEWS Spring Member Congress and the SHRM Talent Management Conference & Expo are being described.



Open to all job boards, this blockbuster double-event will be held on April 14 (the IAEWS conference) and April 15-17 (the SHRM event) at the Mandalay Bay Hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada USA.



What are the UNIQUE benefits of this two-conference event?



•    You can attend either…

Now in its third year, this survey is the only job board survey which adheres to survey Best Practices.

Best Practice #1: Survey participants derive some benefit from survey data, itself, but get the most insight from discussions with their peers, not the interpretations of consultants or pundits.

The IAEWS Global Benchmark Survey provides both an individualized final report to each participant and a peer discussion forum to analyze and interpret the…

5.  Isaac will have blown itself out so there will be plenty of sun by the time the conference starts.

4.  There will be over 100 of your colleagues in attendance for you to network and do deals with

3.  It’s a great way to gather competitive intelligence.

2.  You’ll be able to have a face-to-face dialogue with 4 VPs of Recruiting.

And the #1 reason to attend the IAEWS Fall Member Congress is ……

The IAEWS Fall Member Congress is just 2 weeks away. 

The conference will be held at the Westin Diplomat Resort & Spa in Ft. Lauderdale, FL on September 5, 2012.

So, now’s the time to register!

Here’s the link: https://www.jobtarget.com/site/1765/register.cfm?site_id=1765

This is one conference you don’t want to miss.

It’s the…

This year's IAEWS Fall Congress will be held on September 5th in Hollywood, FL, the day before and in the same venue as the ERE Recruiting Conference & Expo. It will be an all-day event with some great learning and networking opportunities, including:

• A Recruiting Executives Forum, assembling 5-6 Vice Presidents of Recruiting or Talent Acquisition for face-to-face discussions with attendees;
• A Keynote presentation on the future of recruiting – “Recruiting in 2022”…

This fall, you will have two opportunities to connect with peers at events that are 100% dedicated to improving the operations and financial performance of job boards.

The IAEWS Fall Member Congress will be held on September 5th in Ft. Lauderdale, FL.  It's an all day event that will feature a Recruiting Executives Forum with 5 VPs of Recruiting from major companies, a Keynote Address on Recruiting 2022 and more.

The EU Job Board Summit will be held in association with the…

We have over 13 million people currently out of work in the U.S., and at the same time, over 3.4 million jobs that employers are struggling to fill.  Why the disconnect?  As has been widely reported, we have a gaping skills deficit in the American workforce.

How can we solve that dilemma?  I took a crack at offering some solutions on Huffington Post today.  Here's the link to the column: http://huff.to/MuRZzx

For those looking for something other than your traditional job search or career book, take a look at my new novel called A Multitude of Hope. 

The book tells a tale ripped right from today’s headlines.  It involves three out-of-work Baby Boomers and a shadowy online group of workplace activists practicing “economic disobedience” against the vulture capitalists of American business.

There are underground databases, corporate moles, coded messages and anonymous threats, as well…

The 2011 IAEWS Benchmarking Survey was a huge success, but don’t take my word for it.  Visit the IAEWS home page (www.EmploymentWebSites.org) and take a look at the video that’s posted there.  You’ll hear from the survey co-chair, Matt Hoffner of Jobg8.com, and from two IAEWS Members who participated in both the survey and the discussion forum on its results.  Steven Rothberg of CollegeRecruiter.com and Andy Hibel of HigherEdJobs.com provide…

Why bother to attend?  Because you’ll have the unique opportunity both to network with your industry peers and to hear an amazing lineup of informative presentations that are directly relevant to your business.

There’s just no better way to maximize your ROI on a single afternoon than by attending the IAEWS Spring Member Congress on March 28^th in San Diego, CA.  If you can’t attend, make sure another member of your team does.  This is one event your organization…

The IAEWS is pleased to announce its 2012 Winter-Spring Webinar Series for employment Web-sites.  The series is designed to provide up-to-the-minute information that will help improve the operations and bottom line of employment Web-sites.  The five programs and their delivery dates are listed below.

Auditors Gone Wild

March 6^th

IAEWS OFCCP Working Group Chair and VetJobs CEO, Ted Daywalt, has just completed a number of meetings with officials…

The IAEWS is pleased to announce a 5-program Webinar series that provides research and information to improve job board operations and bottom line performance.  Details are at http://www.employmentwebsites.org/2012-winter-spring-iaews-webinar-series-sponsored-startwire.

The IAEWS announced TrendSetters, a new program launched in conjunction with The Recruiting Conference.  It's a unique platform for introducing new products and services and open to all companies.  For more info, contact Peter Weddle at director@employmentwebsites.org.