A reasonably sophisticated friend (working on his Ph.D.) admitted to me recently that he has never heard of Monster or CareerBuilder.com and that got me thinking about the word 'job board' -- how many people actually know it?

I've been working in the job board industry for 11 years and come to realize 'job board' is not in the dictionary nor in Wikipedia. So what would the Wikipedia page for 'job board' look like? Maybe something like this:

A job board is a website that publishes job ads and is dedicated to matching employers with job seekers.

History

We just launched a website that aggregates the top career advice blogs - the site is only a few days old so you can expect to see some nice improvements happening in a couple of weeks.

Since this website builds on our experience with InternetRecruitingNews.com it's not really as crappy as you might expect for a few days work. Our Croatian designer disappeared weeks ago, so I had to do the logo myself and that's probably the weakest link!

Suggestions for improvements?

 

We launched a new website today that aggregates Internet recruiting news (and opinions of course) so please have a look at InternetRecruitingNews.com. I wish there were more relevant feeds available, but there aren't many bloggers or publishers who stay focused enough. Originally, I included an Onrec.com feed even though I was uncomfortable about the number of posts that are off-topic. And then I saw this in my feed:

Some interesting results highlighting the increase in jobseeker activity we always see in a recession.

CHICAGO, April 1, 2008 /PRNewswire/ -- Monster.com recruitment ads drew 12.75 times more job seekers per advertisement in Q4 2007 than in Q1 2007 according to a study by New Office, an independent recruiting and staffing firm in Chicago.

In The job problem — too much noise Matt Marshall writes: 

The number of new job-focused companies is overwhelming. The latest is Zubka.com, a new European company that pays people for referring suitable job candidates for listings on its site. Here’s your chance to win $3,600 for referring a Java architect for a job in Florida.

In a story titled Click For Foreign Labor  Business Week explores the use of online recruiters to hire legitimate unskilled workers:

When she could not find enough workers for the construction firm owned by her son Thomas, Ann Carroll decided to go online. After typing in such search terms as "construction laborer" and "Mexican workers," she landed on the Web site for Labormex Foreign Labor Solutions. Within days she had a quote: $100 each for 11 Mexican workers and $1,340 to cover the visas. In October, Carroll Construction Co.'s recruits began laying sewer pipes in Ocean Springs, Miss., where the company is located. "I don't know what we would've done if we didn't go this route," says Carroll. "We're very happy with the workers."

It's not really a story about job boards but very interesting considering how few employers will sponsor work visas.  With time and labor shortages, that should change. 

Have a look at Rob Robinson's resume.  Is this the resume of the future?  When I looked at this, I tried to figure out how to turn the sound on for five minutes.  I hear a glaring silence when I look at this presentation, but imagine the impact with a good sound track - would be dynamite!

Do you have a recruitment brochure? We don't, yet.

But ours will take shape starting with our recruitment page.  Have a look at this phenomenal example of a recruitment brochure -- it could have been written for us, in fact.  It describes many of the advantages of working for a small company with good management. 

Heidrick & Struggles Establishes Hispanic Marketing Practice to Help U.S. Companies Tap Into Fast-growing Hispanic Market

CHICAGO, Oct 05, 2006 -- Heidrick & Struggles International, Inc., the world's premier executive search and leadership consulting firm, today announced the formation of its Hispanic Marketing Practice.