Comments on: Why Job Boards need to innovate or die

By: Gareth Jenkins

Gareth Jenkins — Thu, 23 Sep 2010 23:55:06 +0000

An interesting addition to this topic here on the future of jobs boards: http://www.globalrecruitingroundtable.com/2010/09/22/future-of-job-boards-2020/

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By: Gareth Jenkins

Gareth Jenkins — Fri, 20 Aug 2010 13:57:26 +0000

Another view on this ongoing debate here: http://www.ere.net/2010/08/20/job-boards-still-evolving-after-all-these-years/

By: A recruiter’s perspective | People, Brands & Random Thoughts

A recruiter’s perspective | People, Brands & Random Thoughts — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 15:59:07 +0000

[...] Now let’s explore the recruiter’s perspective and look at some of the job board innovations over the last couple of years to address their needs and [...]

By: Scratch that, Job Boards will die « Cachinko

Scratch that, Job Boards will die « Cachinko — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 10:06:34 +0000

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By: Gareth Jenkins

Gareth Jenkins — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 10:34:47 +0000

Good thoughts Anil. I agree about both – candidate response rates and communication can be attrocious and most people I know (perhaps except those at the top head hunter target level) do not like using recruitment agencies. Not all agencies are like this however and the best do take very good care of their candidate resource.
On the niche boards front – I fully agree, there’s a lot to be said for them. Even generalist players like Monster have made a lot of moves towards niche “interfaces” into their database. The MAIN KEY as well as adding content is building community and interaction however. As one example, OnlyMarketingJobs has actually done this very well with a community site alongside their jobsboard, and a very well used LinkedIn group and sub-groups. In one respect LinkedIn can be thought of as a jobsboard with community built around it, although most would still think of it the other way round.

The key to all that interaction and community building is encouraging passive candidate interaction, persuading the users to inadvertently build up a professional profile(semi-CV), allowing employers to search not only this information but also the “proof of domain expertise” info contained in blog posts and forum comments, and subtly targeting jobs at them via the data built up from their interactions.

That is how LinkedIn is winning, but at the end of the day, it’s still a pretty generalist community, so there’s plenty of room for others to use this model in a more niche fashion.

By: Anil Aphale

Anil Aphale — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 15:30:55 +0000

The niche sector of job boards is about to come into it’s own, the big players have added content and in some cases it is difficlut to find the jobs…..
I believe that candidates are looking to corporate recruiters to use job boards more and many are starting to do so. This means candidates can apply to real jobs and get some real feedback on how their applications is progressing or not …
It never ceases to amaze me how many recruitment consultants do not even acknowldge applications.
This is the main bug bear of applicants.
Organisations that have understood how to build an employer brand and make the most of their careers web sites are the ones that will get the wuality response to their open vacancies.
Innovation is all well and good but it has to be innovation that enhances the offering of the board not what marketers think applicants are looking for.
Great discussion and a great initial post.

By: Colin Minto

Colin Minto — Mon, 19 Jul 2010 10:52:20 +0000

Thanks Matt and totally understand and agree.

Great post, it really gave me the chance to have a bit of a Monday morning rant.

By: Matt Alder

Matt Alder — Mon, 19 Jul 2010 09:14:43 +0000

Agree with you Colin and I certainly wasn’t saying that all Job Boards are going to die. I do find it interesting though that most seem to be doing no innovation at all. That’s not healthy in any industry and particularly not one that has so much increased competition and innovation going on in the space round it

By: Colin Minto

Colin Minto — Mon, 19 Jul 2010 09:04:45 +0000

Hi Matt.

Are we not in a world where all businesses need to innovate or die?

I was working in the recruitment industry when job boards said they would destroy the recruitment industry, however, all they did was enhance it!

To say job boards are dead or dying is similar to this situation and it’s interesting that many social media platforms see jobs as a mechanism to monetise their platforms.

Job boards do need to innovate but so does every business. There are also some good boards and some poor boards, which carries in all industry sectors.

Job boards will come and go, so will recruiters and so will players in all markets. It’s innovation that keeps businesses in business and emerging channels emerging.

I strongly believe that job boards are a single channel of an integrated recruitment strategy which will always include, print, job boards, social media, online recruiters and traditional recruiters to drive candidate flow; they will just be used in varying levels for each hiring need.

I also believe Corporate’s will leverage their own properties more effectively; Intranet, Corporate Website, Referral’s and ATS’s to control the promotion of their employer brand and employee value proposition, so media need to evolve their thinking to incorporate providing the correct types of candidates, not try to impress by promoting the volume they have or can provide.

There will naturally be new channels emerging in time which will impact the situation.

Some job boards will die but others will flourish, especially if they get the corporate offering right and understand are needs are more strategic than those of traditional recruiters.