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Is it time for job boards to get a new name (and is this a dumb question)?

Last May I wrote a post about  the concept of a ‘job board’, in which I asked the eternal questions, “Is LinkedIn a job board?” and “Is Indeed a job board?” It was one of the more popular posts of the year, with 1

The biggest (little-known) benefit of job boards for any employer

Job boards have become prisoners of their moniker. After all, a ‘job board’ is just an online bulletin board for ‘posting’ your electronic ‘job ad’, right? Wrong. Job boards (and yes, I think I’m going to wr

Thinking about social stuff and job search

So perhaps you saw that LinkedIn has updated/upgraded its job search functionality? They sent me an email inviting me to give it a whirl, so I did – and it got me to thinking about social stuff and job search. First, LinkedIn: the job search is