Over at Career Hub, there is a post about How to Make Your Resume Turn Up in an Employer’s Search Results. There is no new ground broken here, just some reminders about using targeted keyword phrasing and then variations of the same keyword phrases so that you can account for slight differences in search styles. […]

I was on Jobster yesterday and noticed “free job postings” and, sure enough, read today on Techcrunch what exactly is going on over there. The move is being hailed (by Techcrunch at least) as a move to target Monster.com, the job board behemoth on the block. With $50 Million in funding and a CEO who […]

An article in the NY Times talks about job boards targeting older candidates. I found the first blog reference to these new boards at Secrets of the Job Hunt. The Times talks about the emerging trend of targeting job candidates who are looking for late-career opportunities or who have retired and are interested in easing […]

As just about everyone who’s looked for a job recently knows, there is a proliferation of specialty, niche job boards out there, as well a number of job sites that focus on specific geographic regions. What is happening in the process has been a “squeeze” of the “Big 3″ job boards - Monster.com, CareerBuilder and […]

A post at TechCrunch noted some of the The Latest Jobs at CrunchBoard and noted the early success that the board is enjoying since its launch in August. They have received job posts from 12 states and 8 countries and have a pretty prestigious roster of employers that seem to be finding some level of […]

Well, I imagine it’s time that I posted my first blog of the new year. I just finished 30 minutes on the treadmill, so that resolution is going great so far. Waiting until the fourth day of the new year to post my first item here may seem like sheer laziness, but I’m pacing myself. […]

Since the beginning of the mainstream use of the Internet, newspapers have watched from a distance with mixed feelings. At first, when it was suggested that the Internet would overtake the newspapers, executives laughed. Now, they may just be crying. Though some were late to pick up on the trend, the major newspapers eventually got […]

Monster has been under attack for some time now, with perhaps its most vocal detractor being Jobster’s Jason Goldberg. Joel Cheesman, blogger and HR Internet marketer extraordinaire also likes to point out the beleaguered job board’s shortcomings. Lately, however, there is yet another Monster goof that has nothing to do with its bombarding job applicants […]

Job aggregator Indeed.com and Montreal-based search engine Mamma.com have announced that they will partner in producing Mammajobs.com, the new job search site. Indeed.com and SimplyHired.com, their chief rival in the job aggregation space, have been rushing to sign up high-profile partners of late, with SimplyHired recently scoring online giant MySpace. Look for more partnerships in […]