Get offline for effective online recruitment

I’m regularly reminded of the importance of getting offline if you want to be an effective online recruiter. On Thursday I attended another nursing event. It underlined two crucial issues about the typical healthcare jobseeker who uses our jobs board for nurses: 1. they aren’t all familiar with the concept of job boards 2. many [...]

The race to embrace technology – but don’t forget your users and clients

Yesterday I read about a new job board that’s claiming an original offering: They’ll pay jobseekers to upload their CV. That’s a new one. It might work. I’m not saying it’s a daft idea. Although I’m unconvinced it would work for our healthcare job sites (nursing jobs, healthcare jobs, or jobs in care homes). It [...]

Evolving Demands For Jobs Boards

In the early days of online recruitment (late 90s, early noughties) the challenge was education. Some clients didn’t even use email. Classified recruitment ads in trade print media worked OK most of the time. There didn’t seem to be a need to change. The challenge was to demonstrate change could be more efficient and cost-effective. [...]