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My personal choices for 2005’s ‘best of’ in Internet recruiting:
1. Vertical job search - Simply Hired, Indeed, Jobster and Oodle are hoping to carve their own place in search history and beat Google to the punch. Next trick: Make real money or be acquired; add more corporate content to the index.
2. Google Base - The search giant’s first step in ruling the world of all things classified. Next trick: Rid the database of spam and get employers on board.
3. Jobster - The industry’s most exciting new company, run by the industry’s favorite Napoleon Complex. Next trick: Remedy the brand dilution that integrating vertical job search has caused.
4. Yahoo! HotJobs’ job scraping - The loudest statement that the money-for-job-postings model is facing extinction. Next trick: Making the painful journey of replacing paid listing revenue with pay-per-click advertising revenue.
5. Craigslist - Keeping newspaper owners awake since 1995. Next trick: Keeping Monster and CareerBuilder as alert as the print folks; fending off Google, Yahoo! and MSN’s ‘Fremont.’
6. Recruiting.com - Ground zero for online recruiting’s blogosphere. Next trick: Increase number of active, high profile contributors (even if it means opening the wallet a little bit) and variety of content.
7. .jobs - The industry has its very own domain, giving employers a ticket to search engine rankings gold. Next trick: Getting employers to care.
8. John Sumser - The industry’s Andy Rooney keeps everyone honest and under the microscope. Next trick: Protecting brand dilution from the growing number of recruiment bloggers and adding the ability to leave worthwhile comments to his opinions.
9. Taleo - First applicant tracking solutions provider to go public. Next trick: Take a cue from start-up JobThread and automatically feed client job postings directly to the growing number of vertical job search engines.
10. Microsoft bloggers - Gretchen, Heather, Shally and Co. show how blogging is good for business, even for one of the world’s biggest and influential companies. Next trick: Ample pay raises from Bill.
Honorable mention: Landed.FM, TheLadders.com, The San Diego Union-Tribune’s free 3-line print / online classifieds, Linked In, employers beginning to use Google AdWords, John Zappe of Classified Intelligence Report, Jobing.
Happy Festivus everyone!
December 23rd, 2005 at 2:27 pm
I like how you are thinking ; )
December 23rd, 2005 at 3:02 pm
lol — the napoleon of recruiting.
December 23rd, 2005 at 3:07 pm
First of all, if you really believed in Festivus you would have spent your time explaining how we all let you down, then moved to the feats of strength. Once you pin Jason Davis Festivus is done.
Second, Napolean lost. Jason is winning.
Third, Kenexa went public before Taleo. And WebHire went public way before either of them.
Now go get the pole and start decorating.
December 23rd, 2005 at 7:21 pm
thanks joel — hope you had a great 2005, and are enjoying a wonderful holiday with friends & family.
here’s to the new year, and get ready for an even more incredible 2006 :)
to infinity & beyond!
- dave mcclure
http://www.SimplyHired.com
December 23rd, 2005 at 11:07 pm
First, if you really believed in Festivus you would have told us the myriad ways we all disappointed you before proceeding to the feats of strength. This blog (and your Festivus season) would not be over until you pinned Jay-Dee in a wrestling match. You appear to be nothing but a Fesitvus poser - a person in it just for the gifts and good tidings.
Second, Kenexa went public before Taleo. And Kenexa just bought Webhire, which went public way before either of those two.
Third, Jason will not meet his Waterloo. I believe he may be poised to unite all of recruiting’s Europe under one flag before crowning himself emperor of talent.
So go back to celebrating around a tree, and leave the tinsel-laden pole idolotry to the real believers.
(Otherwise I agree with your post.)
February 21st, 2006 at 8:21 pm
Have you tried to use a Taleo Recruitsoft site lately?
From the applicant side, their system seems to hang often, perhaps from too much traffic?
As an applicant, I cannot say I am a big fan of systems such as Taleo’s. They are just big, crude database front ends that seem to suck what little intelligence and discretion remains in HR departments.