“Hey Jim,” a Recruiter said.“Mmm-hmm…,” I replied. I have a limited budget for posting jobs,” they said. “Steer me in the right direction.”So, I said… RealMatch. Then I got a Tweet from another Recruiter that said, “Jim, can you recommend a job board to me? I have some jobs to post, but not a lot of cash.”To which I replied… [...]

Are you paying to post jobs when so many people are out of work? (And even more are secretly looking.) Sure advertising an open position will guarantee an avalanche of resumes, but how many of them are actually qualified? And if so many applicants are firing off resumes just to see if they will stick, isn’t posting a job a [...]

The “Why are recruiters abandoning the pay-to-post model?” post generated a lot of comments and attention. (Wow!) In this post, Rafael Cosentino of RealMatch follows up with a post of his own. Feel free to chime in on this as well. (Thanks Rafael for your support.) *** Pay-to-post verses Pay-for-performance By Rafael Cosentino of Realmatch Over the last few days [...]

Many thanks to Jennifer LeClaire for allowing me to post this article. Enjoy! *** Why are recruiters abandoning the pay-to-post model? By Jennifer LeClaire Monster.com and its pay-to-post pricing model once took the recruiting world by storm. Now, the storm may be calming as employers begin to second guess the pay-to-post model. According to Deutsche Bank analyst Jeetil Patel, the [...]

Have you heard of a company called RealMatch? Me neither, but that’s because they are “the new kid on the block” in a very crowded street. What do they do? They are a job board. Okay, I hear you sighing and saying, “another job board?” But hear me out, because that was my initial reaction as well. I read through [...]