Five Firms, One Price: Japan Raids Its Staffing Giants
Happy Friday, Job Board Doctor friends, It is earnings season again and we have a lot to cover, but...
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The AI Bias Audit Industry Has a Fake Candidate Problem
Happy Friday Job Board Doctor friends! If you haven’t checked it out yet: Maki People answered every question I...
AI Hiring Assessments and Disability Bias: What Maki People’s Answer Reveals
AI hiring assessments are almost never tested for disability bias. Maki People answered our questions about the Mochi assessment...
Q2 2026: The Quarter Job Postings Got Their Groove Back
The official data this quarter sent a mixed signal. June’s nonfarm payrolls report came in soft at just 57,000,...
Startup Founders Beware: The Loan-to-Own Playbook, and How to See It Coming
(Note from the Doc: Happy Friday, Job Board Doctor friends! In the past year since the bankruptcy of Monster...
Maki Responds, Adzuna Acquires, Indeed 2027
Happy Friday Job Board Doctor friends! What a week it has been. What’s on tap this week? Three updates...
The Build-vs-Buy Debate Is Dead. The ATS Ecosystem Era Is Here.
The winner ATSs have already made the shift in how they think about product strategy. For much of the...
The Build-vs-Buy Debate Is Dead. The ATS Ecosystem Era Is Here.
The winner ATSs have already made the shift in how they think about product strategy. For much of the...
The Human Makes the Final Call, After the Machine Decides Who Gets One: Recruitics, Maki People, and the Pre-Apply Screen
(Note: This article was updated on July 17th, 2026 following information received from Maki People. See updates below.) Happy...
106 Things Disposition Data Can’t Tell You
(Happy Friday, Job Board Doctor friends! I am out learning and imbibing at RecFest UK this week. Fortunately for...
The End of “Salary – Competitive, Based on Experience”
If you’ve spent any time in talent acquisition, you know the dance. The candidate goes through at least three...
Colorado Gutted Its AI (Hiring) Law. Washington Didn’t.
Happy Thursday, Job Board Doctor friends! Two stories this week that, read together, tell you something uncomfortable about where...
Job Slop and the Golden Opportunity Indeed is Giving
Happy Friday, Job Board Doctor friends. If you listened to Chad and Cheese last week, outside of my Job.com...
While Everyone Waits for September: Why Summer Is Now the Smartest Time to Hire
Executive Summary HR teams have long planned around one assumption: summer is when hiring slows down. Market signals increasingly...
JobGet Gets RippleMatch, Indeed Plays Coy
Happy Friday, Job Board Doctor friends! In case you missed it, I was a special guest on Chad and...
California, Alabama, West Virginia, and Oregon: 4 Different Metros. Real Hiring Numbers.
Happy Friday, Job Board Doctor friends! Something caught my eye in last month’s JobMarketPulse monthly data dive, so I...