The hot topic at our recent Unplugged event was, perhaps unsurprisingly, AI and, in particular, candidates’ use of it. The Rise of Candidate-Side AI AI in recruitment has traditionally been mostly used by employers and platforms, eg automated matching, CV parsing, screening tools, and predictive analytics. Now, candidates are adopting similar tools to gain an…
Category: Job Boards
Whatchado and Jobiqo Announce Strategic Partnership
The video job platform whatchado and international job board software provider Jobiqo have entered into a strategic partnership. Their goal: to elevate social media recruiting by combining authentic video content in Reels format with artificial intelligence and data-driven campaign automation. Just 1.7 seconds: that’s the average attention span a mobile Facebook post receives, according to…
Job Boards Connect Newsletter – June 2025
From the Editor… As we step into summer, the job board ecosystem continues to evolve faster than ever. In this month’s edition, you’ll find powerful stories of industry innovation, from tools using AI to smooth candidate experiences to success stories from niche job boards harnessing new revenue strategies. Watch out for our Spotlight Interviews with…
Job Board Owners Meetup Replay
Inter/Arch Jobs Surpasses 50,000 Job Listings
CareerBuilder+Monster: Company for sale, staff terminated, U.S. HQ closing
IT Job Aggregator For Sale
Are Job Boards Becoming ATSs (and Vice Versa)?
This blog was inspired by Investing in Women‘s Liz Willetts session at our recent Job Boards Connect conference, where she discussed making a success of her start-up and how being more than just a job board has been part of that success. Once upon a time, job boards and applicant tracking systems (ATSs) lived in distinctly…
Chris Hyams stepping down as CEO of Indeed
Candidate Experience: How the Job Board/ATS Disconnect Hurts Applicants
At our recent Job Boards Connect conference, Lee Biggins from CV Library remarked that the integration between Job Board and ATS was causing them their biggest pain point which inspired us to look further into how the disconnect affects applicants, When job seekers click “Apply Now” on a job board, they’re often met with a…
Job Boards Connect Newsletter – May 2025
From the Editor… It was great to meet so many of you at Job Boards Connect Unplugged last week. I think Matt Farrah, who won our Community Award in the DJAx’s, sums it up perfectly… “JBC Unplugged delivered some powerful insights for job board leaders navigating a rapidly shifting landscape. AI was one of the…