For three decades, we've all become accustomed to search engines attempting to answer our questions by displaying a list of links to documents, including web pages. There have been changes, to be sure, but those changes have been more evolutionary than revolutionary.

Yesterday, Ken Shafer of Job Hub Central shared on LinkedIn some of the first images of Google's new, search engine results pages (SERPs) in the wild. Google has shared mock-ups of these but it appears that, suddenly, they're now rolling out to enough users that job boards, recruitment marketplaces, and all other organizations and individuals are going to experience more revolution than evolution.

In today's breaking news episode, Ken will break down not just the changes we're starting to see and which will soon be commonplace, but the significance of those changes to our industry.

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A little over two years ago, Phil Greenwood acquired Careerlink.com, a job board and staffing company based in Omaha, Nebraska. Its revenues and profitability were declining but they're now both increasing.

Months ago, Careerlink announced that it planned to raise $20 million through a relatively new crowdfunding fundraising vehicle: the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Regulation A+. It is far more involved than crowdfunding through a platform like GoFundMe, yet far less than a traditional IPO. 

In today's episode, Phil discussed with Cohosts Peter M. Zollman and Steven Rothberg what Careerlink does; why his leadership team chose Reg A+ to fund their future growth and increase the likelihood of an eventual, successful exit; and the success they're having.

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Minutes ago in the AIM Group's Recruitment Intelligence Report, journalist Pavel Marceux reported not just one and not just two pieces of massive news but three about Careerbuilder: 

1. It is selling off its international business.

2. It laid off approximately 60 percent of its staff.

3. It has a new CEO.

Cohosts Peter M. Zollman of the AIM Group and Steven Rothberg of College Recruiter dive in with their own thoughts and analysis in this can't miss episode.

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Chris Russell of RecTech Media join CoHosts Peter M. Zollman of AIM Group and Steven Rothberg of College Recruiter to talk about the massive changes underway at Google for Jobs, some of which may be liked by large, medium, or small job boards and recruitment marketplaces and others of which may be despised.

Chris, Peter, and Steven also get to talk a little about how Indeed's recently announced pricing changes impact not just the job boards and recruitment marketplaces that compete with Indeed for advertising dollars, but also Google for Jobs which, at the moment, is far more focused on helping candidates find the right jobs than helping employers find the right candidates.

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More and more job boards and recruitment marketplaces are using ML or AI to screen, rank, or even select candidates. At what point do they cease being a publisher and, instead, become an employment agency in the eyes of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC)?

In today's can't miss episode, Cohosts Peter M. Zollman of AIM Group (Marketplaces / Classifieds) and Steven Rothberg of College Recruiter job search site interview Commissioner Keith Sonderling of the EEOC about how decades of state, federal, and international civil rights laws apply to the increased use of artificial intelligence and other technology by employers, job boards, and recruitment marketplaces.

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Broadcast from the RecBuzz Berlin 2023 conference -- AIM Group's biggest event yet -- our cohosts Peter M. Zollman of AIM Group and Steven Rothberg of College Recruiter talk a little about their separate but equally enjoyable travels in Germany and then dive into what is sure to be of more interest to more listeners: Indeed.com’s announcement this week that its employer customers will be able to choose between cost-per-click (CPC) and cost-per-application (CPA) pricing.

Peter and Steven piece together, more or less, how Indeed started to force its small- and medium-sized business (SMB) customers to pay per application instead of per click months ago and was about to do the same with its enterprise-sized customers but, to its credit, backed off when it became evident that some of its customers were not yet ready to make the migration.

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Serge Boudreau, the Vice President of Business Development and Head of Sales for CareerBeacon and Cohost of The Recruitment Flex Podcast, shares some of his wisdom about how niche job boards and recruitment marketplaces can not only survive but even thrive when Indeed, Talent.com, and other massive competitors begin to compete for candidate and employer customers.

CareerBeacon is one of Canada's leading job boards. Historically, it has been focused on serving the Atlantic provinces of Newfoundland, Prince Edward Island, Nova Scotia, and New Brunswick. None of these provinces are what most would describe as having high population growth, yet Serge shares how they've managed to triple their traffic over the past year despite the increasing competition from much larger general and aggregator sites.

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In this first episode of the \"new and improved\" Inside Job Boards and Recruitment Marketplaces Podcast, Cohosts Steven Rothberg of College Recruiter and Peter M. Zollman of AIM Group show why they have faces for radio, talk about how Indeed's layoff of 2,200 employees (about 15% of its workforce) could have been so much worse but why we have the Japanese to thank for why it wasn't, and how next month's RecBuzz Berlin 2023 conference is looking like it will be the biggest ever.

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We've really enjoyed publishing this audio-only podcast in partnership with the good folks at Evergreen, but all good things must come to an end. Or, in this case, not really come to an end but change and move. Kind of like when teenagers (finally!) move out of the house. But we digress.

We're moving to a video, live-stream format even though the people who know us best repeatedly tell us that we have faces for radio.

We're happy to notify you when we're up-and-running in April 2023. For our High Volume Hiring Podcast, go to https://www2.collegerecruiter.com/highvolumehiringlivestream and click the Follow button. For our Inside Job Boards and Recruitment Marketplaces Podcast, go to https://www2.collegerecruiter.com/insidejobboardslivestream and click the Follow button. Better yet, go to both and click Follow for each because, well, the more the merrier.New boost

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Jim Durbin is the Director of Recruitment Marketing for PSG Global Solutions, an RPO that supports staffing and recruiting companies. Jim has been in the industry for over 20 years, and he is sometimes referred to as the Indeed Whisperer.

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