Why Most Job Board Postings Don’t Have a Prayer

Recently, I had an opportunity to do some consulting work for a nationally known healthcare enterprise that was struggling to find qualified applicants for a variety of allied health and nursing roles. The head of recruiting openly acknowledged that the organization relied heavily upon two fairly specific recruiting channels: The first channel, naturally, was the institution’s own website career portal. The second channel was, of course, job boards. Big job boards, little job boards, local job boards, regional job boards, and niche job boards; job boards of every size and description. Needless to say, the organization produced lots and lots of job board postings.