Best Custom College Recruiting Podcasts (2025)

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And so it ends... 18:36

3y ago18:36

18:36

In this episode, Jeff Dickey-Chasins of JobBoardDoctor and Steven Rothberg of College Recruiter say goodbye to the JobBoardGeek podcast. You'll have to listen to find out why it's ending but (hint) it's not because we didn't have fun! We did! Occasionally, so did our guests. Jeff talks with Steven about his new podcasts - that's right, two! - and t…

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From Wall Street to a job board network that helps a diverse audience 18:14

3y ago18:14

18:14

In this episode of JobBoardGeek, we talk to Roy Baladi of JobsForHumanity. Roy's start as a Wall Street quant gave little hint of his eventual role in founding JobsForHumanity, a network of job boards that target underserved and diverse candidates. Jeff Dickey-Chasins of JobBoardDoctor and Steven Rothberg of College Recruiter discover how Roy's ini…

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A multi-national job board software company that gives customers the high touch treatment 24:45

3y ago24:45

24:45

In this episode of JobBoardGeek, we talk to Martin Lenz of Jobiqo, a job board software platform. Martin's dual background in computer science and project management has helped Jobiqo grow to over 50 employees and dozens of countries in the past 5 years. Jeff Dickey-Chasins of JobBoardDoctor and Steven Rothberg of College Recruiter discover how Job…

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Which conferences should you attend - and why 25:26

3y ago25:26

25:26

In this episode, Jeff Dickey-Chasins of JobBoardDoctor and Steven Rothberg of College Recruiter talk about which conferences a job board owner or employee should attend - and why. They explain the differences between a HR-focused conference and a job board-specific conference, and why both can be valuable. Some of the conferences discussed include:…

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Managing an empire of niche sites: how EuroJobSites does it 26:41

3y ago26:41

26:41

In this episode of JobBoardGeek, we talk to Lars Peter Svane of EuroJobSites. His multi-site company tackles different niches in the European job market, and has been successful for decades. Jeff Dickey-Chasins of JobBoardDoctor and Steven Rothberg of College Recruiter discover how Lars managed to turn a side venture into a full-time business by ex…

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Is video worth a thousand job postings? 23:58

3y ago23:58

23:58

In this episode of JobBoardGeek, we talk to Brian Forrester of Lumina.co about how his company turns text job ads into videos - at scale. With job ads often running to 300 words or (much) more, candidate engagement can be difficult. Jeff Dickey-Chasins of JobBoardDoctor and Steven Rothberg of College Recruiter discover how Lumina turns those ads in…

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How social media built this diversity job board's brand 21:34

3y ago21:34

21:34

In this episode of JobBoardGeek, we talk to Elizabeth Willetts of InvestingInWomen, an U.K. job board focused on part-time and flexible work for moms. Elizabeth was frustrated with employers that didn't support part-time positions, and so she built a site that focused on those companies that offered those types of jobs. Jeff Dickey-Chasins of JobBo…

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Employee-owned, 20 years old, and thriving: Corridor Careers 20:46

3y ago20:46

20:46

In this episode of JobBoardGeek, we talk to Liz Kennedy and Dan Holterhaus of Corridor Careers. The site, which is 20 years old, is part of the Gazette, a regional media company in eastern Iowa. Jeff Dickey-Chasins of JobBoardDoctor and Steven Rothberg of College Recruiter discover how the site has weathered many changes in local and regional recru…

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Two experts explain job board SEO 25:47

3y ago25:47

25:47

In this episode of JobBoardGeek, we talk to Peter Askew and Nick Leroy of SEOjobs and RanchWork about how to do SEO for job boards. SEO is a critical part - perhaps the most critical - for succeeding with your job board, and both Peter and Nick have excellent advice on how to do it right. Jeff Dickey-Chasins of JobBoardDoctor and Steven Rothberg of…

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A job board software platform for start-ups, communities, and hubs 20:35

3y ago20:35

20:35

In this episode of JobBoardGeek, I talk to Olivier Breton of NiceBoard (Steven is out on a family medical emergency). Started during the pandemic and the output of his own job board, NiceBoard is a low-cost but full-featured job board platform for start-ups, non-profits, and communities. Jeff discovers that Olivier has built out the platform for ea…

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An upside-down job board: flipping who pays 24:48

3y ago24:48

24:48

In this episode of JobBoardGeek, we talk to Ric Burley of BintlHire. Ric has flipped the normal job board model by having employers pay the candidate to see their resume. On the other hand, employers post jobs for free. Jeff Dickey-Chasins of JobBoardDoctor and Steven Rothberg of College Recruiter discover how Ric - with a background in health care…

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Colorado, Ukraine, and some services that form the backbone of the job board industry 25:03

3y ago25:03

25:03

In this episode of JobBoardGeek, we talk to Mike Woodrow of Aspen Tech Labs. The company, which has staff in multiple locations including Colorado and Ukraine, provides key software for the job board industry: job feeds, job spidering, and job board software. Jeff Dickey-Chasins of JobBoardDoctor and Steven Rothberg of College Recruiter learn how t…

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Everything you ever wanted to know about backfill and when to use it 20:47

3y ago20:47

20:47

In this episode of JobBoardGeek, Jeff Dickey-Chasins of JobBoardDoctor and Steven Rothberg of College Recruiter talk about a key element of almost any job board or recruiting site - backfill. We discuss the 4 most common types of backfill, the pros and cons of each, and how backfill can help a newly hatched job board get off the ground (or out of i…

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How subscriptions built this job board into a niche leader 25:41

3y ago25:41

25:41

In this episode of JobBoardGeek, we talk to Andy Hibel of HigherEdJobs, the leading job board for careers in academia. Andy talks about how HigherEdJobs got started - including a number of revenue-free years. Jeff Dickey-Chasins of JobBoardDoctor and Steven Rothberg of College Recruiter learn about the role that annual subscriptions have played in …

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Serge and Shelley said what?: all about the Canadian job board market 29:20

3y ago29:20

29:20

In this episode of JobBoardGeek, we talk to Serge Boudreau and Shelley Billinghurst of The Recruitment Flex podcast - the #1 HR podcast in Canada. Since Serge's day job is with Career Beacon and Shelley runs a recruitment ad agency, they are willing to dig deep into the Canadian job board market. Jeff Dickey-Chasins of JobBoardDoctor and Steven Rot…

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Go public or go home: the job boards that have gone public and why 21:57

3y ago21:57

21:57

In this episode of JobBoardGeek, we decide to talk to each other about publicly-held job boards! What a concept! Jeff Dickey-Chasins of JobBoardDoctor and Steven Rothberg of College Recruiter dig into the list of publicly-held job boards reviewed on Jeff's recent blog post, and are amazed at how many there are. The move to public happened in two ph…

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A site that isn't a job board, with jobs that can't be found on job boards! 23:39

3y ago23:39

23:39

In this episode of JobBoardGeek, we talk to Joe Meyer, the founder of ExecThread. As the name implies, this service exposes members to executive-level jobs - but these jobs aren't widely advertised, but instead come from executive search firms. Jeff Dickey-Chasins of JobBoardDoctor and Steven Rothberg of College Recruiter discover how these 'hidden…

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10 common mistakes that job boards (new and old) make 18:59

3y ago18:59

18:59

In this episode of JobBoardGeek, Jeff Dickey-Chasins talks to...himself! Yes, co-host Steven Rothberg is off working (!). Jeff digs into 10 common mistakes that job boards and recruiting sites make. He finds these mistakes tend to occur no matter which niche or geographic location the site operates in - and he offers suggestions on avoiding these m…

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On the road - an all-in-one recruitment marketing approach to finding truckers 23:25

3y ago23:25

23:25

In this episode of JobBoardGeek, we talk to Damon Levy of ClassATransport and JobsInRigs about how he helps employers find truckers. It's always been hard to find truckers, but Damon has an 'all of the above' approach that uses multiple marketing channels to keep the hiring pipelines full. Jeff Dickey-Chasins of JobBoardDoctor and Steven Rothberg o…

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Reaching disabled job seekers and changing their lives, one at a time 20:57

3y ago20:57

20:57

In this episode of JobBoardGeek, we talk to Mike Corso of disabledperson, a pioneering site for disabled job seekers. Mike talks about how the site morphed from an online magazine to a job board - and why it is set up as a non-profit. Jeff Dickey-Chasins of JobBoardDoctor and Steven Rothberg of College Recruiter learn how SEO has made the site so s…

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The Scottish are coming, the Scottish are coming! A chat with Stephen O' Donnell 22:03

3y ago22:03

22:03

In this episode of JobBoardGeek, we talk to Stephen O' Donnell, founder of the NORAs. The well-known U.K. awards program for recruiting companies has proved durable - and Stephen lets us in on its origin story. Jeff Dickey-Chasins of JobBoardDoctor and Steven Rothberg of College Recruiter also learn about the return of TAtech to live events, and wh…

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Bringing diversity to the not-so-diverse energy industry 20:37

3y ago20:37

20:37

In this episode of JobBoardGeek, we talk to Katie Mehnert of Ally Energy about how her efforts to bring diversity into the energy industry has been a challenge - but a rewarding one. She uses a combination of live events, awards, partnerships with companies, and of course her job board to pipeline candidates of diverse backgrounds into the mix of e…

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From low-touch to high-touch: one site's story 23:02

3y ago23:02

23:02

In this episode of JobBoardGeek, we talk to Noel Andrews of JobRack.eu about how his technology-focused job board pivoted from a standard job post model to a 'high touch' model that provides outsourced and specialized recruiting for clients. JobRack candidates come from Eastern Europe, which has a history of high-quality education and technological…

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Meeting the candidate where they are: the FlexJobs story 23:46

3y ago23:46

23:46

In this episode of JobBoardGeek, we talk to Sara Sutton of FlexJobs about how she founded not one, but two job boards and met with success on both. Jeff Dickey-Chasins of JobBoardDoctor and Steven Rothberg of College Recruiter ask Sara why she focused on remote and flexible jobs when almost no one else was - and why her revenue model revolves aroun…

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Don't tell your customers how to recruit! 21:24

3+ y ago21:24

21:24

In this episode of JobBoardGeek, we talk to Ian Partington of HST Hiring Group about what's changed - and hasn't - in the last 20 years of job boards and recruiting. Ian, who previously founded and ran the SimplyJobs group of job boards in the U.K., has seen a lot of changes in the industry, but he also notes niche job sites continue to be relevant…

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Blockchain meets a job board - what happens next? 24:34

3+ y ago24:34

24:34

In this episode of JobBoardGeek, we talk to Arran Stewart of Job.com about how he has married a job board to a blockchain-powered sourcing system via multiple staffing firm acquisitions. Yes, you read that right! Jeff Dickey-Chasins of JobBoardDoctor and Steven Rothberg of College Recruiter ask Arran about how the whole thing started, whether 'bloc…

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A strangely revealing Q&A with Jeff and Steven! 20:16

3+ y ago20:16

20:16

In this episode of JobBoardGeek, host Jeff Dickey-Chasins asks 3 discerning questions of co-host Steven Rothberg of College Recruiter. In return, Steven asks 3 amazing questions of Jeff. They talk of visionaries needing glasses, whether a JobBoardDoctor looks good in a white coat, and contemplate the wisdom of a Blackhawks jersey at a job board tra…

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Reinvention as a tool for success 24:27

3+ y ago24:27

24:27

In this episode of JobBoardGeek, we talk to Lee Biggins of CV Library, a fixture on the UK job board scene for decades. Jeff Dickey-Chasins of JobBoardDoctor and Steven Rothberg of College Recruiter ask Lee about his strategy of dealing with such challenges as GDPR and Brexit, and how he's used research about his candidates to create compelling PR …

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Turning Japanese: one job board's story about cross-cultural success 22:41

3+ y ago22:41

22:41

In this JobBoardGeek episode, we talk to Kasia Lynch of Nihongo Jobs, who has tackled an important but challenging market: Japanese-speaking job seekers in the U.S. How's that for a niche? Jeff Dickey-Chasins of JobBoardDoctor and Steven Rothberg of College Recruiter ask Kasia about how she came up with the idea, how she connects with employers and…

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How to turn fishing in Alaska into a job board empire 22:02

3+ y ago22:02

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This episode of JobBoardGeek investigates how Matt Lucas of JobMonkey turned a summer job in Alaska's fisheries into a series of books and a network of job boards and information hubs. Jeff Dickey-Chasins of JobBoardDoctor and Steven Rothberg of College Recruiter pepper Matt with questions - some incisive, some not - about his revenue model, how he…

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No CV? No problem! Finding candidates and employers in a challenging market 20:43

3+ y ago20:43

20:43

In this episode of JobBoardGeek, Jeff Dickey-Chasins (JobBoardDoctor) and Steven Rothberg (College Recruiter) talk with Jennifer Johansson of Placed, a mobile-first recruiting site that targets the hospitality, retail, and care sectors in the U.K. Jennifer talks about how her background in hospitality helped in designing an app that focuses on soft…

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Reeling in the years: 3 job board geeks 'geek out!' 25:45

3+ y ago25:45

25:45

In this episode, Jeff Dickey-Chasins (JobBoardDoctor) and Steven Rothberg (College Recruiter) chat with self-described job board geek Dave Jenkins, of Wave. Dave, a veteran of the U.K. recruiting scene, digs into why programmatic is slow to catch hold there, what employers and staffing firms really want, and how his company has evolved over the yea…

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The pain and joy (?) of coding your own job board 23:20

3+ y ago23:20

23:20

In this episode of JobBoardGeek, Jeff Dickey-Chasins (JobBoardDoctor) and Steven Rothberg (College Recruiter) talk to Dom Jackman, of EscapeTheCity, an U.K.-based job board for folks who are trying to 'escape the rat race'. Dom gets into how and why the site got started, and digs into some of the unusual offerings they provided for candidates (incl…

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What is a B corp and why would a job board be one? 23:04

3+ y ago23:04

23:04

This episode of JobBoardGeek features host Jeff Dickey-Chasins and co-host Steven Rothberg talking to Mac Prichard, founder of Mac's List. This unusual job board is one of the few in the world that is a B corp. We find out what that is, plus how content has really made a difference for Mac's List. Steven and Jeff speculate on why Facebook dropped t…

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Not another show about programmatic!! (Well...yes) 23:56

3+ y ago23:56

23:56

In this episode of JobBoardGeek , Jeff Dickey-Chasins goes BOGO and interviews his co-host, Steven Rothberg of College Recruiter - also known as a guy who lives and breathes programmatic job advertising. Steven delves into pay per click, pay per application, what programmatic actually is - and why a job board might use it (or not). Don't miss this …

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How to make applying for a job less painful 20:56

3+ y ago20:56

20:56

JobBoardGeek dives into the murky and sometimes confounding world of candidate experience when we interview Alex Murphy of JobSync.io. His company hopes to solve the challenge of making a job application not too hard or too easy, but just right - and improving the situation for both the job seeker and employer. Jeff also marvels at the year in job …

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The Eyes Have It: Finding candidates that are hard to see 21:21

3+ y ago21:21

21:21

JobBoardGeek talks to Brad McCorkle of Local Eyesite, a job board that focuses on the ophthalmology sector. Hosts Jeff Dickey-Chasins and Steven Rothberg learn how candidate assessments, scholarships, and yes, even an ATS, have helped Brad reach a very scarce group of candidates and employers. Jeff wonders what the pandemic has in store for the job…

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Online, offline - a job board doing whatever it takes to reach their audience 24:14

3+ y ago24:14

24:14

JobBoardGeek hosts Jeff Dickey-Chasins and Steven Rothberg talk about TextKernel's acquisition of Sovren, and then spend some time with Kathleen Smith of ClearedJobs.net. Kathleen talks about reaching candidates that were always in big demand - no matter what the employment market - and how her company uses multiple channels to reach them. This sit…

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Ditching the resume to find better candidates: one site's story 22:26

3+ y ago22:26

22:26

This episode of JobBoardGeek finds hosts Jeff Dickey-Chasins and Steven Rothberg discussing Indeed's recent record financials, and then chatting with Jonathan Samuels of the sales and tech recruiting site Ntroduced. The platform focuses on assessing candidates for fit and culture, rather than using a resume checklist. Steven also reviews the early …

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And so it begins..... 17:11

3+ y ago17:11

17:11

Host Jeff Dickey-Chasins, the JobBoardDoctor, launches JobBoardGeek, a podcast about the business of connecting candidates and employers. Co-host Steven Rothberg chimes in with a bit about his College Recruiter business. The two discuss the reach and variety of the industry, what JobBoardGeek will cover in future episodes, and why it is worth a lis…

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#7 - Making MLB the #1 Sport in America with | Improvements and Ideas | April 9, 2019 9:37

6y ago9:37

9:37

From laser strike zones to improvements on the playoff systems, Nick talks about his ideas on how to make MLB baseball a top sport in America once again.By Zules Customs

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Rivals #2: Coaches Corner Featuring Illinois College 36:33

6+ y ago36:33

36:33

Recruit Rivals Podcast Episode 2 Welcome back from the holidays! Coaches Corner with Justin Bragg; Head Coach for Illinois College College League of Legends Seeding LEC/LCK/LCS Has the rest of the world caught up to Korea? Is the Gap Closed? --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/recruitrivals/support…

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Rivals Rivals #1: Introduction 31:54

6+ y ago31:54

31:54

Recruit Rivals is the premier high school Esports recruiting platform in the world. With almost 20,000 students in our directory, a custom scoring algorithm that ranks players not just for their gaming skills but also for their academic prowess. Our job is to find great athletes, quantify their skills, and connect them with the right collegiate opp…

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#6 - The Origin story for Zules Customs | November 4, 2018 26:22

6+ y ago26:22

26:22

Justin Stybel, SUNY New Paltz Senior pitcher interviews the owner and creator of Zules Customs. From marketing, business development, entrepreneurship, customer interaction, Justin interviews Nick for his entrepreneurship class.By Zules Customs

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#5 - What's going on at Zules Customs | September 4, 2018 3:24

7y ago3:24

3:24

Take a quick listen on what we are working on! Nick talks about his progress on the new product development, giveaway etc.By Zules Customs

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Episode 1 2:58

7y ago2:58

2:58

The very first episode of The CCR Podcast!

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#4 - Make Baseball Fun Again I July 15, 2018 3:00

7y ago3:00

3:00

For all of you playing baseball take a listen to this short 3 minute? podcast and let me know your thoughts. How do you make baseball fun and how can we make the game of baseball more enjoyable and less about stats?By Zules Customs

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#3 - Brandon Stone Boston College I March 29, 2018 15:39

7y ago15:39

15:39

Here we interview Boston College true freshman Brandon Stone to top off episode 3. Brandon explains his journey to making an ACC team, the ?difference between high school and college and much more!By Zules Customs

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#2 - Brian LorRusso SUNY New Paltz I March 2, 2018 19:26

7+ y ago19:26

19:26

Here we interview SUNY New Paltz Senior Brian LorRusso to continue our podcast?. He talks about his recruiting process and some viewpoints on his college carrer.By Zules Customs

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#1 - Anthony Pantano SUNY New Paltz I February 19, 2018 15:17

7+ y ago15:17

15:17

Here we interview SUNY New Paltz Senior Anthony Pantano to kick off our first podcast ever. He talks about his time at school and what he is going to miss most once his college baseball career is over.By Zules Customs

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