Job Boards vs. Programmatic Job Advertising: What’s the Difference?
Key Takeaways Job boards are destinations; programmatic is distribution. A job board is a single site where candidates search. Programmatic job advertising is technology that places your jobs across many sites at once and manages the spend for you. The pricing models...
What Is Programmatic Job Advertising? A Guide for Recruiters Getting Started
If you’ve ever paid a job board a flat fee for a 30-day posting and gotten three applicants (two unqualified), you already understand the problem programmatic job advertising was built to solve.
What HR Compliance Requirements Apply to Federal Contractors?
Key Takeaways Federal contractors with contracts of $200,000 or more are covered by VEVRAA, and $20,000 or more by Section 503—both of which remain fully enforceable despite the January 2025 rescission of Executive Order 11246. Contractors with 50 or more employees...
When Hiring Algorithms Go Unmanaged: What the Stanford Algorithmic Hiring Study Means for HR Compliance
Key Takeaways A Stanford study of 3.4 million real job applicants found that more than 25% of applications from Black candidates and nearly 15% from Asian candidates were directed to positions that produced adverse impact under Title VII standards. That risk was not...
What Is a CBO? How Federal Contractors Can Turn Community Partnerships Into Talent Pipelines
Key Takeaways Community-based organizations (CBOs) are nonprofit workforce development partners that connect federal contractors to skilled, job-ready candidates from underrepresented communities—including protected veterans, individuals with disabilities, and more....
DEAMcon26 Day 3 Recap: Pay Equity, ChatGPT, Free Sourcing Tools, and a Closing That Left Nobody Comfortable Staying Still
Key Takeaways The final day of DEAMcon26 delivered a high-density roadmap for navigating the intersection of talent acquisition, AI, and federal compliance. Key highlights included Brian Fink’s demonstration of free Google Custom Search Engines to bypass expensive...
DEAMcon26 Day 2 Recap: The Stakes Got Higher, the Conversations Got Sharper
Key Takeaways DEAMcon26 Day 2 shifted from high-level vision to ground-level reality, delivering a stark warning on the rise of AI-enhanced candidate fraud and the legal dangers of “deliberate ignorance” in EEO compliance. Key takeaways highlighted the...
DEAMcon26 Day 1 Recap: 25 Years, One Room, and a Regulatory Landscape That Isn’t Waiting for Anyone
Key Takeaways Day 1 of DEAMcon26 kicked off DirectEmployers’ 25th-anniversary celebration by navigating a high-stakes regulatory transition, highlighting a pivot from traditional OFCCP oversight to DOJ-led enforcement under the False Claims Act—underscored by...