Job Aggregators- the new job boards??

Indeed has launched its "Indeed Resume" service, which allows candidates to upload their resumes. Job seekers can now create a resume from scratch or upload an existing resume in any common formats including Word, PDF, RTF, TXT, and HTML.

They already have a job post option, where employers can post their jobs, directly to Indeed.

What can follow next with them..
Search resumes on job aggregators?
Social network posting directly from aggregators?

Social networks, have already started competing with job boards, for job broadcasts and are well placed with larger populations in their networks. Employee referrals has also started to run on social networks. With Job aggregators, joining the competition, wondering, what can the job boards do to hold their own. Will they be at best restricted to niche boards? Will only sponsored job postings be charged, and others free? Will they have their own social networks?

Love these transformations!!

Links
Indeed resume
Add jobs to Indeed
Linkedin employee referrals 
Social Media Optimisation in recruitment- Employee referrals

Doomsday.... job boards no longer exist as a sourcing channel.

There is lot of good talk and clutter on whether the job boards will survive.

Recruiters will realise the value of the job boards once they stop using it for the simple reason that they are the easiest and most convenient source for candidates. Pull the plug on the job boards and most people (Candidates and recruiters) would freak out.

I would say if you can get away with Job boards, you can get away with agencies too. The time, resource and energy needed to maintain a competitive candidate database pool is simply not possible for a corporate recruiter/HR.Job boards are here to stay, but there has to be a change in the model.

Moving away from the product to a solutions approach will make them productive... They have the technology and resources but reliance on agencies will most probably hold them back.As a corporate recruiter you could submit your vacancy to a job board. People/technology send matching resumes and screened advert responses to your database (provided by the Job board/integrated with the Job board). An automated response management system keeps your candidates in the loop....Join hands further to track your internal referral management.
Payment/Fee structure will change but all for the good..

Here are a few good links on this subject
http://thetalentbuzz.com/2008/07/what-would-happen-if-job-boards-became-obsolete/
http://www.therecruiterslounge.com/2008/07/17/pay-to-post-verses-pay-for-performance/

Coresourcing

Job board with mapping utility : Zubed

Jim Stroud has written an informative and careful article on Zubed Jobs : a job board with a mapping utility.

Employers and Job seekers can now get in touch with each other using location and skill search for Free.

Dont think that geograhical mapping will make any difference to the quality of resumes on the job board, it would definitely increase the ease of search.

Read the ERE article "Zubed Shows You the World and the Jobs"

Free job boards: down the memory lane

This article highlights the plight of a recruiter in the face of changing job board strategies and how the romance with job boards is fading. Google gets a pat on the back as the largest free job board!!!

What Happened to Free Niche Job Sites