Joel Cheesman Bio

Joel Cheesman is a well-known blogger of online recruitment topics, speaker, entrepreneur and agent of change in the world of Internet recruitment advertising and human resources.

Joel began his career in the world of Internet job sites and e-marketing with industry pioneer E.span in 1997, which later became JobOptions. He was also employed by local niche board CareerBoard through 2005.

As an employee and insider of online job sites since 1997, Joel founded HRSEO in response to growing opportunity to help employers learn what the big job sites already know: Search engines rule.

Joel is an evangelist of search engine optimization and other emerging technologies and teacher of employers who want to outsmart their competition, drive targeted candidates to their openings, and greatly reduce recruitment budgets.

Joel is special consultant to .jobs, the organization overseeing the sales, marketing and distribution of the dot-jobs domain.

Of Joel, recruitment industry guru John Sumser said, “Cheesman is applying [search engine marketing] ideas to our market. The tagline ‘You don't need Monster when you have Google’ says it all. While we're more inclined to think that every toolkit needs a full set of tools, we acknowledge the right of screwdriver manufacturers to claim that they have the only required tool.

”That said, Cheesman's blog is a bit of fresh air. His company is a much needed addition. Nice job.”

More buzz:

• "The SEO Master."
  - Jason Davis, President, Recruiting.com
  
  
• "The Employment Industry's very own SEO expert."
  - John Sumser, Interbiznet
  
  
• "Joel, one of the smartest guys in the business, and someone that I read daily ..."
  - David Manaster, President, ERExchange
  
  
• "Others make claims to similar knowledge but they aren't fit to scrape the jobs beneath his feet."
  - Canadian Headhunter, Recruiting.com
  
  
• "... there are few savvier online experts than Joel Cheesman at HRSEO."
  - Marc Cenedella, President, TheLadders.com


• "Cheesman is the industry's leading speculator in chief. Smart guy."
  - Jason Goldberg, Founder and CEO, Jobster


• "I also heard Joel speak a few months ago in Boston, and he’s a crazy smart guy."
  - Gretchen Ledgard, Marketing Manager, Staffing, Microsoft


• "Joel Cheesman’s content is well written, relevant and imminently readable. He provides value and builds his brand all at the same time. I think Joel’s blog typifies what is possible for small and large businesses everywhere."
  - Jeff Hunter, Director, Global Talent Technology, Electronic Arts, Inc.


• "I read [Joel's] blog with interest as do beaucoup other folks. He has a fun style to go along with insights that clearly mark him as a keen observer of the recruiting world in general and the online space in particular."
  - Dave Opton, CEO and Founder, ExecuNet


• "Joel knows the jobs business like no other. He keeps a keen eye on the happenings of the Internet and how it relates to people finding jobs and companies finding good people. His blog is the one of the best around."
  - Josh Akers, Regional VP, Job Central