Management: Joel Cheesman

Joel Cheesman joined the Jobing.com team in September 2009 as Senior Vice President, focusing his expertise on enhancing Jobing.com's activities with online marketing including SEO, SEM, content, blogs, video publishing and interactive marketing.

Joel began working in the recruitment space in 1997 for one of the first job boards, e.span (later re-branded under the name JobOptions), a sister company of NAS Recruitment Communications. In 2000 the company moved its base in Indianapolis to Cleveland. Spherion acquired the company in 2001.

In 2002, Joel transitioned to a locally-focused job board in the Cleveland market where he oversaw the entire marketing function for the organization. His passion for this niche grew and he launched the Cheesman Group in 2005 to provide consulting services to employment-related businesses interested in expanding their marketing presence online.

As part of his own marketing efforts for the Cheesman Group, Joel launched Cheezhead.com as a recruitment industry blog to help drive interests of his business. What began as a marketing tool for his company became one of the most recognized and respected blogs in the recruitment industry. Joel gained notoriety as one of the most widely-read bloggers on emerging recruitment issues. His blog was the recipient of Recruiting.com’s Best Technology Recruitment Blog award in 2005, the award for Best Recruiting Blog in 2007 and ranked at or near No. 1 on Fistful of Talent's Power Rankings through much of 2008-9.

Joel is a recognized professional speaker in the industry with topics focusing on recruitment best practices and online marketing strategies. Joel has been featured in Fast Company magazine, as well as Workforce Management, AIRS, Crain’s Business, BusinessWeek Magazine, Resumes for Dummies, U.S. News & World Report and The Wall Street Journal (print addition).

Joel is a graduate of Ball State University. In addition to being an employment industry junkie, Joel’s an avid fan of sports, music and good food, particularly Mexican. He resides in Phoenix with his wife Laura, son Cole, daughter Stella and their three cats, Nacho, Nonami and Chili.

You can follow Joel at twitter.com/cheezhead or connect at facebook.com/joelcheesman.