It's impossible to escape holiday music. Radio stations begin playing it in October, Christmas muzak flows out from countless store speakers, and each new generation of popular singers do their best to create their own ultimate holiday recording (because, of…
Last week I looked at some of the bigger stories from 2016 - ranging from Facebook Jobs to Microsoft/LinkedIn. But I led off with Indeed's move into tech staffing. Why? Because I actually think that it will have a more significant long…
As the year limps to an end, I thought it would be useful to take a look back on what I think were some of the key events and trends. The job board industry benefited from the growth in employment…
We're past Thanksgiving, and the December holidays are coming up - so it's time for some industry news! In the interim since our last report, there's been a U.S. election, Facebook has announced Jobs, and DHI/Dice has put itself up for…
Before we discuss Facebook jobs, let's start with a number: 1.79 billion. And that is? The number of Facebook users. Why is that important? Facebook is rolling out (slowly) a Jobs Tab feature for company pages. It's early days still,…
Elections always have consequences, but many are not obvious until long after the elected party is long gone (Iraq, anyone?). But it seems likely that the U.S. election of Donald Trump will have implications for the online recruiting industry in North…
Before Dice's problems, I used to work at Dice, as you may well know. I was employee #9, stepping into a company that had evolved from a BBS in California to a full-fledged niche job board in Des Moines. I…
As the temperature drops and coats appear, it seems that the digital recruiting biz keeps chugging away. We've had some interesting developments, including Amazon's move into job ads and Craigslist charging for the same - but I'm getting ahead of…
Before I began this post on the automation of recruiting, I had to pull my jaw off the ground. Yes, I had just learned that Monster paid $12.5M for Jobr. That's right. An app that Monster actually spec'd out to…
It's been a couple of months since I looked at interesting/new sites, so I think it's time for a new round. In addition to the usual job boards and recruiting sites, I'm going to venture into a few other areas…