During times of market tightening or periods of market instability, recruitment technology vendors must respond, but it is too often done reactively. The best understand how market trends shift over time, know markets expand and constrict, and approach shifts in…
Last week, ZipRecruiter announced its acquisition of Breakroom, a UK-based employer review platform focused on frontline industries such as retail and hospitality. This move signals ZipRecruiter’s need to improve the quality of job search data by cutting through the noise…
So here’s the scoop—I'm feeling pretty heavy-hearted. Just got wind of iCIMS slashing jobs in the US, with Europe next on the chopping block come September. And Qualifi's layoffs last month? A real gut punch— to some truly stellar talent…
As I read Jeff’s “see ya later” post last week, it hit me like a ton of bricks. Next week, the content you’ve loved for the past 15 years falls on a New Job Board Doctor—me. Yeah, I’ve got some…
In March of 2009, I published my first JobBoardDoctor post. Was it any good? Well, you can judge for yourself - but I set out a clear task for myself: I wanted job boards to be better. What I promised…
The news is rolling in - witness the items on Toptal and Freelance.ca acquisitions. So I'm putting in an extra news edition to handle it! Be sure to check out the final item on Jobright with an interesting application of…
You've probably already heard about the 'merger' of CareerBuilder and Monster. It's actually Apollo Global Management acquiring a controlling share of Monster, and Randstad backing out of the job board business. This news comes on the heels of reports concerning…
Acquisitions seem to be in the air - see Bullhorn acquires Textkernel, for example. Or Jobtoolz, or NetJobs, or... You get the idea. And could it be that Indeed's traffic is falling? Read on to find out: Jobtoolz acquires Hirehive: Belgian-based…
Indeed gets into staffing. Sound familiar? Of course it does. The company introduced Indeed Flex roughly five years ago (via the acquisition of UK staffing platform Syft) as their foray into the world of staffing - specifically tech staffing. And…
Pop quiz: which of the following will increase job board profitability the most? A) Individual job postings B) Regular 'special deals' events C) Annual or semi-annual job posting/resume access subscriptions I’m betting that most of you answered (C). Because it's true:…