Although much of the job board industry is privately held, there are enough publicly-owned companies to provide us with a sense of how thing are going - in other words, it's revenue time. The answer? Well, pretty good, actually -…
It's only been a few weeks since the last roundup, but there have been acquisitions, mergers, 51Job going private, and quarterly reports a-plenty! All this, plus Eightfold's massive fund raise - so rather than blather on, let's get to the…
As you might guess, plenty of things (including Workrise) have happened since my last news roundup - not the least of which was ZipRecruiter's debut as a public company (and a valuation of $2.7B). And it seems like something happened…
Acquisitions up in 2021? By my very rough count (i.e., take it with a grain of salt!), there have been 17 acquisitions in the recruitment marketing industry since the start of the year. Considering that there had been only 9…
The big news in our industry is the impending ZipRecruiter IPO (set for the day after the Doctor's birthday - no coincidence, I am sure!). When a job board IPO shows up in the tech press, the financial press, and…
Note: This post first appeared back in 2019 - that's right, in the pre-COVID world. Yet it has plenty of relevance now, as the pace of M&A in the job board industry continues to pick up. Enjoy! Conventional wisdom would…
When job boards get big - really big - they start acting like a really big job board - in other words, like a typical big company. What does that mean? Well... They are smarter than you: It's one of those…
News is coming fast and furious this holiday season (such as Zip's IPO), and so I will unleash a (slightly) early round up of the latest job board and recruitment marketing news (Plus next week has at least a few…
As you may remember, I try to keep an eye on the acquisitions and sales in the job board industry - in other words, job board M&A. Why? Well, first of all, I always need fresh ammo for responding to…
It's an interesting time in the job board and recruitment marketing industry. The pandemic has dampened demand for certain types of work, while creating additional demand for other types. The world's economies are limping along, trying to make it to…