DHI did what??? I am so confused…
I used to work for Dice, the primary revenue driver for DHI. It was a long long time ago, and the job board world was very different. So take the following with a grain of salt (as in fact you…
Jobillico, Seek, and eTeki: news of the recruitment marketing industry
Apart from the revenue reports that appear every quarter, it's been a busy last few weeks in the job board and recruitment marketing industry - especially for Jobillico! We've seen some interesting funding raised, a few acquisitions, and a few…
Things are STILL mostly looking up: revenue roundup, part 2
Last week I gathered revenue updates from a number of publicly held job boards to see if there was a common thread. This revenue roundup seemed to indicate there was - it seems that revenue is up (even for beleaguered…
Things are looking up: it’s revenue time!
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 -…
Odds and ends: mercenaries, LinkedIn, and CPA
Sometimes (well, perhaps more often than not) I see news and trends and events that don't really merit a full post - but definitely are what I think of as interesting. So guess what? This is the official 'odds and…
Doximity explodes, PandoLogic sells: news of the job board industry
The weather's hot in my neck of the woods - and the pace of activity in the job board industry is blistering. Big news on the funding and acquisitions front this time, plus lots of other interesting tidbits (like Doximity!)…
Saying versus doing – what Google, LinkedIn, and Indeed are really telling us
As a mentor of mine often told me, 'It's not what they say, it's what they do.' She was trying to help me in my efforts to be a better salesperson - but her observation holds for the job board…
Eightfold, LinkedIn, and 51Job: news of the recruitment marketing industry
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…
Stack sells, Workrise rises: news of the recruitment marketing world
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 – why?
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…