Industry news about the job board and recruitment marketing sector
In completely surprising news and despite a strong American economy and labor market, the country has chosen Donald Trump to return to the White House in demonstrable shifts to the right seen across the entirety of the voting populous. US…
Alright, grab some popcorn because we’re diving into the ups, downs, fines, and artificial makeovers of the recruitment world. Let’s talk about ZipRecruiter, LinkedIn, and a few others all trying to navigate the today's chaotic job and labor markets. First…
This week at the Job Board Doctor, we are wrapping up the last of the fall conference season live from NOLA, at Outsolve’s inaugural HR Gumbo conference. In the spirit of our pure exhaustion, and yours too, let’s look at…
LinkedIn, the career-oriented social platform best known for being a repository of resumes and stiff headshots, has dipped its toes into the niche territory of freelancing, as seen with the expansion of its Services Marketplace. It’s quite the strategic pivot…
Another big week in TA/HR Tech news! Yesterday, Appcast announced that Matt Molinari, currently the Chief Operating Officer, will become the Chief Executive Officer on January 1, 2025. He succeeds Chris Forman, the founder and CEO, who will retire after…
Starting the final sprint of the fall conference season, I caught up with familiar faces at the second annual RecFest USA festival. And because Human Resources and Talent Acquisition conferences are never-ending, I’ll be reuniting with more new and old...err..mature…
My name is Alexander, and I advise job boards, aggregators and ATS platforms on SEO, Google Jobs optimization and AI. As part of my work, I monitor Google for various signals related to ranking. Last week, I noticed some significant…
Google for Jobs is a job search service offered by Google, which kicked off in the US in 2017. By 2018, it had invaded the EU market and then waltzed into universal search results in 2019. Unsurprisingly, the launch of…
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…