Industry news about the job board and recruitment marketing sector
Google backs off? I guess I wasn't as surprised as some folks - but perhaps I'm just too cynical! Still, the apparent retreat of the Google job ads offering was only one bit of a lot of news in the…
Job board AI implementations are picking up - as I thought they might. I last wrote about this in July, and since then I've seen a steady wave of AI-related announcements. Some of this is just 'getting on the bandwagon',…
X is hurting - ok, that's not really news. But the fact that LinkedIn is benefiting? Well, that is! I think it's one sign of instability in the ad market - and of course we know that on top of…
Today we're looking at 2023: the job board year in review. Why? Well, it was a heck of a year, to be honest. 2022 was a very strong year for employment and job boards, if you remember, and there was…
Now, why would I call pay per application Indeed's New Coke? Well, let's look back to one of the worst product launches ever - Coke's, not Indeed! As per Wikipedia, in 1985 Coke had been losing market share to Pepsi,…
What a surprise - Upwork revenue up, Fiverr revenue up, and Indeed and Glassdoor revenue down. Notice anything there, such as freelancer sites seem to be doing better than their traditional job counterparts? Of course there are other ups and…
Layoffs are always news (of the unpleasant sort), and news that LinkedIn lays off staff is pretty big news. They're not the only one, though (looking at you, Stepstone). However, there is also news of funding, acquisitions, and new product…
Indeed's AI future was the subject of a recent talk by Chris Hyams, CEO of Indeed, at the company's FutureWorks conference. Indeed - in case you've forgotten - is the largest job board in the world, and thus what it…
It's an interesting environment when Seek job ads slide, multiple companies raise funds and two sites shut down, isn't it? Well, no one goes into business to get bored! Let's take a look at what's happened lately: Seek job ads…
It's another month and we get to see how Borderless raises funds, X tries to do job ads, and Recruiter.com is selling their domain. Just as lively as last month, to my mind. And yes, there were a few acquisitions…