Elections always have consequences, but many are not obvious until long after the elected party is long gone (Iraq, anyone?). But it seems likely that the U.S. election of Donald Trump will have implications for the online recruiting industry in North…
Before Dice's problems, I used to work at Dice, as you may well know. I was employee #9, stepping into a company that had evolved from a BBS in California to a full-fledged niche job board in Des Moines. I…
Before I began this post on the automation of recruiting, I had to pull my jaw off the ground. Yes, I had just learned that Monster paid $12.5M for Jobr. That's right. An app that Monster actually spec'd out to…
Hey everyone! It's that time - time for the 2016-17 Global Recruiting Site Trends survey! As always, we need your help to get it off the ground. In addition to the usual valuable info on what job boards and recruiting sites…
NOTE: The Doctor is out this week, checking out the new TATech Conference & Expo in Las Vegas. In the meantime, here's a rerun from this summer: I was discussing Indeed with some other folks at the JobG8 conference (what a…
The news was surprising: Tegna was putting CareerBuilder up for sale. Tegna, which owns 53% of the job board (along with Tronc (aka Tribune) and McClatchy) stated that it wanted more 'financial flexibility'. In other words, time to cash out for…
Remember department stores? I do. I remember going to Hubbards, our local version - riding up the escalator to the men's department in the 2nd floor, and of course the reverse path to the toy department in the basement. You…
So, finally, it happened. Randstad, the international staffing behemoth, bought Monster last week for $429 million. Yep, million. As in several hundred million less than Monster's 2015 gross revenues. Ow. There was a lot of analysis, some of it quite good.…
NOTE: The Doctor is off this week, enjoying some R&R. This is a repeat of a post from last year that is still quite relevant. Enjoy! A few years back during the deep, dark recession, a few articles appeared about…
NOTE: The Doctor is off this week, enjoying some R&R. This is a repeat of a post from the spring that is still quite relevant. Enjoy! I've written about Indeed's transformation in North America several times over the past five years.…