Running a niche job site is akin to operating a successful retail store - what doesn't kill you only makes you stronger. You always have (and always will have) competitors who are bigger and better known than you. Some are…
On Friday Dice Holdings announced the purchase of FINS.com, the financial job board that powers WSJ.com and Marketwatch.com. The acquisition got me thinking: why do job boards buy other job boards? Why do they sometimes decide not to buy, but instead create…
Sometimes, job board questions pop up - particularly if you're doing a webinar! A few weeks back I was lucky enough to host a webinar (sponsored by RealMatch). I talked about the various and sundry challenges facing job boards in…
I don't know if it's inevitable that age and experience brings cynicism, but the ongoing discussion about social recruiting certainly brings out the skeptic in me. Social recruitment is about the 'conversation', the 'engagement', the 'ongoing discussion'. Umm, no. Social…
Ever wonder about job board competition? Depending on who you talk to, the phase of the moon, and the price of corn in Iowa, there are roughly 50,000 to 100,000 job boards out there. Yes, really. Why so many? There…
Ok, it's been a bit more than a month since the last news round up - I blame it on the holiday season. But now I'm working off those Christmas cookies, so here's all the news that's fit to print,…
Despite the belief that growth is good, the last 3 years have been full of challenges for companies were simply struggling to survive. So what about companies that are growing? It's been a while since I've written about the challenges…
Well, folks, it's official - there are now resumes on Indeed - and Indeed is letting anyone and everyone search their resume database. It's free - for now. Sound familiar? It does to me - after all, Indeed used the…
The best time to think about what to do when job board sales go down...is when job board sales are up. Huh? Consider this: when sales are up, you have better cash flow. You aren't frantically trying to do something…
The amazing success (and possible bubble) of LinkedIn's IPO last week got me to thinking about job board revenue models. Almost a year ago I wrote a post about how one makes money with job sites - interestingly enough, it…