Change is good
In March of 2009, I published my first JobBoardDoctor post. Was it any good? Well, you can judge for yourself - but I set out a clear task for myself: I wanted job boards to be better. What I promised…
Toptal and Freelance.ca acquisitions, and other news of the job board industry
The news is rolling in - witness the items on Toptal and Freelance.ca acquisitions. So I'm putting in an extra news edition to handle it! Be sure to check out the final item on Jobright with an interesting application of…
Thoughts about CareerBuilder and Monster, Indeed, Seek – and you
You've probably already heard about the 'merger' of CareerBuilder and Monster. It's actually Apollo Global Management acquiring a controlling share of Monster, and Randstad backing out of the job board business. This news comes on the heels of reports concerning…
Bullhorn acquires Textkernel and other news of the job board industry
Acquisitions seem to be in the air - see Bullhorn acquires Textkernel, for example. Or Jobtoolz, or NetJobs, or... You get the idea. And could it be that Indeed's traffic is falling? Read on to find out: Jobtoolz acquires Hirehive: Belgian-based…
Indeed gets into staffing – for real this time
Indeed gets into staffing. Sound familiar? Of course it does. The company introduced Indeed Flex roughly five years ago (via the acquisition of UK staffing platform Syft) as their foray into the world of staffing - specifically tech staffing. And…
Subscriptions build job board profits
Pop quiz: which of the following will increase job board profitability the most? A) Individual job postings B) Regular 'special deals' events C) Annual or semi-annual job posting/resume access subscriptions I’m betting that most of you answered (C). Because it's true:…
Seek is exiting Latin America
After several years of underperformance by its job boards in Brazil and Mexico, it is not a surprise that Seek is exiting Latin America. To be clear, there is not a Seek-labeled site in Latin America; rather, there are several…
Online job ad revenue shrinks and other news of the job board industry
Yes, you read that right: online job ad revenue shrinks, at least according to a new report. Not the way I usually like to start the news roundup - and you'll see that plenty of sites are showing revenue growth…
How Google’s AI overviews could screw job boards – or Google
By now you may have run into Google's AI overviews - summaries of text thrown up in answer to your query. Google rolled these overviews out to a certain number of search queries, although they haven't reveal which types of queries…
Indeed layoffs and Recruit’s revenue – markers for the industry?
By now you've probably heard of the Indeed layoffs and Recruit's revenue decline. If not: Indeed laid off 1000 employees on May 13, a cut of about 8% of the total workforce. This follows a layoff in March of 2023…