As regular readers know, I gather up the most interesting and relevant job board news once a month. But sometimes I see news that just doesn't fit. It's weird, unusual or just odd. So here is a sampling of some…
In an announcement that is both expected and a surprise, CareerBuilder disintegrates into many smaller pieces - and it's still not the end yet! So why was this announcement expected? Three words: Apollo Global Management. The private equity firm controls…
A new year and some new job industry board news! (Let me see how many additional times I can put 'news' in this paragraph...). Even as we see signs that hiring is softening in some areas, there are continued demands…
Is the economy ebbing? Is hiring slowing? Based on the most recent news, not really. Last month we saw lots of acquisitions. Guess what? It continues! Some softness here and there, but nothing major - at least if you believe…
In this episode of JobBoardGeek, we talk to Joe Meyer, the founder of ExecThread. As the name implies, this service exposes members to executive-level jobs - but these jobs aren't widely advertised, but instead come from executive search firms. Jeff Dickey-Chasins of…
Most job boards are privately held - that's just a fact; a minority are publicly-traded job boards. It's the same in most industries, actually. But when folks knock on my door asking about the size of the job board market,…
And we thought 2020 was weird! 2021 proved to be a return to form for the job board and recruitment marketing industry - and then some. With employers clamoring for candidates, but candidates still thinking hard about whether they wanted…
It's been kind of busy around here lately. As you probably saw, the 2021-22 Recruiting Site Trends Survey Results are out - some interesting stuff there. And yes, news keeps happening in our industry (like Byteboard)! So it's time for…
The weather's hot in my neck of the woods - and the pace of activity in the job board industry is blistering. Big news on the funding and acquisitions front this time, plus lots of other interesting tidbits (like Doximity!).…
When job boards get big - really big - they start acting like a really big job board - in other words, like a typical big company. What does that mean? Well... They are smarter than you: It's one of those…