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,…
Hard to believe that it's been a month since the last update - lots has happened! There are new financials, acquisitions, funding, and (unfortunately) a war that's affecting Europe and much of our industry. So, without further ado, let's see what's…
As always, it's been an eventful several weeks in our industry, with StackOverflow shutting down their job board, some rebranding, Upwork making bankd, and lots of funding activity. Throw in some interesting Q4 financials and a few acquisitions, and you…
Well, I missed it - StackOverflow jobs, that is. Back in April 2021, StackOverflow announced that it was "moving away from job slots and direct hiring". This was the oldest part of their various revenue streams, and also one of…
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…
As we move closer to the traditional holiday season, you might expect to see some slowdown in industry activity - after all, some folks actually take a few days off here and there! Well, if there is a slowdown, I'm…
It's hard to believe it's been 4 weeks since the last news roundup - but it has! In the meantime, DHI has gotten weird (see last week), a bunch of companies have landed funds, and the big players like Talroo…
I used to work for Dice, the primary revenue driver for DHI. It was a long long time ago, and the job board world was very different. So take the following with a grain of salt (as in fact you…
Although much of the job board industry is privately held, there are enough publicly-owned companies to provide us with a sense of how thing are going - in other words, it's revenue time. The answer? Well, pretty good, actually -…
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!).…