A large percentage of what is billed as 'new' is actually just repackaged - as we will see in this examination of people aggregation. For example, think about LinkedIn: is it really the first social recruiting site, or simply a…
The economy is slowly but steadily rebounding (more or less), and this seems to be driving more activity of all types in the online recruiting space. Let's see what's happening!: Dice starts a buy-back: Dice Holdings, Inc. today announced that its Board…
So another year has come and gone. Amazingly enough, job boards aren't dead (but if you feel the urge to write about it anyway, here's a handy guide). There's been a surprising amount of activity in this relatively mature industry,…
As 2013 draws to a close, it's a good time to take one last look at what is actually going on in the job board industry. More acquisitions, revelations, and developments, actually - so let's take a look: JobsInLogistics acquires…
It's that time to take a look at what's been happening in the job board industry over the past month. All I can say is - more than you might imagine. So let's get started: Dice's ex-CEO sells stock: Dice Holdings…
I got caught up in surveys and what not (What? You haven't seen the 2013 Job Board Trends survey?) and fell a bit behind on the news. So here is the latest and greatest in the far-flung world of online…
Hey, it's the end of the year (almost) and time to take a look at the 10 mind-blowing earth-shattering things that happened in 2012. Did anything? Well, actually, yes - quite a bit. Apart from an election, a (slowly) recovering…
This brief history of job boards isn't complete by any means, but thanks to John Sumser, Eric Shannon, Wikipedia, Chris Russell, and others, it covers the basics (I hope!). Amazing how far we've come in 22 years! [Want to…
'Frankenstorm' is washing ashore, an election is in the offing - yet things keep happening in our online recruiting industry, too. That's good, I guess - I wouldn't want anyone (especially myself) getting bored. So here is my round up of…
It's been a busy couple of weeks - first we discovered that Recruit bought Indeed, then Doostang bought JobFox, and then many of the heavyweights in the online recruiting world rolled into Chicago for HR Tech. Geez! What's next? Rather…