Before and after: that's how I (and many people I've spoken with) think about the global pandemic. Suffice it to say that my most recent 3 posts since the last news round up have focused relentlessly on how COVID-19 is…
Will March come in like a lion and out like a lamb? I have no idea, but I can tell you what happened in February! As is often the case in our industry, there was lots of funding, acquisitions, and a few…
Although the job board and recruitment marketing industry is sizable - estimated at $22 billion worldwide - most of the companies involved are privately held. So when the few publicly held sites put out their quarterly reports, industry observers scrutinize…
Remember the summer of 2019? It seemed like every programmatic vendor out there was being acquired: Appcast, ClickIQ, Perengo - if there was programmatic in your offering, someone was interested in buying it. Then things calmed down a bit and…
If you read my news updates, you might begin to think that everyone is getting funded and/or launching a new service. Part of this is what I have called the 'excitement of the new' - we want to hear about…
It's a new year, and that means - more news! I hope you had a great holiday season (and actually took some time off, too). What will 2020 bring for the job board and recruitment marketing industry? Well, let's see…
Every week (well, more or less), a new JobBoardDoctor post appears. Some are more popular than others. I've been doing this long enough to know that if I put 'Google', 'Facebook', or 'LinkedIn' in the title, that particular post will…
We're coming up on the end of 2019 - and (not surprisingly) there is, as always, more news to report. The job board and recruitment marketing industry has had a busy year. What did the last few weeks bring? Well...let's…
My monthly news roundups invariably feature a number of companies that have received funding from venture capitalists and other types of investors. Going through funding rounds - which was pretty much non-existent during the first few decades of the industry…
If you're in South America, South Africa, or southern Australia, it's spring right now. However, if you're in Iowa (like me), winter has begun. So what better way to cope with the weather than to check out the latest news…