DHI did what??? I am so confused…
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…
Jobillico, Seek, and eTeki: news of the recruitment marketing industry
Apart from the revenue reports that appear every quarter, it's been a busy last few weeks in the job board and recruitment marketing industry. We've seen some interesting funding raised, a few acquisitions, and a few other developments. Curious? Well,…
Things are STILL mostly looking up: revenue roundup, part 2
Last week I gathered revenue updates from a number of publicly held job boards to see if there was a common thread. There was - it seems that revenue is up (even for beleaguered DHI!). But I noted that several…
Things are looking up: it’s revenue time!
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 with regard to revenue. The answer? Well, pretty good, actually - and much better…
Doximity explodes, PandoLogic sells: news of the job board industry
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. Let's get…
When building your revenue model, think about your audience(s)!
Note: The Doctor is still picking up unexploded fireworks from his Fourth of July celebration - so enjoy this post from the archives! One of the most popular posts I've written is about generating revenue. So my readers are interested…
Eightfold, LinkedIn, and 51Job: news of the recruitment marketing industry
It's only been a few weeks since the last roundup, but there have been acquisitions, mergers, and quarterly reports a-plenty! All this, plus Eightfold's massive fund raise - so rather than blather on, let's get to the news. Eightfold AI…
Stack sells, Workrise rises: news of the recruitment marketing world
As you might guess, plenty of things have happened since my last news roundup - not the least of which was ZipRecruiter's debut as a public company (and a valuation of $2.7B). And it seems like something happened with StackOverflow,…
Acquisitions up in 2021 – why?
By my very rough count (i.e., take it with a grain of salt!), there have been 17 acquisitions in the recruitment marketing industry since the start of the year. Considering that there had been only 9 acquisitions for the same…
Does the ZipRecruiter IPO even matter?
The big news in our industry is the impending ZipRecruiter IPO (set for the day after the Doctor's birthday - no coincidence, I am sure!). When a job board IPO shows up in the tech press, the financial press, and…