If 2020 was the year of collapse and rebirth, then 2021 was the year of bounce-back. So what was 2023? For many job boards, it was the best year ever. Combine labor shortages, continuing demand for goods and services, a major land…
Well, hardly anything has happened since the last roundup - except for a major election in the U.S., thousands of layoffs at Meta and Twitter, and lots of positive (and a few negative) financial reports from job boards around the…
If you read my monthly news roundup (and if you don't, you should!), you have probably noticed that much of the content covers companies getting funding. Why? Well, for one thing, big (or even moderate) money is interesting. Funding can…
As we get deeper into September, we're seeing continued positive revenue growth from most - not all - job boards and recruitment sites, just like last time. Yes, of course companies are still raising money, and buying each other, and…
Snagajob, the Richmond, Virginia-based job board for hourly workers, laid off about 40 employees in the past week. According to CEO Mathieu Stevenson, “We recently had to make difficult decisions that impacted approximately 40 individuals in Richmond in response to…
A lot of job board news has happened since the last news roundup! So much for the dog days of summer, eh? Of course, it's not summer everywhere (looking at you, Australia!), so maybe that why things have been lively.…
A veritable flood of financial reports for Q2 2022 just came out, and they are - in a word - up. Now, remember that these summaries are by definition backward-looking, but it appears that despite worries in certain sectors about…
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…
Sometimes, it seems like the industry news is pretty random - and sometimes, it seems to be trending in a particular direction. As we saw in last month's roundup, there were - along with the usual funding rounds - a…
It's been a challenging few years, hasn't it? First a worldwide pandemic, which in turn caused an economic crash, which was followed by an economic boom, which fueled an already-existing labor crunch. The shortage of workers (or workers with the…