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 are still,…
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…
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,…
It's an interesting time in the job board and recruitment marketing industry. The pandemic has dampened demand for certain types of work, while creating additional demand for other types. The world's economies are limping along, trying to make it to…
Time flies when you're working on survey results! It seems like just yesterday when I was rounding up the industry news - not 4 weeks ago. Not surprisingly, a lot has happened since then - including moves by Textkernel, HireVue,…
In pandemic times, four weeks feels like four months - at least that's how long it feels to me regarding the last time I wrote about the news of our industry! Yet despite the virus (or because of?), I continue…
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…
The weather isn't getting much warmer, but activity in the recruitment marketing biz certainly is. We've seen new rounds of funding, launches, and acquisitions - and that's just in the last 4 weeks! So let's get to it: Addeco buys…
What exactly is a job board? Nowadays there are many sites that run from that description - after all, it's quite unfashionable. Yet many HR and recruiting industry professional continue to use the term, so it seems worth exploring (notwithstanding my own…
It's a new year and the recruitment marketing industry is humming along. I counted 21 job board acquisitions and mergers during 2016 - which makes me wonder what will happen in 2017 (yes, I'm expecting an economic slowdown, but I've…