We're past Thanksgiving, and the December holidays are coming up - so it's time for some industry news! In the interim since our last report, there's been a U.S. election, Facebook has announced Jobs, and DHI/Dice has put itself up for…
Fall is in the air (at least in Iowa) but activity in the recruitment marketing space hasn't slackened. If anything, it feels like things accelerate as we get closer to the winter holidays! So let's see what's happened lately: A…
Remember department stores? I do. I remember going to Hubbards, our local version - riding up the escalator to the men's department in the 2nd floor, and of course the reverse path to the toy department in the basement. You…
Other than Monster getting sold to Randstad and Seek having a great year, nothing has happened in our industry recently, right? Umm....well, actually, a ton of stuff has gone down! So let's take a look and see what's what: Glassdoor…
It's that time again - time to round up what's happening in the job board and online recruiting industry. No summer doldrums here, though - things continue to move apace. So let's get started: JobAndTalent lands massive investment: Atomico has just…
No one can say that our industry is boring! Sure, the recent SH sale is a bit of inside baseball, but hey - this entire blog is pretty 'inside baseball!'. So I say, let's get job-board-geeky and see what's been…
There's been no discernible increase or decrease in industry activity over the past month - in other words, things are still quite busy in the job board and online recruiting industry. I'm sure LinkedIn welcomed Daylight Savings Time as a…
Geez, it was last year when I did a news roundup! Well, actually just about a month ago. But time flies...or hobbles along, or something. At any rate, things continue to happen in the online recruiting world, so I will…
The vast majority of job boards and recruiting sites are medium- or small-sized. That's just the nature of almost any industry - and certainly ours. Most sites do less than $25 million in sales annually. A minority do more - and…
It's that time of the month - time to see what happened, to whom, and how. Not surprisingly, LinkedIn makes an appearance - but there are some other surprises. Let's check it out: Monster goes a-branding: Monster is going after millennials…