Last week was a big week for industry news - and pundits. Everyone had something to say about LinkedIn and Microsoft. Except...me. Why did I wait? Well, I was getting ready for this week's JobG8 conference (branding and sales workshops,…
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…
It's the kind of letter you don't want to send or receive: "First, on behalf of the entire Simply Hired team I would like to thank you for your partnership. We have appreciated working with you and your clients. I am writing…
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…
As Valentine's Day recedes in our rear view mirror, it's time to take another look at what's been going on in the industry over the past month. There has been the usual amount of 'revolutionary' new products and a bit…
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…
I've written about Indeed's transformation in North America several times over the past five years. It added resumes, ridded itself of job board customers, and ramped up a direct sales force to tackle employer sales. It was famously acquired by the…
Last week I looked back at the industry news for 2015...but (ahem) I then realized I hadn't done a new update since November. Oops. So, without further ado, here is the last (really!) news update for 2015. I promise. Is it hot in…
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…
At the recent IAEWS meeting, several of you came up and mentioned that you enjoyed these monthly news roundups. Thanks! They are actually pretty time consuming to put together, but I find them useful as a scorecard for where our…