This brief history of job boards isn't complete by any means, but thanks to John Sumser, Eric Shannon, Wikipedia, Chris Russell, and others, it covers the basics (I hope!). Amazing how far we've come in 22 years! [Want to…
'Frankenstorm' is washing ashore, an election is in the offing - yet things keep happening in our online recruiting industry, too. That's good, I guess - I wouldn't want anyone (especially myself) getting bored. So here is my round up of…
It's been a busy couple of weeks - first we discovered that Recruit bought Indeed, then Doostang bought JobFox, and then many of the heavyweights in the online recruiting world rolled into Chicago for HR Tech. Geez! What's next? Rather…
Running a niche job site is akin to operating a successful retail store - what doesn't kill you only makes you stronger. You always have (and always will have) competitors who are bigger and better known than you. Some are…
These are exciting times for the online recruiting industry - acquisitions (Jobs2Web, Bullhorn), IPOs (LinkedIn), and flame-outs (BranchOut). The majority of job boards I talk with are experiencing very strong business (and revenues), despite a frustratingly slow recovery. But there's been a…
Another month flown by, another round of activity in job board industry news, including a possible flameout by BranchOut, a lost Monster suitor, and the possibility of an aggregator IPO. Interested? Read on!: Evenbase launches JobsiteWhite: Evenbase, the newly named…
Sometimes, job board questions pop up - particularly if you're doing a webinar! A few weeks back I was lucky enough to host a webinar (sponsored by RealMatch). I talked about the various and sundry challenges facing job boards in…
It's time to dig into the past month or so and see what interesting, unusual, and mind-blowing job board news has happened of note in the online recruiting and job board world. Let's see, now.... Jobvite and JobTarget team up: Clients…
The data is still rolling in (and I'm a bit behind), but after 190 (yes, that's right - 190) responses, I believe we have some very good information about the state of the job board industry in 2012. The full…
Man, time flies when you're blogging. It's been a while since the last news roundup, and a few things have happened. Like: Is Monster on the block? Or not?: Well, I don't know. But rumor (and Sal Iannuzzi) has it…