Fasten your safety belts, this update is going to be a long one! The amount of acquisitions, funding, expansions, and so on is truly amazing this time around. Maybe it has something to do with spring? Anyway, let's get started:…
Most job boards are privately held - that's just a fact; a minority are publicly-traded job boards. It's the same in most industries, actually. But when folks knock on my door asking about the size of the job board market,…
Hard to believe that it's been a month since the last update - lots has happened! There are new financials, acquisitions, funding, and (unfortunately) a war that's affecting Europe and much of our industry. So, without further ado, let's see what's…
If you check into my archive, you may notice that I did not predict the pandemic or anything like the shape of things to come. In fact, at times I've even said that I won't or can't predict. Ahem. So…
This episode of JobBoardGeek finds hosts Jeff Dickey-Chasins and Steven Rothberg discussing Indeed's recent record financials, and then chatting with Jonathan Samuels of the sales and tech recruiting site Ntroduced about how his site is ditching the resume. The platform…
And we thought 2020 was weird! 2021 proved to be a return to form for the job board and recruitment marketing industry - and then some. With employers clamoring for candidates, but candidates still thinking hard about whether they wanted…
Ok, I've been reporting on the job board and recruitment marketing industry for a while (ahem, 12 years!), but I'm pretty sure I've never reported on 100% growth for a job board. Well...this time I am. Check out the news…
It's been a while since I've talked about whether or not a job board or recruiting site should have resumes. Originally, almost every job board had resume databases - and they charged employers to access them. Some still do, in…
You may have noticed that my news updates are usually about 4 weeks apart. I like to gather up what's happened, give you a reliable rundown, and then talk about other things in the intervening weeks. But sometimes the news…
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 like Talroo…