Google job ads are here – now what?
On March 1, Google job ads came into the hiring world like a lion. Ok, not really - but it made a great opening sentence, eh? No, the first sighting of Google job ads (thanks to Tom Chevalier!) seems more…
What you can learn from Indeed’s CPA rollout
How did Indeed's CPA rollout go? Well...take a look at these TrustPilot comments. Or read this AIM Group article. Or listen to this Chad and Cheese podcast. Or listen to Steven Rothberg and Peter Zollman. Or...well, you get the picture.…
Beamery, StepStone, and Xing: the latest job board industry news
A new year and some new job industry board news! (Let me see how many additional times I can put 'news' in this paragraph...). Even as we see signs that hiring is softening in some areas, there are continued demands…
Facebook dies, Beamery scores, and LinkedIn wins: news of the job board industry
It's the end of the year - but not the end of job board industry news. Strange thing, that - the clock just keeps ticking on, doesn't it? In addition to a confirmation that Jobs on Facebook is really, really dead,…
The 2022-23 survey results are in – check them out!
The results are in – and things have changed a bit from 2021! Folks seem considerably more optimistic about their businesses - although perhaps not so optimistic about the economy. The survey, which included respondents from every area of the globe…
What if your job board got funding?
If you read my monthly news roundup (and if you don't, you should!), you have probably noticed that much of the content covers companies getting funding. Why? Well, for one thing, big (or even moderate) money is interesting. Funding can…
Acquisitions, TheMuse, and CareerBeacon: news of the job board industry
Amid reports of market softening but also lots of acquisitions, I have also seen what I would call 'employer swapping' - workers who are laid off by one company being immediately recruited to work at another company. Why? Well, folks,…
Snagajob layoffs: is it about the economy – or the company?
Snagajob, the Richmond, Virginia-based job board for hourly workers, laid off about 40 employees in the past week. According to CEO Mathieu Stevenson, “We recently had to make difficult decisions that impacted approximately 40 individuals in Richmond in response to…
The hiring – and the revenue – keeps going up
A veritable flood of financial reports for Q2 2022 just came out, and they are - in a word - up. Now, remember that these summaries are by definition backward-looking, but it appears that despite worries in certain sectors about…
Acquisition mania: news of the job board and recruitment marketing industry
Sometimes, it seems like the industry news is pretty random - and sometimes, it seems to be trending in a particular direction. As we saw in last month's roundup, there were - along with the usual funding rounds - a…