The big news in our industry is the impending ZipRecruiter IPO (set for the day after the Doctor's birthday - no coincidence, I am sure!). When a job board IPO shows up in the tech press, the financial press, and…
Wouldn't you know that right after my last news roundup, ZipRecruiter decided to fess up about an IPO! It's been an eventful couple of weeks for the job board and recruitment marketing industry (seems like I've been saying that a…
Employers are in a hiring frenzy, haven't you heard? The growing hiring frenzy! Perhaps you've seen it via a surge of postings and recruiting activity on your own site - or a competitor's. Perhaps you've read some version of the…
There has been a veritable firehose of news on the recruitment marketing and job board industry over the past few weeks - so I thought it was time to catch up. What kind of news? Acquisitions, MedReps, movie stars (!), sales,…
The last installment of our news roundup was full of positive news, with more funding, more profits, iHire, and even more M&A. You had to wonder - was it a freak event? Or a sign of more good news to…
Think back to when you were young, attending a new school for the first time. Your nerves are on full alert, and you're busy trying to read the new faces - to identify who might be a future friend, and to…
Note: This post first appeared back in 2019 - that's right, in the pre-COVID world. Yet it has plenty of relevance now, as the pace of M&A in the job board industry continues to pick up. Enjoy! Conventional wisdom would…
Another month, another bundle of industry news! This time around, lots of revenue up, Indeed has big news, Fiverr continues to thrive, and acquisitions continue apace. Hang on, this roundup will be a long one. Let's get started: Upwork's revenue…
Remember shaking a person's hand? Going to a conference? Entering a building without masking up? This is moving from digital to analog. It may be hard to believe, but sometime over the next year, that world will reemerge. It won't be…
As we move into Year 2 of the pandemic, some things have changed about the world and the job board market. There is not just one, but multiple vaccines that have been shown to greatly limit death or hospitalization due…