As long as I've been in this industry, there have been the 'big boys'. The companies that have grabbed attention, market share, and investment. Sites like Monster, OCC, LinkedIn, Indeed, HotJobs, and CareerBuilder. They sought the #1 position and told…
The weather isn't getting much warmer, but activity in the recruitment marketing biz certainly is. We've seen new rounds of funding, launches, and acquisitions - and that's just in the last 4 weeks! So let's get to it: Addeco buys…
For the past couple of years, I've been keeping a list of job board and recruitment marketing industry 'transactions' - in other words, when companies have been bought, sold, or merged. (And in case you're wondering, I've counted 5 since…
Things have been lively in our industry over the past few weeks - news from DHI, StackOverflow, LinkedIn, and more - and not always good news at that. So let's get to it: DHI loses money and Durney: DHI saw year…
There is a tendency - in every industry, not just our own - to look for the 'next big thing'. We're talking about ground-shaking, market-changing stuff - like maybe Monster, LinkedIn, Indeed, or (even) Google. Each one of these has…
Note: The Doctor is taking a day off, so enjoy this post from last year - before Monster was sold to Randstad: Before I began this post, I had to pull my jaw off the ground. Yes, I had just learned…
What exactly is a job board? Nowadays there are many sites that run from that description - after all, it's quite unfashionable. Yet many HR and recruiting industry professional continue to use the term, so it seems worth exploring (notwithstanding my own…
In order to break my habit of writing about Google Jobs, I decided it was time for another news roundup (plus the fact that it's been a month since the last one). Not surprisingly, things have been happening. Apparently the…
"Attorney General Lisa Madigan today sent letters to six national career and job search companies over potential age discrimination violations in setting age requirements for job seekers searching career opportunities." That's from a press release sent out on March 2,…
As the year limps to an end, I thought it would be useful to take a look back on what I think were some of the key events and trends. The job board industry benefited from the growth in employment…