Almost everyone in the job board industry either uses aggregators - or has in the past. It's just a fact of job board life. But recent developments (LinkedIn and Monster aggregating job postings) and the ascension of Indeed to the…
During my work life, first in the software industry, next in the publishing industry, and finally in online recruiting, I've noticed some ongoing behavioral characteristics that seem to cut across many types of business. For example, there are always the…
A couple weeks back, a short article ran in ERE about Indeed: the world's largest job search engine is investing in a multi-million dollar advertising campaign to raise awareness of its brand and services. Now, why does that sound familiar?…
Once, in a world far, far away (i.e., the 1990s), Monster beat its chest and claimed to be the biggest and best source for online jobs in the world, bar none. Then, last week, Monster - diminished, no longer for…
Some interesting developments over the past month, including a new round of financials from the publicly-held job boards and some VC money going into the market - in other words, lots of job board money. Let's take a look: Work4…
Winter is fading (kind of) and plenty has happened during the past month and a half. So pull out your t-shirts and sandals, and let's take a look at the latest in the online recruiting and job board world!: Surprise!…
The first hints of fall are in the air - unless you live in south Texas or Florida, that is. The world of online recruiting, however, has not taken either a summer or fall break. LinkedIn in particular seems to…
It's summer - hot, sultry, and full of online recruiting activity. Here in Iowa we've gone from spring floods to drought in just 45 days (looks like the floods moved to Missouri). So without further ado, let's see what's been…
Things have been happening in our neck of the industry, and it's about time I ran them down. And yes, theoretically it's almost spring, although you'd never know it from the snowfall we had today! So with further ado, the…
Hey, it's a new year, which means - well, I don't know! But some stuff did happen in the past 30-40 days, so let's take a look at how the industry is faring: Quora and LinkedIn integrate: In a StackOverflow-like…