Employers are in a hiring frenzy, haven't you heard? 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 story about employers that…
It feels like 2021 may be picking up some bad habits from 2020. Let's hope that changes soon! The job board industry ended the year with a decent number of acquisitions and consolidation, and January has given us more of…
As you may remember, I try to keep an eye on the acquisitions and sales in the job board industry. Why? Well, first of all, I always need fresh ammo for responding to the 'are job boards dead?' question that…
In pandemic times, four weeks feels like four months - at least that's how long it feels to me regarding the last time I wrote about the news of our industry! Yet despite the virus (or because of?), I continue…
Remember the summer of 2019? It seemed like every programmatic vendor out there was being acquired: Appcast, ClickIQ, Perengo - if there was programmatic in your offering, someone was interested in buying it. Then things calmed down a bit and…
It's the end of the year, and while some folks have already done a year in review, others are looking ahead - others being 'me'. Yes, the end of the year is merely symbolic, and a 'year' is a construct…
As in last month's update, the acquisition of programmatic companies continues apace. But there's also new investment and some quarterly results as well. Let's see what we've got!: DHI announces Q2 results: DHI announced that Dice's 2nd quarter revenues were $23.2…
Programmatic ads have been around for a while in the consumer space. If you've been in a deep dark cave for the past 5 years (and if that's the case, why are you reading this post?), a quick definition: programmatic…
There is - as always - plenty of news this month. But as you perhaps can guess from the title, the big news is Stepstone's majority stake in Appcast. More in a minute. Just remember - big news can drop…
It's been a busy month in the recruitment marketing biz (when isn't it, actually?). Acquisitions, investments, and launches as usual - plus Monster's exit from APAC. Let's take a look at what happened: iCIMS acquires TextRecruit: iCIMS, one of the major ATSs, acquired…