Stealing ideas from LinkedIn
Stealing ideas has a long and storied history. I would argue that it's fundamental to humanity. You see a neighbor use an iron bar to lever up a rock, and you think, 'hey, that looks a lot easier than digging! I…
Take the 2016-17 Recruiting Site Trends survey!
Hey everyone! It's that time - time for the 2016-17 Global Recruiting Site Trends survey! As always, we need your help to get it off the ground. In addition to the usual valuable info on what job boards and recruiting sites…
LinkedIn sues, Zip raises: news of the recruitment marketing world
Fall is in the air (at least in Iowa) but activity in the recruitment marketing space hasn't slackened. If anything, it feels like things accelerate as we get closer to the winter holidays! So let's see what's happened lately: A…
Job postings are commodities…so what’s next?
NOTE: The Doctor is out this week, checking out the new TATech Conference & Expo in Las Vegas. In the meantime, here's a rerun from this summer: I was discussing Indeed with some other folks at the JobG8 conference (what a…
CareerBuilder for sale!: big company shenanigans and the rest of us
The news was surprising: Tegna was putting CareerBuilder up for sale. Tegna, which owns 53% of the job board (along with Tronc (aka Tribune) and McClatchy) stated that it wanted more 'financial flexibility'. In other words, time to cash out for…
Job boards and department stores
Remember department stores? I do. I remember going to Hubbards, our local version - riding up the escalator to the men's department in the 2nd floor, and of course the reverse path to the toy department in the basement. You…
SEEK soars, Cheezhead returns, and other news of the online recruiting world
Other than Monster getting sold to Randstad and Seek having a great year, nothing has happened in our industry recently, right? Umm....well, actually, a ton of stuff has gone down! So let's take a look and see what's what: Glassdoor…
Monster: not with a bang, but a whimper
So, finally, it happened. Randstad, the international staffing behemoth, bought Monster last week for $429 million. Yep, million. As in several hundred million less than Monster's 2015 gross revenues. Ow. There was a lot of analysis, some of it quite good.…
Getting the knack, or a tasty hire? New and unusual recruiting sites!
Although I looked at new and unusual recruiting sites a month ago, here I am again with a new batch. Why? Well, honestly, because our industry seems quite prolific in generating new businesses! As is often the case, I will…
Zombie job boards (will never die)
NOTE: The Doctor is off this week, enjoying some R&R. This is a repeat of a post from last year that is still quite relevant. Enjoy! A few years back during the deep, dark recession, a few articles appeared about…