Video and job boards: an unfinished story
To understand the role of video and job boards, you have to go back a bit in time. Remember 'dial up' internet? If you're lucky, you don't - but that's where we were when job boards first showed up on…
AI is affecting job boards: is this good or bad?
After a decade-long warm-up -finally -AI is affecting job boards. As I've written earlier this year, generative AI has some obvious use-cases for job boards and ATSs. In fact, if you take a darker view, generative AI may do away…
Broadbean, LinkedIn, and JobGet: news of the job board industry
As part of the continuing deconstruction of CareerBuilder, Broadbean makes the news this time around. But don't worry, there are also plenty of AI-related items, acquisitions (including a befuddling one by Twitter), and even some job board launches. In other…
The global job board world is complicated, folks!
Staffing Industry Analysts (SIA) has been covering the global job board world for a while now, and they just came out with their latest report. It says that "the value of the global online job advertising market rose 16% in…
Getting funding: good or bad?
If you read my monthly news roundup (and if you don't, you should!), you have probably noticed that a fair amount of the content is on companies getting funding. Why? Well, for one thing, big (or even moderate) money is…
CareerBuilder disintegrates and Kariera SA grows
In an announcement that is both expected and a surprise, CareerBuilder disintegrates into many smaller pieces - and it's still not the end yet! So why was this announcement expected? Three words: Apollo Global Management. The private equity firm controls…
HelloWork, ZipRecruiter, and a survey: news of the job board world
There is news this time around for optimists (see HelloWork) and pessimists (see ZipRecruiter), but mainly, there is a little bit of everything: acquisitions, funding, legislation, and product launches. Unlike last month, at least there are no new layoffs (I…
The Metaverse is dead: or, money for nothing
The Metaverse is dead, haven't you heard? It's not 'officially dead' - yet - but for all intents and purposes, it has joined the long line of over-hyped and under-performing tech that was promised to 'revolutionize everything'. Nothing like pumping…
Your job board’s future: should you offer CPA, CPC, or duration-based postings?
When thinking about your job board's future, you may be looking at the latest missteps by Indeed and Google's move into recruitment marketing and wonder: what do I do now? I mean, apart from worries about a recession that keeps…
Indeed changed its mind
Indeed changed its mind. First it said that its U.S. clients had to convert to the CPA model. Now it says that actually, they can still use CPC (although it has a new name, of course - 'branding'!). So what…