Snagajob, the Richmond, Virginia-based job board for hourly workers, laid off about 40 employees in the past week. According to CEO Mathieu Stevenson, “We recently had to make difficult decisions that impacted approximately 40 individuals in Richmond in response to…
A lot of job board news has happened since the last news roundup! So much for the dog days of summer, eh? Of course, it's not summer everywhere (looking at you, Australia!), so maybe that why things have been lively.…
A veritable flood of financial reports for Q2 2022 just came out, and they are - in a word - up. Now, remember that these summaries are by definition backward-looking, but it appears that despite worries in certain sectors about…
Is the economy ebbing? Is hiring slowing? Based on the most recent news, not really. Last month we saw lots of acquisitions. Guess what? It continues! Some softness here and there, but nothing major - at least if you believe…
Sometimes, it seems like the industry news is pretty random - and sometimes, it seems to be trending in a particular direction. As we saw in last month's roundup, there were - along with the usual funding rounds - a…
It's time for some news about our industry, and (not surprisingly) things have been very active. It's spring (at least in the Northern Hemisphere) and I guess the birds and the bees are also making acquisitions, raising cash, and expanding…
Fasten your safety belts, this update is going to be a long one! The amount of acquisitions, funding, expansions, and so on is truly amazing this time around. Maybe it has something to do with spring? Anyway, let's get started:…
Most job boards are privately held - that's just a fact; a minority are publicly-traded job boards. It's the same in most industries, actually. But when folks knock on my door asking about the size of the job board market,…
As always, it's been an eventful several weeks in our industry, with StackOverflow shutting down their job board, some rebranding, Upwork making bankd, and lots of funding activity. Throw in some interesting Q4 financials and a few acquisitions, and you…
Time for the first news roundup of the new year - and amazingly enough, there is plenty of it (including good news for SeekOut)! Facebook/Meta continues to lurch about, running afoul of privacy regulators around the world, and a new podcast…