Acquisitions up in 2021? By my very rough count (i.e., take it with a grain of salt!), there have been 17 acquisitions in the recruitment marketing industry since the start of the year. Considering that there had been only 9…
The big news in our industry is the impending ZipRecruiter IPO (set for the day after the Doctor's birthday - no coincidence, I am sure!). When a job board IPO shows up in the tech press, the financial press, and…
Note: This post first appeared back in 2019 - that's right, in the pre-COVID world. Yet it has plenty of relevance now, as the pace of M&A in the job board industry continues to pick up. Enjoy! Conventional wisdom would…
When job boards get big - really big - they start acting like a really big job board - in other words, like a typical big company. What does that mean? Well... They are smarter than you: It's one of those…
News is coming fast and furious this holiday season (such as Zip's IPO), and so I will unleash a (slightly) early round up of the latest job board and recruitment marketing news (Plus next week has at least a few…
As you may remember, I try to keep an eye on the acquisitions and sales in the job board industry - in other words, job board M&A. Why? Well, first of all, I always need fresh ammo for responding to…
It's an interesting time in the job board and recruitment marketing industry. The pandemic has dampened demand for certain types of work, while creating additional demand for other types. The world's economies are limping along, trying to make it to…
It was the best of times, it was the worst of times for job board companies. Sorry, just had to use that! But indeed, for some job boards, right now is pretty darn good. And for other job boards, it's…
Time flies when you're working on survey results! It seems like just yesterday when I was rounding up the industry news - not 4 weeks ago. Not surprisingly, a lot has happened since then - including moves by My Ally,…
This was kind of like the summer that never was, eh (at least in the Northern Hemisphere)? Yes, we were working, making deals, selling, buying - but we were also sitting in endless Zoom calls, masking up, and maybe staying…