Industry news about the job board and recruitment marketing sector
It's that time of the month - time to see what happened, to whom, and how. Not surprisingly, LinkedIn makes an appearance - but there are some other surprises. Let's check it out: Monster goes a-branding: Monster is going after millennials…
The recruiting press was abuzz last week with the news that LinkedIn had purchased Lynda.com, a career-focused online learning company. It was the kind of deal that makes stockholders swoon - LinkedIn is 'broadening' its revenue streams, is going 'cradle to grave',…
Spring is one of my favorite times of year - most importantly, it signals the end of winter! But it also signals the start of job board conference season - and something special this year: a contest. CareerLeaf and JobBoardDoctor…
A long time ago, I worked at the granddaddy of all tech-focused sites, Dice. It started as a bulletin board in 1990, then migrated to the web in 1996. To this day, it is the largest tech-focused job board, both…
Well, another 30 days has come and gone - and not surprisingly, things have happened in the job board and online recruiting industry. Has anything affected your business? Let's find out: LinkedIn limits API usage: LinkedIn is restricting access to most of its…
The results of the 2015 Job Board Trends Survey are now available. This survey, a coproduction of IAEWS and JobBoardDoctor, was taken by 197 job board owners, operators, and employees around the globe from November 2014 through January 2015. As…
Just a month has passed since the last update, but as you probably guessed, plenty has happened with regard to IPOs in the job board industry. Let's find out what: Another LinkedIn, only European: Shapr is coming out of beta…
We're already into 2015, and as you might guess, the job board and online recruiting industry is staying busy. Dice goes for billboards: In a back to the future moment, Dice is running 50 foot billboards in Silicon Valley featuring…
It's that time of the year, when everyone and their uncle is either looking back, telling you what happened, or looking forward and predicting the future. I like the old Magic 8 ball as much as the next guy, so I've decide…
It feels like 2014 was the year that VC money returned to the job board industry. Each month brought more news of investments and funding (not to mention some pretty substantial growth by existing players). So let's take a journey…