It's only been a few weeks since the last roundup, but there have been acquisitions, mergers, 51Job going private, and quarterly reports a-plenty! All this, plus Eightfold's massive fund raise - so rather than blather on, let's get to the…
I always smile when I hear a news report about the 'labor market' - as if a thing so vast and and full of complexity could ever be described easily. If you're in our industry, you know that 'unemployment' is…
As with most industries, the recruiting industry is partial to faddish names and acronyms. ATS, PPC, 'talent pipeline', RPO, 'hiring marketplace', PPA, platforms, and so on, and so on. As systems grow in complexity, so do the names describing them…
As you might guess, plenty of things (including Workrise) have happened since my last news roundup - not the least of which was ZipRecruiter's debut as a public company (and a valuation of $2.7B). And it seems like something happened…
Note: The Doctor is recovering from yet another Memorial Day, so this is some still-timely advice from 2009 (!!) Once, a long time ago in a galaxy far far away, a job board salesperson called up a prospective employer, made his…
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…
Wouldn't you know that right after my last news roundup, ZipRecruiter decided to fess up about an IPO! It's been an eventful couple of weeks for the job board and recruitment marketing industry (seems like I've been saying that a…
Note: I'm always surprised when I talk to folks and they say, "I didn't know I could hire you! I thought you were just a blogger." In fact, I've had clients that actually encourage me to be more aggressive in…
Employers are in a hiring frenzy, haven't you heard? The growing hiring frenzy! Perhaps you've seen it via a surge of postings and recruiting activity on your own site - or a competitor's. Perhaps you've read some version of the…