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…
There has been a veritable firehose of news on the recruitment marketing and job board industry over the past few weeks - so I thought it was time to catch up. What kind of news? Acquisitions, MedReps, movie stars (!), sales,…
Note: This post originally appeared in the summer of 2018 - but it's newly relevant as job boards reach out to candidates as the economy opens up. How can you reintroduce yourself? Read on: Job boards - both traditional and…
The last installment of our news roundup was full of positive news, with more funding, more profits, iHire, and even more M&A. You had to wonder - was it a freak event? Or a sign of more good news to…