In 2018, I tracked 28 purchases/acquisitions/mergers, lots of money raised, some layoffs, some hiring, and a continued influx of startups into the recruitment marketing industry. In other words, a pretty good year in recruitment marketing. Let's take a closer look:…
The past 12 months have been busy for those at Facebook who are working on their hiring offerings. The company is huge, of course, and I don't have a clear sense of how many staff are attached to the hiring…
Note: This is a re-up of a post from this summer. Enjoy! Job boards - both traditional and non-traditional - have historically had one primary purpose in life: to bring candidates and employers together. For the traditional boards, that meant…
It's that time again - time to see what's been happening in recruitment marketing around the globe (because, as you know, this is definitely a global business). We heard from DHI last week; what's going with everyone else? Let's see:…
Seven years ago a job site for female millennials launched. It was called The Daily Muse. Fast forward to now - there was a name change (The Muse), an injection of $30 million dollars, massive growth, and voila!: the site…
Full disclosure: I worked at Dice (now DHI) from 1997 through 2000. I don't hold DHI stock, and have only fleeting contact with DHI personnel. Also, I'm not too excited about the DHI logo. So DHI, parent company of Dice,…
The results are in from the 2018-19 Recruiting Site Trends survey! Nearly 200 job boards, recruitment marketing companies, and related businesses responded to this year's survey. As always, I think you'll find their answers interesting and useful. Here are a…
It's been an interesting few weeks in the recruitment marketing industry - LinkedIn has been making moves, ZipRecruiter found some new funding, and...yes, there's something about Jobiak. And something about AI. Let's take a closer look: pymetrics raises $40M: pymetrics,…
Although most of the attention in recruitment marketing these days is on Google, Facebook, and Indeed, there is another big player: LinkedIn. In fact, long before we were shaking in our (virtual) boots over Google's or Indeed's latest moves, LinkedIn…
It's been a while - but not too long - since I've looked at new sites and services in the recruitment marketing world. New ones roll out all the time, so I thought it was worth a look at some…