Remember Google Base? Joel Cheesman does. "The company launched Google Base in the mid-2000s to much fanfare." And...it never went anywhere. Then last year Google announced that they were working with CareerBuilder, Jibe, and Dice on a Jobs API. That…
There has been no shortage of activity in the job board and recruitment marketing world since our last roundup - just check out the first bullet below! I also find it interesting that investment dollars continue to flow in, albeit…
As you already know because you're in the thick of it, the recruitment marketing industry has been morphing and evolving significantly over the past 5 years. Companies have been bought and sold. Buying habits are changing. And hundreds of millions…
What's this about age bias? "Attorney General Lisa Madigan today sent letters to six national career and job search companies over potential age discrimination violations in setting age requirements for job seekers searching career opportunities." That's from a press release…
As the year limps to an end, I thought it would be useful to take a look back on what I think were some of the key events and trends. The job board industry benefited from the growth in employment…
The news was surprising: Tegna was putting CareerBuilder up for sale. Tegna, which owns 53% of the job board (along with Tronc (aka Tribune) and McClatchy) stated that it wanted more 'financial flexibility'. In other words, time to cash out for…
There's been no discernible increase or decrease in industry activity over the past month - in other words, things are still quite busy in the job board and online recruiting industry. I'm sure LinkedIn welcomed Daylight Savings Time as a…
As Valentine's Day recedes in our rear view mirror, it's time to take another look at what's been going on in the industry over the past month. There has been the usual amount of 'revolutionary' new products and a bit…
Another year has (almost) come and gone. Startups have started up, sites have been sold, money has gone into the market (and out of the market). In other words, a pretty good year for folks in our industry. So let's…
The vast majority of job boards and recruiting sites are medium- or small-sized. That's just the nature of almost any industry - and certainly ours. Most sites do less than $25 million in sales annually. A minority do more - and…