At the recent IAEWS meeting, several of you came up and mentioned that you enjoyed these monthly news roundups. Thanks! They are actually pretty time consuming to put together, but I find them useful as a scorecard for where our…
A long time ago - well, maybe a year or two - big data was being touted as the next big thing. It would 'change the game' for recruiters, it would change the workplace, and provide 'new recruiting insight'. Guess…
What's going on in the job board and online recruiting industry - and perhaps with CareerBuilder? Well, a lot, actually. It's almost like no one takes a vacation around here (including the JobBoardDoctor). Nonetheless - let's take a look-see at…
It's that time again - time to take a look at what's going on in the global world of job boards. And I do mean global - as you'll see, much of the activity has been happening outside of North America. Let's…
Well, big earnings news from Indeed, Monster, and others, plus lotsa goings-on in the job board industry. I'd say it's hard to keep up with - and I'd be right. So that's why the news roundup is here! Let's see…
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.…
The job board industry is (and has been) in transition. Startups are sprouting faster than crabgrass in spring, venture funding is flowing in, and existing players are expanding. Yet at the same time, some sites are fading. The industry growth…
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…
Last week I put on my virtual job seeker hat to immerse myself in the current world of searching for work. It kinda sucked. Step 1: I picked a job title that I know fairly well - marketing director. Step…
December is here, and as you might guess, job board buzz and activity has continued unabated in the online recruiting and job board world. Let's see what's happened lately: Indeed goes public, kind of: Recruit, the parent company of Indeed, went…