Hey, it's the end of the year (almost) and time to take a look at the 10 mind-blowing earth-shattering things that happened in 2012. Did anything? Well, actually, yes - quite a bit. Apart from an election, a (slowly) recovering…
This brief history of job boards isn't complete by any means, but thanks to John Sumser, Eric Shannon, Wikipedia, Chris Russell, and others, it covers the basics (I hope!). Amazing how far we've come in 22 years! [Want to…
'Frankenstorm' is washing ashore, an election is in the offing - yet things keep happening in our online recruiting industry, too. That's good, I guess - I wouldn't want anyone (especially myself) getting bored. So here is my round up of…
It's been a busy couple of weeks - first we discovered that Recruit bought Indeed, then Doostang bought JobFox, and then many of the heavyweights in the online recruiting world rolled into Chicago for HR Tech. Geez! What's next? Rather…
The online recruiting sector continues to change and grow (and sorry, Nick, I don't think it 'sucks wind'). Monster is still up for sale, start ups are sprouting like last spring's vegetable garden, and I'm heading to HR Tech in…
So much for the doldrums of summer with regard to job board news. You'd think that record heat, drought, and the impending Olympics would result in a boring news slump for the job board world. You'd be wrong. Let's see…
On Friday Dice Holdings announced the purchase of FINS.com, the financial job board that powers WSJ.com and Marketwatch.com. The acquisition got me thinking: why do job boards buy other job boards? Why do they sometimes decide not to buy, but instead create…
You can't say it's been dull this past month. As the mercury has risen, so has the buying fever in our industry. Revenues seem to be rising as well, which will create even more acquisitions, I suspect. So, without further…
Man, time flies when you're blogging. It's been a while since the last news roundup, and a few things have happened. Like: Is Monster on the block? Or not?: Well, I don't know. But rumor (and Sal Iannuzzi) has it…
Gerry Crispin and Mark Mehler have been conducting the landmark CareerXRoads Source of Hire survey for over a decade. In my mind, that's useful data. They've just come out with the 2012 edition, and it's absolutely worth a look. The…