DHI did what??? I am so confused…
I used to work for Dice, the primary revenue driver for DHI. It was a long long time ago, and the job board world was very different. So take the following with a grain of salt (as in fact you…
Things are looking up: it’s revenue time!
Although much of the job board industry is privately held, there are enough publicly-owned companies to provide us with a sense of how thing are going - in other words, it's revenue time. The answer? Well, pretty good, actually -…
Doximity explodes, PandoLogic sells: news of the job board industry
The weather's hot in my neck of the woods - and the pace of activity in the job board industry is blistering. Big news on the funding and acquisitions front this time, plus lots of other interesting tidbits (like Doximity!).…
Does the ZipRecruiter IPO even matter?
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…
ZipRecruiter, GetNinjas, and more: news of the job board world
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…
Gwyneth Paltrow, MedReps, and Rigzone: news of the recruitment marketing industry
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,…
iHire, JobIndex, HelloWork – buy, buy, buy!: News of the job board industry
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…
Fiverr, Craigslist, and cannabis: news of the recruitment marketing industry
The polar vortex has made an unwelcome reappearance in the Doctor's location - brrr! I hope it's avoiding you. On the other hand, activity in the job board and recruitment marketing industry continues at a pretty significant pace, with plenty…
How to be a really big job board
When job boards get big - really big - they start acting like a really big job board - in other words, like a typical big company. What does that mean? Well... They are smarter than you: It's one of those…
A year we won’t forget: 2020 and the recruitment marketing industry
Admit it - it's kind of a relief to draw the curtains on 2020, isn't it? Sure, some things happened that were good - but it seemed like more happened that was not so good. A deadly pandemic, worldwide recession,…