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…
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…
Before we get into recruiting site conferences, did you notice that sly 'recruiting site' mention in the title? I didn't say 'job board'! And me - the JobBoardDoctor! What is the world coming to? Well, if you read this blog…
Last week I looked at some of the bigger stories from 2016 - ranging from Facebook Jobs to Microsoft/LinkedIn. But I led off with Indeed's move into tech staffing. Why? Because I actually think that it will have a more significant long…
We're past Thanksgiving, and the December holidays are coming up - so it's time for some industry news! In the interim since our last report, there's been a U.S. election, Facebook has announced Jobs, and DHI/Dice has put itself up for…
As the temperature drops and coats appear, it seems that the digital recruiting biz keeps chugging away. We've had some interesting developments, including Amazon's move into job ads and Craigslist charging for the same - but I'm getting ahead of…
Fall is in the air (at least in Iowa) but activity in the recruitment marketing space hasn't slackened. If anything, it feels like things accelerate as we get closer to the winter holidays! So let's see what's happened lately: A…
NOTE: The Doctor is out this week, checking out the new TATech Conference & Expo in Las Vegas. In the meantime, here's a rerun from this summer: I was discussing Indeed with some other folks at the JobG8 conference (what a…
So, finally, it happened. Randstad, the international staffing behemoth, bought Monster last week for $429 million. Yep, million. As in several hundred million less than Monster's 2015 gross revenues. Ow. There was a lot of analysis, some of it quite good.…