When shoes drop, they sometimes drop slowly. It was last fall when we first learned of Google's Cloud Jobs API (also know as Google Jobs) - and of certain job boards' partnership in testing it. Then around the first of…
Last year I counted 21 acquisitions, mergers, and sales in the recruiting site industry. 2017 has already notched one, with the sale of AuthenticJobs to BuySellAds. But new services continue to pop up, and since it's been almost 3 months…
Before I began this post on the automation of recruiting, I had to pull my jaw off the ground. Yes, I had just learned that Monster paid $12.5M for Jobr. That's right. An app that Monster actually spec'd out to…
Although there are mixed signals on the overall economy, the recruiting industry continues to sprout new job boards and job-board-like sites. It's been a couple of months since my last roundup, so I thought it was time to take a…
Wind, lightning, rain, and tens of thousands of soccer fans 'sheltering in place' at Soldier field. Just another lazy Wednesday in Chicago! The next day, me and over a hundred other folks jammed into the downtown Chicago Hilton for the…
It's been a bit longer than usual since my last news roundup, so this missive may be rather packed. View it as your morning pick-me-up high density news sandwich. Or something like that. Ahem. Anyway, let's get started: Not so smart: David…
On April 16th and 17th roughly 200 job boarders, vendors, and hangers-on descended on the Walt Disney Dolphin, smack dab in the middle of a certain theme-park. Opening day also happened to coincide with a big marathon, some rain, and…
Just back from TAtech (and will have a sum-up shortly), but in the meantime I continue to discover new job boards, recruiting sites, and other interesting recruiting startups. The last roundup was over a month ago, so I guess I'm…
Why business partners? Well..."It is amazing what you can accomplish if you do not care who gets the credit." - Harry Truman Self-sufficiency can be a virtue - but it can also be a danger to your (business) health. It…
I admit it, I'm a sucker for 'Wouldn't it be cool if....?' products. You know - personal jetpacks, StarTrek transporters, self-cleaning litter boxes - and during my young adulthood (now sadly long past) I often indulged in buying 'gadgets'. They…