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…
Ok, the election is in the rearview mirror, winter is looming, and I bet you haven't gotten all of your Christmas presents yet! Nevertheless, things keep happening in the job board world. For example: Facebook launches their job board aggregator: Facebook…
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…
Facebook launched its long-rumored job board turkey, umm, offering last week. It was a bit rocky: " It’s buggy and kind of janky looking.” - FB user Mike Chapman (and thank you, Mike, for introducing me to a new, useful word!) "The entire platform…
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…
Running a niche job site is akin to operating a successful retail store - what doesn't kill you only makes you stronger. You always have (and always will have) competitors who are bigger and better known than you. Some are…
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…
These are exciting times for the online recruiting industry - acquisitions (Jobs2Web, Bullhorn), IPOs (LinkedIn), and flame-outs (BranchOut). The majority of job boards I talk with are experiencing very strong business (and revenues), despite a frustratingly slow recovery. But there's been a…
Another month flown by, another round of activity in job board industry news, including a possible flameout by BranchOut, a lost Monster suitor, and the possibility of an aggregator IPO. Interested? Read on!: Evenbase launches JobsiteWhite: Evenbase, the newly named…
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…