Earlier this month, career-development platform The Muse announced the purchase of Fairygodboss, an online community site for women to find jobs, advice, … Read more
Here’s the Email CareerBuilder’s CEO Sent Employees Announcing New Ownership
Note: This article was updated to reflect information from industry sources regarding the CareerBuilder sales price. Big news at CareerBuilder this week. … Read more
Majority Share In CareerBuilder Sold to Investment Group
Note: This article was updated to reflect information from industry sources regarding the CareerBuilder sales price. A Canadian pension fund and private … Read more
$1 Billion Sale For CareerBuilder Could Be Near
Reuters news is reporting that a Chicago private equity firm is in talks to buy CareerBuilder for more than $1 billion. Citing anonymous sources, Reuters … Read more
Don’t Forget That the People You’re Competing Against Just May Be Your Next Hires
According to Moody’s, 71 percent of corporate respondents and 86 percent of private equity investors anticipate an increase in M&A transactions in … Read more
Latest ADP Buy Is Bet That Analytics Trend Will Accelerate
The big vendor news this week was the acquisition of The Marcus Buckingham Company by ADP. It’s not so much the size of the deal — TMBC is a … Read more
Rumors Are Floating About a Cornerstone OnDemand Sale
Speculation is swirling that Los Angeles-area Cornerstone OnDemand could be up for sale; the company’s stock is up about 5 percent today and rising … Read more
Parent Company of Tech Site Dice Is for Sale
No sooner does the sale of Monster to Randstad close than another publicly held careers publisher announces it is up for sale. DHI Group, owner of the tech … Read more
Monster’s Shareholders Complete Sale to Randstad
Despite intense opposition to the sale, Monster’s shareholders turned over more than 52 percent of the company’s stock by the Friday deadline, … Read more
Lawsuits Claim Monster Officials Had Conflict of Interest
Two shareholder lawsuits have been filed against Monster, charging the deal to sell the company to the Dutch staffing giant Randstad “is the result … Read more
Monster Officials Accused of Rushing Sale to Cover Dismal Financial Report
Monster’s largest shareholder has called on other stockholders not to support the company’s sale to Randstad and said it is seeking to replace … Read more
CareerBuilder Put in Play By Its Broadcast Owner
When Monster announced a few weeks ago that it was being bought by Randstad, the only surprises were the buyer and the price, $429 million. But this … Read more
Monster to Shareholders: Sale Opponent is Reckless, Inaccurate
When Monster’s largest shareholder last week tore into the planned sale of the company calling the price “selling at the bottom,” the … Read more
Monster’s Largest Shareholder Will Fight Company Sale
One of the nation’s largest newspaper companies and reportedly Monster’s largest shareholder said it is opposed to the $429 million sale of … Read more
What the Randstad-Monster Deal Tells Us About the Talent Industry
So, a little something happened in the industry recently. Something that, if it had happened, say, nine years ago, would have been yuuuuge, as some might … Read more
The Future of CareerBuilder
All these acquisitions make my head spin. Microsoft acquired LinkedIn, which acquired Connectifier and Rapportive. Randstad acquired Monster, which … Read more
Dice Parent to Sell Slashdot, SourceForge
DHI Group, the parent company of tech career site Dice.com and several other niche job sites, said this morning it would sell two tech news aggregation and … Read more
Tech News and Collaboration Sites Put Up For Sale By Dice
DHI Group, the parent company of tech career site Dice.com and several other niche job sites, said this morning it would sell two tech news aggregation and … Read more
Sale of Dice Parent Company Demanded
Two activist investors are calling for the sale of jobboard publisher DHI Group, saying a new owner could do more to increase the company’s value. … Read more
Activist Investors Call For Sale of Job Board Publisher
Two activist investors are calling for the sale of jobboard publisher DHI Group, saying a new owner could do more to increase the company’s value. … Read more