JobBoard.io is one of those under-the-radar success stories in our space. An overnight success, five years in the making. No big venture capital. No … Read more
As Google for Jobs Drinks Its Milkshake, Indeed Eyes LinkedIn’s InMail Model to Tap New Profits
Life is pretty good at Indeed right now. Case in point, its parent company recently announced that segment’s EBITDA for the company, in the last … Read more
The Soap Opera at Dice’s Parent Company Continues With Lawsuit, Job Board Sale
Amid a collapsing stock price and the search for a new CEO, DHI Group Inc. (DHX), the company that operates tech job board Dice and other niche job sites, … Read more
The Pros and Cons of Telling Google Your Salary Ranges
Back in June, Google went live with its job search tool. People have been talking about it for months now, and the buzz isn’t dying down anytime soon. I’ve … Read more
Google for Jobs Announces 4 New Features (No. 3 Really Sticks It to Indeed)
Keeping up with the avalanche of new features and solutions coming out of Microsoft/LinkedIn, Facebook, and Google aimed at aiding employers and job … Read more
Dice’s Parent Company Announces Search for New CEO, Stock Continues Slide
The U.S. added 261,000 jobs in October. Unemployment is 4.1 percent. History says the job board business should be booming. But history, it turns out, … Read more
Speed: The Hidden Driver of Candidate Quality
Data from 6,600 hires across 10 industries suggests that there’s an intriguing link between a job offer and the timing of a job seeker’s application. … Read more
Forget LinkedIn, Here’s Who Facebook Is Really Aiming For
Facebook recently partnered with a slew of job sites and technologies with the goal of getting more job content onto the world’s most popular social … Read more
The Craigslist Experiment
I am always on the lookout for new and affordable ways to help either get the word out about a job posting or a place to find that diamond hiding in plain … Read more
Indeed Goes Anti-Google and Aims for the Heartstrings in New Ad Campaign
Indeed has always been a poster child of efficiency and minimalism. Through the years, while competitors became increasingly cluttered, Indeed stood, and … Read more
ZipRecruiter Gains Major Newspaper Network at Monster’s Expense
Career site Monster is facing the defection of one of its largest, remaining North American newspaper publishers next month when Gatehouse Media switches … Read more
Newspaper Publisher McClatchy Dumps CareerBuilder for Recruitology
Another newspaper publisher has swiped left on CareerBuilder. This time, McClatchy is doing the dumping. This follows the news from June that … Read more
CareerBuilder Launches Talent Discovery to Ease the Pain of Logging In and Out Everywhere
Earlier this month CareerBuilder announced the release of its new Talent Discovery platform. This addition is aimed at decreasing the amount of time … Read more
‘Wolf of Wall Street’ Launches Job Board to Help Former Criminals Find Work
This news probably won’t end up in a movie deal starring Leo DiCaprio, but it’s certainly worth sharing here. In addition to being the original … Read more
Aussie Startup Vervoe Lands $1 Million to Take on America
Remember Crocodile Dundee from the ’80s? It’s about an Australian backwoodsman who comes to New York City and discovers the concrete jungle has … Read more
Werk Raises $2.9 Million to Improve Workplace Flexibility for Women
Werk, a job board platform focused on schedule flexibility, announced on August 4 that it closed its seed funding round, having raised $2.9 million. … Read more
Ladders Embraces Its Inner TMZ with Latest Content Strategy
Google for Jobs has put the job board industry in quite a pickle. Before the search giant got into the job search business, managing a job board was fairly … Read more
4 Reasons to Proceed with Caution on Google Hire
Google Hire is officially less than a month old, so it’s understandable there might be some shortcomings. However, this is Google, a company with … Read more
Gannett Divorces CareerBuilder After 15 Long Years in Favor of RealMatch Relationship
For the last 15 years, CareerBuilder has powered the career section of Gannett’s network of newspaper sites, which include names like USA Today, … Read more
Google Hire Pricing Revealed
It’s been a busy week for Google Hire, the company’s foray into the applicant tracking market, which officially launched this week. The news … Read more