If you’re not yet familiar with Reddit, shake hands and say hello. Similar to the once-mighty Digg, it was founded in 2005 and is an online destination where users share content, comment, and vote up or down. As its website says,…
ATS Executives Sound Off on Google Hire
Aside from Indeed, most job boards seem to be pretty giddy about Google for Jobs and the free traffic they receive from the world’s most popular search engine. Snagajob has said it has seen a 17 percent increase, and even itty-bitty…
Google Enters the ATS Market With a Full-Featured Tool For Small and Mid-Sized Businesses
On the heels of its May announcement of a powerful job search tool — Google for Jobs — the company today publicly released an ATS designed for small- and mid-sized businesses. Google Hire integrates with its widely-used G Suite, enabling recruiters…
ATSs Are Jumping Into Bed with Google for Jobs and Job Boards Should Be Nervous
When Indeed launched a little over 10 years ago, job board content monopolized its search results. Scraping content from places like Monster and CareerBuilder was convenient, because Indeed could grab a lot of jobs with minimal challenges. Indeed could bang out about…
After Decade of Declining Classified Revenue, We Should All Applaud Latest Effort to Slow Death of Journalism
Newspaper ad revenue in 2016 amounted to $18 billion, down from $50 billion just a decade ago. Google it. Of course, googling news is part of the problem, much like stumbling upon content via Facebook. We search for information, or we simply…
Fortification Against Google Continues With the Introduction of Indeed Career Pages
Indeed continues to diversify its employment offerings with the recent release of Indeed Career Pages. Just add it to Crowd, Prime, and Job Spotter, all which have launched in the last year. Indeed Career Pages target small business owners, giving them an…
Want Your Job Postings to Rank Well in Google for Jobs? Follow These 7 Optimization Strategies
Google for Jobs launched last week to much fanfare. And now we have a good idea which job boards will be giving your postings exposure, and which ones won’t. Congratulations if you’re in the index and reaping the rewards of…
Indeed Gives Nod to Craigslist as it Solidifies its Defenses Against Google for Jobs
A former Indeed executive reached out to me last week regarding Google’s recent dive into Indeed’s waters and the launching of Google for Jobs. He requested anonymity, but his message went like this: Hey Joel, Read this article yesterday and was…
Ready or Not, Google for Jobs Launches Today
After nearly a year of speculation, a search engine optimizer in Australia capturing screenshots in the wild, and an official announcement from the CEO, Google for Jobs officially launches today. Now, when you visit Google and type in “marketing jobs,”…
4 Reasons Why Comparing Google Flights’ Failure to Google for Jobs’ Future Won’t Fly
I know, I know. Google fails. A lot. Base. Buzz. Plus. Glass. They’ve all come and gone, in like a lion and out like a lamb. And as Google dives into the world of employment with Cloud Jobs API, Google…
LinkedIn Turns on Damage Control in Light of Google for Jobs, Underscores It’s Not Indeed
With all the chatter around Google putting a chokehold on Indeed.com, LinkedIn clearly wants to make sure people know it’s not in the crosshairs too. Jeremy Rozicer, SVP of recruiting at Oak Solutions Group Inc., shared an email from its LinkedIn representative earlier…
Google Touts Early Data Around ‘Cloud Jobs API’
Google’s Cloud Jobs API launched November of last year to a decent amount of fanfare. Vendors like CareerBuilder, Dice, and Jibe were early adopters, as well as direct employer Johnson & Johnson. “CareerBuilder will be able to layer our rich…
Indeed.com Gives Glimpse of Counterattack Strategy Against Google with Latest Partnership
If I told you Google’s foray into job postings had very little to do with job postings, would you believe me? Well, that’s my story, and I’m sticking to it. Indeed’s latest partnership even helps support my thinking. Announced earlier this week,…
What the Hell Does Indeed.com Do Now That Google for Jobs is a Reality?
Indeed.com had to know this day would come. After much speculation, Google for Jobs was officially announced last week. As rumored, Google will start serving job listings within the organic results of its popular search engine. Although it’s early, millions of job…
Google Jobs API: The Future of Intense Job Poaching?
Google announced its coming release of Google for jobs, after having closed its alpha on its jobs API we were expecting it. Where could it lead us? According to a survey done on 33,000 LinkedIn members globally, virtually everyone (90 percent) would listen…
Google Announces New Jobs Search, Google For Jobs
Update: Last night, Indeed, the world’s most trafficked job board, issued the following statement from company President Chris Hyams.: “We are happy to see that 13 years after Indeed launched, Google has woken up to the fact that searching for…
Here’s What We Know (and Don’t Know) About Google’s New Job Search
Indeed’s tagline used to be “One search. All jobs.” Looks like Google took offense. Long rumored to be getting back into the job search game, we got our first visual confirmation of that a few weeks ago, when Google Hire first…
Google Making Moves Into Recruiting Technology
You may still be digesting the Facebook news, but Google is going to dip its toes deeper into the world of recruiting tools and technology, and will be partnering with some company names that’ll ring familiar. Google’s not launching a new job…