Microsoft dropped a bomb earlier this week by paying a reported $7.5 billion for GitHub, the world’s biggest collection of tech talent on the web. The move makes Microsoft the owner of the top two professional networks around, once you…
My Initial Thoughts on The Glassdoor Acquisition
Glassdoor didn’t make much of a splash when it launched back in 2008. Job boards like Monster, CareerBuilder, and HotJobs owned the headlines, while upstarts like Indeed, SimplyHired, and Jobster were grabbing most of the remaining attention. The business model…
Monster Touts ‘Humanizing’ Job Search With Latest Updates
At its core, the Internet isn’t particularly human. That help-wanted sign in the window of your local convenient store is even less so. Putting help-wanted signs on the Internet is a recipe for ice-cold capitalism, but Monster is rolling out…
LinkedIn Referrals Set to Close Down Later This Month
If Indeed getting out of the candidate referral business wasn’t enough to convince you that it’s a failed business model, how about LinkedIn? According to the company’s website, LinkedIn Referrals will no longer be available after May 18, 2018. According…
LinkedIn’s Love Affair With Video Rolls On With 2 New Features
LinkedIn first dipped its toe into native video July of last year. It was years behind the likes of Facebook and Twitter, but hey, better late than never. The move struck me as a simple me-too strategy to make sure…
LinkedIn Embraces Its Inner Snapchat With New Video Features
Launching less than a year ago, LinkedIn was really late to the native video upload game. At the time, I wrote, “Employers will now be able to post videos and get data that actually supports recruiting. Imagine a company promoting a…
Match-Backed App Aims to Be Mobile-First Alternative to LinkedIn
There seems to be no shortage of mobile apps hoping to dethrone LinkedIn. Never mind the fact that LinkedIn is already LinkedIn for mobile, providing a pretty solid native app for users to compliment its desktop version. They tend to…
Recent Judgment Against Oracle Could Bode Well for hiQ in Battle With LinkedIn
Until recently, I had never heard of Rimini Street, a publicly traded company that provides third-party software support services to companies like Oracle, SAP, IBM, and Microsoft. Fortunately, who it is and what it does for a living are irrelevant…
Employers Aren’t All That Interested in Artificial Intelligence (Yet)
For all the talk and commentary dedicated to artificial intelligence in our industry, you’d think adoption and interest would be hockey-sticking to the moon. Unfortunately, you’d be wrong. So says a new report by LinkedIn. According to the survey, only…
8 Reasons Amazon Will Buy Slack This Year
Have you seen my 2018 predictions? It’s always fun to throw some spaghetti at the wall of a New Year to see what may stick, but I always seem to forget a few predictions in my holiday haze. As the…
My Predictions for 2018
Most of the good predictions are already taken. Monster sells. CareerBuilder sells. Dice fails to sell. Nevertheless, there are some good ones left, thanks to technology and an endless stream new ideas percolating around the globe. So, here goes: “Blockchain”…
The 10 Most Important People in HR Tech in 2017
I just love end-of-the-year lists. With everyone taking a well-earned break and news releases taking a much appreciated hiatus from my inbox, it’s a good time to reflect on the past, as well as look to the future. For this…
‘LinkedIn Can’t Have Its Cake and Eat It, Too’ Says Influential Digital Rights Nonprofit
LinkedIn’s current legal battle with hiQ, which would ultimately make it illegal for the startup to scrape publicly available profile information from the professional networking site, has captured the attention of the Electronic Frontier Foundation. Unfamiliar with EFF? You’re not…
Here’s Who Made My ‘Nice List’ in 2017
It’s that time of year again. In addition to the endless loop of National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation, unlimited supply of eggnog, and ongoing battle to keep cats out of the Christmas tree, it’s time to revisit the stories from 2017,…
LinkedIn Needs to Up Its Human Game for Recruiters
The challenge of using social platforms to reach talent is partly in how cold and detached interactions can feel. We send an inquiry. Perhaps we receive a response, perhaps not. Those times that we do, it’s a cointoss on how…
Microsoft and LinkedIn May Have Just Leapfrogged Google for Job Search Supremacy
Sometimes brilliance is right at the tip of your nose; the kind that makes everyone wonder why it took so long to happen. Combined with the kind of strategic excellence that would make Sun Tzu blush, and the whole game…
Sticking It to ‘The Man’ Is Expensive, hiQ Learns in Battle with LinkedIn
LinkedIn is in a fight for its very existence. OK, that might be going a bit overboard. Or maybe it isn’t. In case you haven’t been paying attention, a small company called hiQ is in a legal donnybrook with LinkedIn….
Here’s Why Facebook Should Scare the Hell Out of LinkedIn This Halloween
I’m a big fan of Halloween. Dressing up, carving pumpkins, and eating too much chocolate are all some of my favorite things. It’s also a time when I embrace fear and face demons. Similarly for corporations, Halloween is a good…
Did You Mistakenly Reject a Star Candidate? Find Out by Tracking Their Success
What Ever Happened to Mary Jane? In an accidental conversation with a friend, you find out that one of your rejected finalists for a software job from six months ago, Mary Jane, is now producing gangbuster results at one of…
Facebook’s Offensive on Recruitment Marches On, Testing Resume Posting Feature
If there’s anything more interesting than Facebook’s foray into recruitment, it’s the speed at which it is moving. This year alone, Facebook has introduced the following: The ability to post jobs on through company Pages A serious competitor to Slack, including…