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
Careerbuilder Acquires Semantic Recruitment Tech Company Textkernel
Careerbuilder announced today that they have acquired a majority stake in Textkernel. Per the Textkernel website, the company “offers high quality … Read more
Job Boards May Not Be The Sexiest Sourcing Tools But They Still Work
As more than one survey has pointed out, job boards are far from dead. The latest survey, from the International Association of Employment Web Sites, shows … Read more
Job Boards Still a Leading Way to Fill Vacancies
As more than one survey has pointed out, job boards are far from dead. The latest survey, from the International Association of Employment Web Sites, shows … Read more
CareerBuilder Branches Out Further From Job-board Roots
When Careerbuilder bought Broadbean, I said it was “part of CareerBuilder’s goal of moving from a job board to a more sweeping software … 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
China’s Job Ads Market Heats Up
51Jobs.com stays aggressive as LinkedIn moves in There are signs that China’s job classifieds market may be heating up, with news of some new … Read more
Indeed’s Combing Its Data for New Tools and Tweaks
‘Tis the season for user conferences; last week it was Cornerstone Convergence (where it launched a “platform as a service“), this week … Read more
Why Most Job Board Postings Don’t Have a Prayer
Recently, I had an opportunity to do some consulting work for a nationally known healthcare enterprise that was struggling to find qualified applicants for … Read more
LinkedIn Stock Hammered on Lowered Expectations
LinkedIn got hammered today after it scaled back its financial outlook and reported the slowest quarterly growth since it went public in 2011. Despite … Read more