I’m looking at you, Facebook. When word leaked out last weekend about Facebook launching some sort of jobs board, I hoped that it would be something … Read more
A Facebook Job Board — Yawn
Someone I know who works for a struggling social media company recently asked if I’d heard about the excitement in the space. Not sure what he was … Read more
IT Watchdog Group Says Staffing Firms Discriminate Against Americans
An IT recruiting watchdog group says some staffing companies are abusing the U.S. visa program, advertising jobs that may not even exist, and limiting … Read more
IT Watchdog Group Says Staffing Firms Discriminate Against Americans
An IT recruiting watchdog group says some staffing companies are abusing the U.S. visa program, advertising jobs that may not even exist, and limiting … Read more
CareerBuilder Liking Results of Its IT Training for Unemployed
CareerBuilder is wrapping up a six-month program — somewhat of a paid internship — where it helped train 10 unemployed people in technical … Read more
Read Our Roundup or You Might Go to Jail
Did you hear News Corp. may buy Monster? How about how Manpower is pitching webinars to keep HR professionals out of jail? And, if that’s not enough … Read more
GetHired Adds More to Its ‘Bit of Everything’
The site that “aims to do a bit of everything” is doing a bit more this morning. And it’s an interesting something more that takes its … Read more
Beyond.com, CareerBuilder, Glassdoor, TalentWise, and More at SHRM in Atlanta
Beyond what I mentioned yesterday, here are some more bits o’ news and chatter from the SHRM conference in Atlanta. Beyond.com, which runs local and … Read more
What Would Happen if Monster Vanished? A Speculation
These are exciting times for the online recruiting industry: acquisitions (Jobs2Web, Bullhorn), IPOs (LinkedIn), and flame-outs (BranchOut). The majority … Read more
The Illusion That Is a Transparent Labor Market
As long as I can remember, there has been an ongoing discussion about the lack of transparency in the labor market. An improved transparency should lead to … Read more