Remember Jobster? Of course you do. How could any recruiter forget the soap opera story of this company founded by a former White House staffer who, as … Read more
Wall Street Is Monster Bullish
There’s Monster news today with the international job board lauded in a Barron’s report for its aggressive cost-cutting and wise investments. … Read more
Is ‘Free’ the Wave of the Future for Job Boards?
There’s been an explosion of ‘free’ out there — free social media, free long distance, and yes, free job boards. What is a free job board? For most … Read more
Psst! Wanna Buy a Job Board Cheap?
How much would you pay for HotJobs? How does $1,396,709,461 sound? That’s a princely sum for the site considering competitor Monster.com is worth a … Read more
Former Monster Exec Gets Two Years In Stock Fraud Case
Former Monster president and COO James Treacy was sentenced Wednesday to two years in federal prison on his conviction in May of stock options fraud. In … Read more
E-Verify and Other Recruiting Tidbits
In no particular order, here are some bits and bytes of recruiting news that made it to our inbox this week. First, the headlines: A publicist for business … Read more
New Sites Help Develop and Differentiate Candidates
There are a raft of new find-a-job and career sites that have come to our attention in the last few weeks. There are the “me toos”: retooled … Read more
Simply Hired Gets Dollars and Global Partners From IDG
If there was any doubt, the announcement today by Simply Hired that it has attracted an additional $4.6 million in venture capital during one of the … Read more
Radio Resumes Begin Airing on LA Radio Station
A Los Angeles radio station is offering free air time to job seekers who get 30 seconds for their elevator pitch and a link to their resume online. Each of … Read more
Monster, CareerBuilder See Drop in Advertising Revenue
Monster lost money in the 2nd quarter of the year, but by so small an amount it was mostly ignored by after hours traders, who bid up shares by 2 cents … Read more