Paul Bassat, CEO of Australia’s largest job board, has been named a Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum. Bassat, who founded Seek in 1997 … Read more
Internal Transfers Growing As Leading Source of Hire
(the chart in this story was updated February 23) Once again referrals have turned out to be the leading source of external hires in the annual … Read more
LinkedIn Groups Now Has Free Job Postings
What would you pay to get a job opening before a group of the very people you’re looking to hire? How about free? LinkedIn is now allowing group … Read more
You Think Your Job Is Stressful? Try Being A Photojournalist
Here’s a quick quiz from Adicio, the California company that runs the CareerCast jobs network: What’s the most stressful job? Now the second … Read more
New International Job Board Network Launches
A new job board network launched today, opening its first sites in New York, London, and the Grand Caymans. It’s a modest start to a network that is … Read more
Become a Lobbyist and Earn Big Bucks
Just in time for some stimulus dough comes a continuing ed program for lobbyists. Sponsored by LobbyingJobs.com, a job board we didn’t even know … Read more
Dice Job Postings Tell Story Of Tough IT Market
Job posting numbers from Dice (profile; site) show the IT recession worsening in the last six months, and there’s no evidence that relief is anywhere … Read more
What Do You Get For $100k A Second? A Drop In Traffic
Compete has a report on the impact of last week’s Super Bowl ads on traffic to advertiser sites and, Ouch!, for the millions Monster (site; profile) … Read more
CareerBuilder Ad Tops Monster’s, But Not The Top 10
Finally, the action on the field was more exciting than the commercials. The last time that happened was in 2004 when Janet Jackson’s wardrobe … Read more
Monster Holds Onto 2nd Place In Traffic Race But Can Hear The HotJobs Footsteps
Oops! Those numbers that comScore, the Internet traffic counter, released last week showing Yahoo’s HotJobs (profile; site) in the number two … Read more