Archive for March, 2005

eBay and kijiji - targeting jobs

March 9th, 2005

Last month, I wrote about eBay purchasing a 25 percent share of Craigslist and their acquisition of Rent.com, noting that I believed they were making big strides into the classifieds market. Stating thus that this should create a definite red flag to anyone on the Internet recruiting industry (and offline for that matter).
EBay getting […]

jobs, jobs, jobs and mad clutter

March 9th, 2005

jobs.com, jobs.net, job.com, hotjobs, usajobs, bestjobs, nationjob, bestjobsusa, totaljobs, computerjobs, salesjobs, jobsfed, jobdirect, jobsite, journalismjobs, jobserve, higheredjobs, americanjobs, sciencejobs, marketingjobs, showbizjobs, tjobs, jobpilot, irishjobs, tvjobs, k12jobs, newscientistjobs, topjobs, jobsinthemoney, jobsinjapan, studentjobs, cooljobs, canadajobs, 6figurejobs, eurojobs, govtjobs, caljobs, resortjobs, cruiseshipjobs, groovejobs, lawjobs, jamminjobs, museumjobs, engineeringjobs, chicagojobs, clevelandjobs, texasjobs, ejobs, ijobs, ecojobs, internjobs, chemjobs, christianjobs, jewishjobs, writejobs, […]

top corporate hate web sites

March 8th, 2005

Take a look at Forbes‘ top corporate hate Web sites. Certainly a list you don’t want to be on.
Click here for the list of most hated corporate sites.
One day - if it hasn’t already happened - one of these disgruntled sites is going to manipulate the engines to become the No. 1 search result on […]

fortune’s most admired companies

March 7th, 2005

Here’s a list of Fortune’s most admired companies, a link to their corporate career center and their Google ranking when searching "[company] jobs."
1. Dell jobs - No. 12. General Electric jobs - No. 13. Starbucks jobs - Fails to make Top 1,000 in US, but an I hate Starbucks site ranks No. 151.4. Wal-Mart […]

craigslist bringing down the monster (and careerbuilder and hotjobs)

March 4th, 2005

Checkout the growth that Craigslist is currently experiencing when compared to the most established job sites:

Few things to consider here:

The job board traffic is just job seeker driven. Craigslist offers everything from A to Z in regards to classifieds. So, this really isn’t apples to apples. Plus, Craigslist is opening up new cities at a […]

baby boomers, search and internet recruiting

March 3rd, 2005

My dad, a baby boomer representative nearing his 60s, loves Google. A relative newcomer to the Internet, he loves searching the endless pool of information he can find. From vacation spots to stock information to University of Texas sports updates he can’t get enough.
In regards to Internet recruiting, here’s what the above tells me:
1. My […]

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