Cheezhead Recruiting News and Opinion

monster partners with philly inquirer, philly.com

Hot off the presses. The deal bounces CareerBuilder from their current position. Hat tip.

simplyhired’s resume rabbit zapper

dude, where’s your job content?

“Dude, Monster’s FlipDog is not a vertical. It’s just their own jobs.” I’m paraphrasing, but a good number of people decided to come out of the woodwork last week when I wrote about Monster relaunching FlipDog as a vertical search engine. No way! said the naysayers. It can’t be a vertical if they’re simply aggregating their own [...]

oaseo adds employer directory

Oaseo, my vertical dedicated to the search industry, added an SEO employer directory this weekend. Through the end of July, the submission cost is only $9.99 (USD) for a permanent link. If you or anyone you know employs search engine optimization and marketing professionals, please consider passing along the news, or adding your company to the [...]

yahoo hints that myspace traffic sucks

From Bambi Francisco’s Net Sense: MySpace is the second most popular Web site next to Yahoo. But Yahoo isn’t as eager to extend its deal with News Corp’s MySpace, so I hear. When I asked Yahoo’s CFO Sue Decker how important it is for Yahoo to keep its relationship with MySpace, she would [...]

oh, canada

Whenever in Canada, I’m always amazed at the level of animosity for the U.S. – especially considering how nice and polite Canadians are. This commercial pretty much sums up how our neighbors to the north feel about us and their place in the world, with a comic spin. Good for a Friday laugh. Go ‘Canes.

monster’s new flipdog now live

Monster’s FlipDog is back hoping to grab some vertical job search real estate. I hate it when I’m right, here and sorta here (No. 3).