Archive for October, 2006

interview: bill warren of direct employers

October 23rd, 2006

While in Vegas for the Direct Employers annual meeting, I sat down with the organization’s president and industry stalwart, Bill Warren.
(video, 5 mins.)

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indeed.com’s new logo

October 21st, 2006

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jobster’s jason goldberg on web 2.0 (video)

October 20th, 2006

Head Jobster’s take on Web 2.0 and how it pertains to recruiting at the Direct Employers meeting in Las Vegas. Gotta love the scathing commentary on Monster as a “crap product.”
(video)

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craigslist puts smackdown on verticals

October 19th, 2006

Word on the street is Craigslist sent cease and desist letters to Jobster, Simply Hired, Indeed and other vertical job search engines to stop spidering their job content.

rubel forecasts rain for ‘ad-dependant startups’

October 17th, 2006

A-list blogger Steve Rubel isn’t bullish on “ad-dependant startups,” following a recent analysis by Blackfriars Communications.
Meanwhile, in a separate report eMarketer said that Google is grabbing 25% of all online ad dollars. All of this spells trouble for ad-dependant startups.
Too many startup companies are banking their business plans on online advertising. Unfortunately for them, the […]

direct employers and days in the desert

October 17th, 2006

Blogging may be light the rest of the week as I prepare to keynote for the Direct Employers Association Annual Membership Meeting in Las Vegas (pdf).
Should be a good opportunity to spread my message to, um, direct employers. I’m also hoping to set-up some quality interviews and video while at the event, so be on […]

we could be ‘heroes’

October 17th, 2006

I don’t watch much television anymore. The Internet, work, Netflix and life in general has pulled me away.
One show I do enjoy, however, is Heroes. A show so good, in fact, that it forces me to channel surf on Monday along with football. Not an easy achievement.
What really intrigues me these days, however, is […]

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