Archive | August, 2007
registerjobs.com and search engine spam
As an SEO, it’s always fun to come across some old school spam techniques, especially if it’s employment related. Checkout the redirect at RegisterJobs.com. From this: Source code. To this: Please don’t mirror this strategy. I’m amazed sites are still practicing this crap. It almost crosses the line of funny into sad. What’s more sad, however, may be the [...]
Continue reading...True Talent Confidentiality
30. August 2007
A recent discussion… A young recruiter with three years of corporate recruiting under the belt replied with a list of typical boards and employee referals when asked how she sourced talent. When asked about the quality of the talent, the reply was fair but hard to find. And when questioned on the number of offer rejects, [...]
Continue reading...monster interstitial ads still going strong
30. August 2007
It’s August 30. On July 30, Monster’s CEO said they’d be deleting the interstitial ads that pollute the site and deceive job seekers. Unfortunately, a month after the statement, the ads remain. Attempts to reach Monster press for a cut-off date for the ads have gone unanswered. Discussion with Monster employees were answered with a “Don’t [...]
Continue reading...the neverending redesign
30. August 2007
Unless you’re consuming this post via RSS or e-mail, you’re perusing the third iteration of Cheezhead. My professional life is almost equally divided between the blocking-and-tackling of SEO and the creative outlet that is blogging. Without one, I’d probably be far worse at the other. That said, it’s the places a blog can go that [...]
Continue reading...exclusive: jobing acquires canjobs.com
29. August 2007
In a Cheezhead exlusive, Jobing.com has announced the acquisition of CanJobs.com, a Canadian-based job site compiling a network of more than 140 area and industry-specific domains in Canada. This acquisition continues our focused ‘multi-local’ expansion strategy, dedicated to providing local recruiting solutions to specific local markets throughout the United States, and now throughout North America, Matos [...]
Continue reading...monster prices rising … again
28. August 2007
A reader directs us to a recent Monster e-mail touting all their “new tools, technology upgrades and people to provide you with the level of service you expect from the market leader.” Then they hit you with the news of a future price increase: Comparative to these investments, we are marginally increasing our rates for job [...]
Continue reading...jobster gets all k-marty on us
28. August 2007
I can’t help but share a comment I received regarding Jobster’s latest e-mail promotion. Pay particular attention to the subject line.
Continue reading...- confessions of a former careerbuilder sales guy
- theladders should stop bait-n-switch tactics
- monstirs sells english are reely good
- monster still really dumb, buys trovix
- jobfox interjects on your behalf
- careerbuilder job app launches on iphones
- vault snags monster exec
- careerbuilder wants you to work at the gap
- sharethis shares share data (e-mail still rules, sorta)
- the slice (8-25-09)
- ax falling hard at careerbuilder? (212)
- theladders should stop bait-n-switch tactics (121)
- grey marketing team – job posting scam (93)
- monstirs sells english are reely good (65)
- a real alternative to job boards (63)
- more job cuts at jobfox (60)
- march: there will be blood (59)
- is jason goldberg killing jobster? (54)
- careerbuilder sales rep’s a real ‘twit’ (54)
- jobing acquires cheezhead (48)
- jobing acquires cheezhead
- jobvite raises $8.2 million
- not your father’s recruiting conference
- 10 reasons why niche sites will survive
- top 5 fastest growing companies in HR
- why niche job sites should band together
- monster’s back-to-school makeover
- the slice (8-25-09)
- a fleeing workforce
- the unconference movement
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31. August 2007
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