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Archive | August, 2007

ft.com on blogs as job boards

19. August 2007

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There’s an interesting read over at FT.com on the blogs with jobs phenomenon entitled Top bloggers turn to listing jobs for cash. Most of the article can be classified as the same ol’ story, but a few things piqued my interest. JobThread is quietly building quite a network of prominent blogs. What started out as a [...]

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cheezhead feed, back in business

19. August 2007

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We were able to wake-up Chili long enough this weekend to fix our RSS feed. Who knew adding a trademark symbol to a title tag could cause so much trouble? Anyway, thanks to everyone who expressed concern via e-mail. All is right in Cheezland once again.

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mahalo search on ‘jobs’

17. August 2007

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For you search geeks in the audience, there’s a great article this month in Fast Company about new search engine Mahalo entitle Man vs. Machine. The company, led by abrasive CEO Jason Calacanis, hopes to compete in the search space by replacing computer algorithms with human editorial. I think it’s safe to say it’s a longshot, [...]

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simply hired hitting paydirt with myspace widgets?

16. August 2007

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Today, when users of MySpace visit the jobs section, powered by Simply Hired, they’ll get an option to add the search results to their personal homepage. After completing the job query, updated results can then be seen regularly once logging in. Sort of a like a traditional e-mail alert. SH is currently touting 600,000 saved widgets to [...]

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craigslist-in-a-box, compliments of ning

15. August 2007

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I was thinking (sarcastically) the other day, “Ya’ know, there just aren’t enough job sites - or online classified sites for that matter - in the world.” Which is why I was so happy to see that someone on Ning created the ability to set-up Craigslist-style classified sites at the click of a button. [...]

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jobster’s fuzzy math marketing

14. August 2007

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This sums up why people ignore, and at worst, detest most marketing: So, you say your group is hiring, eh? We just launched a new way to feature your jobs on the top of search results, targeted to matching users, and across our job advertising network reaching more than 30 million people per month. You can get started [...]

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wachovia upgrades mnst

13. August 2007

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Clearly some on Wall Street approve of Monster Worldwide’s recent weight reduction: Wachovia upgrades Monster Worldwide (MNST 35.53) to Outperform from Market Perform, as they believe N. American weakness is largely confined to the e-comm channel, enterprise growth is ongoing, and Int’l remains strong. Hat tip.

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