If you’re currently shopping around for a new applicant tracking system, you owe it to yourself to checkout CATS, an open source, free-to-cheap offering.
In addition to being easy on the wallet, the power of open source historically means the addition of new features on a regular basis. I also love open source for […]

Thanks to Facebook mobile, I finally get it.
Microblogging, the art of posting content at no more than a small number of characters at a time (say 200 or less) and made famous by Twitter, was a complete mystery to me when first introduced by the big win at last year’s SXSW.
I soon thereafter joined the […]

I was amused seeing an Indeed.com ad show-up on MySpace jobs, powered by Simply Hired. Of course, I’m also amused by Bill and Ted’s Excellent Adventure, so take it for what’s it’s worth.

Keep in mind, Google powers the ads on MySpace. So, even though the ability to filter out such competitors exists, it’s doubtful Simply […]

Yeah, he’s leaving Jobster. But he’s also leaving behind the recruiting industry for his next venture, according to a recent conversation.
Goldberg junkies will have to visit Socialmedian for what’s next. I, for one, will certainly miss the blog fodder he provided on a regular basis.
It’s been fun.
I’m semi-optimistic the new dude will […]

Techcrunch on Google’s new “Wikipedia killer” Knol.

Anyone Remember Google Base?
As a content management system, Knol is a kissing cousin to Google Base, a classified ad platform that Google launched in late 2005. Google Base has gone exactly nowhere - if anything it’s a spam farm and nothing more. But at the time of its launch […]

Earlier this week, Oodle touted their partnership to provide online classifieds to the New York Post’s Web edition. At hearing this, I was taken aback because I seemed to remember others partnering with them for job search.
So, I investigated. Here’s a breakdown:

Oodle only powers certain online classified categories, none pertaining to jobs.
Adicio is the primary […]

In case you missed it, there’s a new CEO at Jobster. (Shockingly, he’s a little light on the employment industry experience and heavy on the selling companies stuff.)