Cheezhead Recruiting News and Opinion

google maintains search dominance, growth

The latest from Hitwise.

no more exclusively posting to monster’s jobs.com

Monster has quietly stopped allowing employers to post jobs exclusively to Jobs.com, a site they own. Monster listings have always been cross-posted, but you used to be able to post to Jobs.com alone for $25. The Old Buying Information If you visit the old pricing page today, you’ll see: Effective immediately, no new postings will be accepted [...]

all the top bananas.com video

Yeah, I’m a sucker for holiday videos. Thanks to job search engine All The Top Bananas.

why didn’t i think of this?

sponsored blog posts? really?

Danny Sullivan’s Search Engine Land is a must-read for all search marketers. Like many others, I look to the site for the latest news and insight into everything search. And, like many others who blog, I appreciate the fact that the site isn’t a charity and looks to stay in the black via ad dollars. Hey, [...]

perez hilton, youtube help fill jobs at citigroup

Hats off to Citigroup for leveraging YouTube’s new advertising platform for recruiting. In this example, they’re targeting the viewers of Perez Hilton content (so, no, they’re not looking for rocket scientists). If you’re not familiar with YouTube’s new ad format, I’ll point you to a family-friendly example here. You’ll notice a pop-up during the video, as [...]

latpro opens traffic data to public

Job boards typically have a plethora of (usually good) reasons why they won’t share traffic data with the public - at least not via third party anyway. Because of this, we’re dependent on services such as comScore or Hitwise for close-as-can-be data. That’s why I’m impressed LatPro was recently and voluntarily added to Quantcast, a third [...]