Kudos to Jobing. The job board, popular in many local markets, has started a foundation, jumpstarting the initiative with $1 million. The foundation “is dedicated to helping job seekers prepare for and find employment through outreach programs, partnerships, and volunteer activities in eight different states.” Said founder and CEO Aaron Matos: This is a very proud moment [...]
Continue reading...17. January 2008
Hot off the press. Monster’s latest ad in their new “Your Calling Is Calling” campaign has just been released. Job satisfaction that makes the world go ’round. This spot follows the previous ones in terms of an eye catching, visually appealing setup with a nice pay off at the end. In my [...]
Continue reading...17. January 2008
As a blogger who likes to keep new tunes in the iPod, I always keep an eye on how others are making money. Hollywood-gossiper Perez Hilton is one of the best. Yes, I really do read it for the marketing. If you’re interested and you get a chance (and it isn’t blocked at work), checkout the [...]
Continue reading...17. January 2008
With Monster throwing money at them, there are bound to be more job sites adding a little social networking flavor to their usual offerings. Vertical job search engine GetTheJob.com may be next on the bandwagon. Says CEO Chris Amato: Our profiles encourage users to add some personal information about their background without adding any information that could [...]
Continue reading...15. January 2008
Itzbig is “the technology leader in online recruiting.” Or so says American Venture Magazine in its latest edition. The Austin-based company was also awarded the distinction as a 2008 “Most Promising Startup.” CEO Jim McGovern said, “It is a tremendous honor to be recognized by a prestigious third party, such as American Venture. Our employees have [...]
Continue reading...15. January 2008
Consider the typical Google experience: Type in query, click search, see results, click and go directly to site. Pretty cut-and-dry. And, for the most part, everyone’s happy. Now, imagine if - in addition to the process above - Google actually took a portion of your on-page content, say 1,000 characters or so, and made their own [...]
Continue reading...14. January 2008
You’ve probably seen certain sites show-up a lot in Google’s results: Wikipedia, media sites, LinkedIn, etc. Why is this? Well, sites like these have considerable trust with Google thanks in large part to a crazy amount of backlinks. As a result, pretty much any content that’s created on these sites can rank pretty well with [...]
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18. January 2008
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