Archive | April, 2008
sec bringing the smackdown to ex-monster execs
Reuters has the story. James Treacy, a former president and chief operating officer at the company, and Anthony Bonica, a former controller, were accused of benefiting from the fraudulent scheme, including the receipt and exercise of backdated option grants, according to the complaint. Ouch. Update: A full breakdown of the legal doc is here.
Continue reading...risesmart launches ‘recruiter concierge’
30. April 2008
Start-up RiseSmart is trying its hand at mashing-up a $100K job board and a candidate sourcing service, dubbed Recruiter Concierge. According to a company release, Screened candidates are delivered to the client the same day a requisition with Recruiter Concierge is opened. Clients may access resumes and provide immediate feedback to their concierge via the Recruiter [...]
Continue reading...itzbombing?
29. April 2008
Sources tell us all but 15 people were laid off at start-up itzbig this week. We’re trying to get an exact number of people who are now looking for work as a result. Additionally, the number of execs who have apparently or definitely disappeared from the organization recently, including founders Hank Stringer and Jim Hammock, plus [...]
Continue reading...4 job sites make list of ‘most valuable digital startups’
28. April 2008
In case you missed it, three employment-related sites have made it onto Silicon Alley Insider’s Top 25 most valuable digital start-ups, dubbed SAI 25. Another is close to breaking into the group. They are: No. 3 – Craigslist ($5 billion) No. 8 – LinkedIn ($1.3 billion) No. 16 – TheLadders ($500 million) (and SAI advertiser) Knocking on the door [...]
Continue reading...Another Dimension To The Talent Market
28. April 2008
Richard Florida’s work on mapping talent and cities is quite interesting. I heard Richard several years ago shortly after “Rise of The Creative Class” came out and was intrigued. At the time I was living in Cincinnati – loved my job but was less than happy with where I lived. Recently, I [...]
Continue reading...beaker.com sneak peek
25. April 2008
Although it has yet to launch, Beaker.com will be familiar with many in the recruitosphere for the simple fact that the indelible Josh Akers of Workfarce fame left a cushy job at JobCentral to join the start-up. Curiosity piqued, we grabbed Beaker.com CEO Jeffrey Clark for the skinny. P.S. For the latest from ‘Farce, click here to [...]
Continue reading...monster’s fickle on tickle (or the cost cutting continues)
24. April 2008
TechCrunch reports Monster Worldwide (MNST) is laying off 30-35 employees from Tickle, a site it bought in ‘04 for about $94 million. Its future? The Tickle site will change focus once absorbed by Affinity Labs, although just how is yet to be seen. All layoffs will be complete by the end of June; employees were told [...]
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
- 100 great interview questions
- the slice (8-25-09)
- jobfox interjects on your behalf
- careerbuilder wants you to work at the gap
- careerbuilder job app launches on iphones
- vault snags monster exec
- 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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