Archive | April, 2008
r.i.p. google base?
The end of the road may officially be near for Google Base. Two years ago, Google started integrating a secondary search box into job query results that would then take users to job listings on Base. Knowing how much job board traffic is (or can be) driven by search engines, I (and I wasn’t alone) believed [...]
Continue reading...work
22. April 2008
Recently I made a career decision. For a ‘boomer’ a fairly major decision. I have been in the search/recruitment technology business for 30 years. Since 1995 I have been on the technology side working to make sense and add value from the Internet and emerging technologies. And made some headway. On the other hand many [...]
Continue reading...beyond myspace & facebook recruiting
22. April 2008
Amy Lynch of Bottom Line Conversation in Nashville presented at the recent SMA conference on recruiting millennials. In it, she said employers need to move past general social networking site like MySpace and Facebook and look into more niche-specific networks like We Play. Considering the fact I think most employers are still trying to get their [...]
Continue reading...‘one monster’ vision revealed
21. April 2008
Our friendly Monster insider has forwarded what appears to be a training presentation to employees, intimating the company’s vision and new focus, summed up as “One Monster.” My highlights in bold. Monster Values 1-3 Hello and welcome to training on Monster’s mission and values. To build on our successful history, we must transform Monster into a more unified company [...]
Continue reading...featured in personal branding magazine
20. April 2008
If you haven’t checked out Dan Schawbel’s Personal Branding, I encourage you to do so. It’s a variety of, you guessed it, personal branding advice from experts, which comes in handy to any of us hoping to get an advantage on the competition in the world of Brand You. They also have some pretty interesting [...]
Continue reading...current, past monster employees just can’t get along
18. April 2008
If you thought the flood of comments for old blog posts on Jobster and Workmetro were entertaining, I invite you to checkout the current string of commentary on a post about Monster that has current and ex-employees going at it. A favorite snippet says, “Walk the 3rd floor in Maynard and ask people how much they [...]
Continue reading...conference pics now live
17. April 2008
Checkout Cheezhead’s Facebook Fan Site for pics from recent conferences.
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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23. April 2008
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