Archive | July, 2008
monster still really dumb, buys trovix
By Joel Cheesman - So you thought things couldn't get any dumber at Monster? Well, they just got a whole lot dumber'er with the most recent acquisition of snake oil candidate matching technology and vertical job search engine Trovix for $72.5 million. According to Monster CEO Sal Soprano Iannuzzi, "This is an unrivaled and unique technology, and it underscores Monster's commitment to investing significant resources to enhance our overall technology platform. "Trovix's superior match technology complements nicely our ongoing investments in product, sales and customer service, as well as the extension of our business into new areas and geographies. This is truly a game-changing development." Game-changing, huh? Doubtful.
Continue reading...iannuzzi unveils a “massive relaunch” of monster
31. July 2008
By Vanessa Dennis - Monster.com reports in their quarterly financial earnings call a complete overhaul of the Web site in the future, plus $30.8 million in earnings, a 9% increase from last year. CEO Sal Iannuzzi also discusses the company's recent reorganization and predicts there are more layoffs to come.
Continue reading...salary.com’s pay cut courtesy of payscale
31. July 2008
By Vanessa Dennis - Online salary survey site PayScale is quickly becoming the go-to source for job market data in favor of Salary.com, who charges users to view the results of their own surveys. While PayScale does charge for more in-depth reports, much of their content is free and open to the public. Founder Joe Giordano said, "PayScale plays an integral part in making the job market place transparent in terms of salary and compensation. We collect millions of profiles with all their unique attributes and then use advanced computation power and statistics to make sure that the data is all valid."
Continue reading...monster steals bbdo account manager
30. July 2008
By Vanessa Dennis - Monster.com has appointed Ted Gilvar to the position of Executive Vice President and Chief Global Marketing Officer. Gilvar most recently worked at advertising firm BBDO, where he was an account manager for the job board.
Continue reading...“smuz is the sound a monster makes…
30. July 2008
By Vanessa Dennis - Paul Pickthorne, CEO of a new free online job board called Smuz, said one of his successful marketing techniques has been partnering with Resume Rabbit. The pairing has resulted in about 1000 new resumes routed to his site per week.
Continue reading...trovix goes viral w/webisodes
29. July 2008
Trovix, a job search engine based out of Silicon Valley launched the first Branded Entertainment episode of the Web series "Full-Time Dreams," about a funny group of guys who dream big and live small all the while rejecting corporate America. More at at Full Time Dreams.com.
Continue reading...twitorg, twitplan, twitterlicious - and now twithire
29. July 2008
By Vanessa Dennis - A new application for Twitter is now available for job seekers. TwitHire lets companies condense their job postings into 140 characters or less. So how much is this going to cost?
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