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who’s going to buy hotjobs?

Thursday, April 16, 2009

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By Joel Cheesman - Says The New York Times this week, "Under [New Yahoo CEO Carol] Bartz, Yahoo has also been trying to sell some business units that it doesn’t consider core to its mission, including Hotjobs, the online recruiting service, according to several people familiar with the plans." Will it happen? Only time will tell. Until then, we have a list of some possible suitors, including some unexpected names?

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internet media company buys groovejob.com

Thursday, February 26, 2009

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Internet Brands announced during their fourth quarter financial call that they had acquired two new job sites: GrooveJobs.com and CVTips.com.

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monster shells out $174 million to complete aquisition

Wednesday, October 8, 2008

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By Vanessa Dennis - Monster Worldwide has announced the purchase of the remaining 55 percent stake in ChinaHR for $174 million in cash. Analysys International gave the job site a valuation of $31 million in the first quarter of 2007.

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monster still really dumb, buys trovix

Thursday, July 31, 2008

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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.

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talent technology buys peoplefilter

Thursday, July 10, 2008

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By Vanessa Dennis - Recruiting software company Talent Technology has purchased PeopleFilter, an applicant tracking system made by Profind, Inc. This is the fifth acquisition for Talent Technology.

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confessions of a former careerbuilder sales guy

Sunday, June 22, 2008

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By Joel Cheesman - The following e-mail was sent to me by a former CareerBuilder sales rep. The locations and names have been changed to protect the innocent. They discuss how "selling to HR" is a no-no when trying to make the sale.

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