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interview: chris merritt, hotjobs

Monday, July 27, 2009

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By Joel Cheesman - With all the news swirling around Yahoo’s stake in HotJobs and an apparent desire to unload the company (smart money’s pointing to Monster being the buyer, by the way), we thought it would be a good time to catch-up with GM and vice president Chris Merritt for his take. We ran into him at SHRM last month for his take on an acquisition, as well as the company’s launch of a pay-per-candidate model and diving into the whole Twitter phenomenon. “Pay-per-candidate is all about finding people who meet your screening criteria,” said Merritt. “Job seekers go through a questionairre, at which point they become a candidate and employers pay for that.” If an employer links to an applicant tracking system from their job posting, a job seeker jumping to that platform would then become a candidate.

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y! hotjobs nabs monster china executive

Wednesday, May 14, 2008

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Yahoo! HotJobs has confirmed Chris Merritt, formerly of Monster China, is their new SVP of sales. He replaces Tom Karrat, now at Mimeo, who left HotJobs in August 2007. According to his LinkedIn profile, while at Monster, he was a “Worldwide Executive from North America currently on assignment in China, tasked with Go-to-Market management in Greater [...]

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