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matching job sites fall short

Thursday, July 9, 2009

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The Wall Street Journal enlisted two professionals to test the capabilities and accuracy of four job sites that use matching technology to connect job seekers: Jobfox, CareerBuilder, Bintro, and Trovix.

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jobfox ceo suffers car accident, hospitalized

Saturday, June 27, 2009

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It’s a sobering day as we look toward this week’s SHRM conference. Reports out of Indianapolis say Jobfox CEO, Rob McGovern, has suffered a serious car accident.

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regional sales director leaves jobfox

Tuesday, June 23, 2009

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Thomas Watkins has left his position as regional director of sales at Jobfox to lead the Cox Business sales team in Hampton Roads, Va.

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jobfox exec on rumored layoffs

Thursday, June 4, 2009

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Some Cheezhead readers emailed in this morning saying that several Jobfox employees on Facebook and LinkedIn noted on their profiles that as of yesterday, they are unemployed.

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new jobfox feature is like indeed, but not free

Wednesday, May 27, 2009

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Jobfox is asking their members to pony up for another feature called a Personal Job Market Explorer. A Cheezhead reader wrote about her experience with the new service.

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ere expo round-up, rumors

Monday, April 6, 2009

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By Joel Cheesman - The ERE Expo went down last week. Judging by the turnout, you probably weren’t there. That’s not to say the show was a failure; it just means it was a bit more intimate than the past few events. A brief discussion with ERE head David Manaster brought a positive outlook when he reminded me that attendance at the most recent show was about the same as it was a few years ago with about the same overhead. They’ll no doubt survive the economic storm. Which might be saying more than most companies in our industry these days. Rumors of death, destruction and downturn were abundant.

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march: there will be blood

Tuesday, February 24, 2009

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By Joel Cheesman - Times are undeniably bad at a majority of job boards and vendors. Many were hoping just getting through January - typically one of the best months for revenue - would bring temporary relief. Those who could afford high-priced Super Bowl ads and Monstrous redesigns, were probably hoping to fare even better. It’s not looking that way. March is shaping up to be a particularly nasty month for the industry (insert mandatory “Ides of March” cliche here). Many sources are telling us to buckle-up. As one job board owner recently put it, “We continue to hold our own, but we do hear daily about companies struggling. This seems to have hit staffing / recruiting companies especially hard. I don’t remember it being this bad after 9/11.”

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