Cheezhead Recruiting News and Opinion

linkedin slashes 10 percent of staff

By Vanessa Dennis - Professional networking site LinkedIn has announced that they will be laying off 10 percent of their workforce, or approximately 36 jobs.

linkedin’s privileged and prosperous

By Vanessa Dennis - A new independent study from Anderson Analytics on the demographics of LinkedIn users confirms what we already knew: most of them are loaded.

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linkedin raises $22.7 million

By Vanessa Dennis - LinkedIn is reporting that they have raised an additional $22.7 million in investment funds, a follow-on to the $53 million they raised last June in their Series D round of funding.

a heaven for business cards

By Vanessa Dennis - CloudContacts is a new service that digitizes and manages contacts by placing business cards in a cloud and allowing users to access them anywhere on a web interface.

linkedin competitor launches

By Vanessa Dennis - Talkbiznow, a new UK-based professional networking site, encourages their users to make business connections, advertise their products, and post jobs for free.

time to warm-up the deadpool?

By Joel Cheesman - Like you, I’m doing my best to wrap my head around this whole economic, bailout, end of days thingy. I’m especially hoping to gain some clarity in regards to what it means to the employment space. Obviously, companies not hiring means a lot of vendors not making money. The best many players can hope for is holding steady while watching for falling rocks. Having been a victim in the last downturn, I know how ugly it can get. As one industry leader recently put it to me in private, “Our industry is f***ed!” So, here are some of my winners and losers for the year ahead.