By Vanessa Dennis - Jim Newfrock, (former?) CEO of the online referral platform Yellojobs, has announced that he is leaving the company effective immediately, along with COO Alex Conway and VP of Business Development Brad Wells. According to Newfrock, the breach stems from an inability to agree on technology and autonomy issues. Is this is the end of Yellojobs USA?
Continue reading...Sunday, June 22, 2008
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.
Continue reading...Tuesday, June 17, 2008
By Joel Cheesman - OnTargetjobs has a new CEO. His name is Michael Tansey. Their former CEO, Allen Paschal, is now labeled founder and chairman. Paschal gives this reason: The company has grown dramatically since inception … I was wearing too many hats ...
Continue reading...Friday, May 30, 2008
Multiple sources are telling us Eric Yoon, CEO and founder of NY-based Jobthread is out. Calls to confirm weren’t returned, although we did get Yoon’s voicemail, and an e-mail to him was opened but got no reply (usually such inquiries get an immediate response if false). Further evidence is Yoon’s LinkedIn profile which indicates JobThread as [...]
Continue reading...Sunday, March 9, 2008
If you enjoy gossip on the demise of Monster as much as I do, then you’ll love a current forum thread going on at Yahoo! Finance. 52 week low - Sal and Tim split $1M As shareholders deal with a 52 week low, and yes folks it’s going lower, Sal and his buddy Tim [Yates] split an [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, March 6, 2008
An anonymous comment came in yesterday that was tied to a Monster Worldwide IP address. Says the source: More layoffs at Monster today. Senior VP’s of Marketing and other marketing layoffs on a global scale. They spent millions on commercials and went way over budget and now they have to cut heads to pay the bills. I’m [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, February 20, 2008
The rumor mill is heating-up in influential circles around a heightened level of motivation The Ladders is allegedly showing to get acquired. Granted, rumors are just that, but there are at least two recent actions that may give us some insight into their desire to unload. 1. Sticking it to employers. Late last year, TheLadders decided to [...]
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