RecruitingBlogs.com and Recruiter.com merge

by Jeff Dickey-Chasins on September 2, 2010

Recruiter.com

Recruiter.com and RecruitingBlogs.com Inc. announced a definitive merger agreement today, creating a new US-based company called Recruiter.com, LLC. The merged company will provide an integrated platform to facilitate recruiter and HR social networking, knowledge sharing, [...]

Kenexa buys Salary.com for $80 million

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Kenexa Corporation, a provider of business solutions for human resources, announced yesterday that it has purchased Salary.com for $80 million. Kenexa and Salary.com entered into a mutual agreement in which Kenexa agreed to purchase Salary.com, [...]

Kenexa adds Jobfox for 2x BrassRing customers

Kenexa September 1, 2010

Kenexa added Jobfox’s job board feed to Kenexa’s 2x BrassRing service on Monday. BrassRing customers will be able to post unlimited jobs to Jobfox via Kenexa’s Talent Gateway system. “By expanding our partnership with Jobfox, [...]

Coalition study finds ICANN .jobs comment review process flawed

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The .JOBS Charter Compliance Coalition, a group of organizations and companies united by a common opposition against the .jobs vote, petitioned the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) last week to reconsider their [...]

September 2010 roundup

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job board news Indeed adds 24 countries: Indeed has added 24 new countries to its coverage, bringing the total number to 53 (and 12 more languages). Dice sees a rise in revenue, adds Talent Network, [...]

Urban Interns raises $250,000 in angel round

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Urban Interns, an online marketplace that connects employers with candidates seeking internships, part-time jobs, freelance or contract positions, announced their first angel round of $250,000 today. Although the site launched in February 2009, co-founders Lauren [...]

JobMount announces integration with Jobg8

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Jobg8, a virtual marketplace for job boards, and JobMount, job board software created by Aspen Technology Labs, have announced a partnership to provide Aspen Technology clients with a way to create additional revenue. The Jobg8 [...]

Online job postings show double-digit growth in July

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The number of postings on job sites is increasing, an indicator that hiring is picking up in a number of industries, according to an article posted today on Human Resource Executive Online. Monster, Careerbuilder, and [...]

StepStone completes MrTed acquisition

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StepStone Solutions, a provider of Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) Talent Management solutions, has completed the acquisition of privately-owned e-recruitment software provider MrTed. London-based MrTed has been gaining in popularity and has steadily increased their client base since [...]

Jobspeaker: create your very own personalized job board

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Considering the thousands and thousands of job boards active on the web, it may come as a surprise to discover that there are few job search management tools available. Jobspeaker, a site that launched beta [...]

Monster closes on Hot Jobs, stock price drops

MonsterHotJobs August 24, 2010

Monster closed its $225 million acquisition today of Yahoo’s HotJobs. Shares of Monster stock fell 1.6%, or 17 cents, to $10.47. Yahoo’s shares also fell by 1% amidst broad market declines. The deal also includes [...]

BranchOut on Facebook

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Games like Farmville and Restaurant City have eclipsed more practical applications on Facebook, but a new app called BranchOut is hoping to change this. The utility of BranchOut is clear-cut: to help people build strong [...]

Germany to outlaw background checks on Facebook

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A new law in Germany could ban the use of Facebook profiles for conducting background checks on potential candidates, according to a local newspaper. Interior Minister Thomas de Maizière drafted the law,  according to Die [...]

More employers leveraging social media for recruiting, survey says

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More than 1/3 of employers are using social media to attract and engage new hires, according to a survey by Careerbuilder. Sites like LinkedIn, Facebook, and Twitter are gaining in popularity for employers who require [...]

Simply Hired CEO on the future of job growth

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Simply Hired, a search engine for jobs, today released its latest job trend data highlighting metropolitan area and sector job growth. Simply Hired CEO and co-founder Gautam Godhwani and Trulia CEO Pete Flint came together [...]

SEEK invests in Mexican employment site

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SEEK, a job site based in Australia, has announced it has acquired a 40% interest in Online Career Center Mexico SA de CV (OCC), a Mexican employment site. The details of the purchase include a [...]

The widening disparity between selling and using trademarked names in search

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There have been some new developments on how trademark law will treat selling a trademark as a keyword for directed search vs. how the law will punish those who use a trademark in a domain [...]

JobCentral launches in New York

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The State of New York has officially launched JobCentral, a free job portal provided by DirectEmployers Association (DE). DirectEmployers is a nonprofit HR consortium of global employers formed to improve labor market efficiency through the [...]

Dice buys Rigzone for $39 million

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Dice Holdings, a provider of specialized career websites, has purchased Rigzone for $39 million in cash. Up to $16 million in cash is payable after the acquisition if certain operating and financial goals are met by [...]

Craigslist unveils a ‘newer’ layout

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Recruiters, hold on to your hats. Craiglist, often considered the dinosaur of the recruiting industry because of its refusal to update or upgrade its interface, has quietly launched a slightly improved design. Techcrunch’s Michael Arrington [...]

.jobs domain expansion approved – ideas encouraged

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The expansion of the .jobs domain to include location- and profession-specific URLs has been approved by ICANN. “We’re very pleased with the decision rendered by the ICANN Board,” said Tom Embrescia, chairman of Employ Media. [...]

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