Jeff Dickey-Chasins

August 2010 roundup

July 28, 2010

Both CareerBuilder and Dice revenue up in the second quarter, .jobs public comment storm at ICANN.org and lots of other interesting news…

July 2010 roundup

July 1, 2010

Among other news this month, Google has just released a list of the 1,000 most visited websites on the Internet, and the highest-ranked website in the jobs category is China’s 51job.com…

Multiple sources point toward increased job postings and recruitment spending

June 30, 2010


Recent reports by eQuest and Monster suggest that both the volume of job postings and spending on recruitment advertising have sharply increased during the last 6 months.

eQuest, a distributor of job postings for larger employers, shows a 91% increase in online recruitment spending versus the same tim…

June 2010 roundup

June 1, 2010

This roundup includes a significant acquisition and it’s nice to see one after a long drought!

The real cost of social media recruiting

May 27, 2010


A recruiter was recently overheard at a conference asking, “So, does social media replace everything else I do?” The answer, of course, is no – but it’s understandable why this recruiter was confused. The amount of hype and enthusiasm for social media recruiting has been substantial.

What is social media recruiting? In essence, the recruiter connects with candidates via social media channels…

May 2010 roundup

May 1, 2010

.jobs news, SimplyHired and FB, FTC issued what is often referred to as a “second request” for the $225 million HotJobs/Monster deal, etc

What’s up with this .jobs stuff – and should I care?

April 27, 2010


In 2005, the top level extension (TLD) known as ‘.jobs’ was born. A company called Employ Media was assigned to manage the registration and marketing of the new domain, and SHRM signed on as the TLD’s sponsor.

Why did SHRM decide that the .jobs extension was worth sponsoring? They believed that a TLD specifically focused on careers would help its members do a better and more cost effective job of recruiting new people. So if you worked f…

April 2010 roundup

April 1, 2010

CareerBuilder has launched JobsOnTheMenu.com, DirectEmployers took down its .jobs boards a few weeks ago, Dice Holdings which runs a variety of online job sites filed with the SEC to sell up to $50 million of stock, and lots more…

Where did that hire come from, anyway? And who cares?

March 30, 2010

A long time ago – say, in the early 1990s – employers had a very good idea where their job candidates originated. Most came from ‘word of mouth’ and the rest via newspaper ads.

Not so today. In a world where candidates can discover jobs via Twitter, job boards, social networks, unemployment offices, and yes…

March 2010 roundup

March 1, 2010

Monster.com buys HotJobs.com, Dice Holdings said Tuesday it returned to a profit in the fourth quarter, CareerBuilder reported $131 million in revenue, a 30.5 percent decline from the last quarter of 2008 and more…

Everyone says job boards are dying – so it must be true, right?

February 26, 2010

A recurrent theme in blog posts and Tweets is that job boards are dying. Usually this is coupled with a prediction that they’ll be replaced by social media or Google. The popularity of this subject, in turn, spawns two questions:

  1. Why is this such a popular topic?
  2. Are job boards really dying?

February 2010 roundup

February 1, 2010

SnagAJob.com tops 20 million registered users, fourth quarter results for HotJobs.com parent Yahoo! show a 4 percent decrease from the fourth quarter of 2008, and more…

Does social media eliminate the need for job boards?

January 22, 2010

Does social media eliminate the need for job boards?

For the past 15 years, job boards have been a standard part of the job seeker and employer ‘tool kit’. And why not?: job boards have proved to be an efficient way for job seekers to locate hiring companies, apply for jobs, and get a resume in front of potential employers.

But now the onset of…

January 2010 roundup

January 1, 2010

CareerBuilder’s Matt Ferguson doesn’t see pay for performance replacing the pay to post model for job boards anytime soon, if ever. Nor have the job aggregators had much of an impact on the business. Famous last words?

How to choose a job board

December 31, 2009

Just like a balanced diet that includes bread AND fruit, job boards should be a part of your job search – just not the only part. With over 100,000 job sites out there, you can certainly find one that caters to your profession and industry. Here’s how.

The first step: know thyself. Which industry are you targeting? Which job title? Are you at the beginning of your career, or an experienced pro? You must have a clear idea of your employment targets before searching for the right job boards to us…

Pay job sites – should you spend money to find a job?

December 8, 2009

From the start of job boards in the mid 1990s until now, the vast
majority of job and career sites have worked on a simple economic
model: job seekers don’t pay, employers do. In fact, the concept of
free access to a job site’s listings was so ingrained that TheLadders
actually garnered quite a bit of publicity by requiring job seekers to
pay when it launched in 2004. Although still uncommon, ‘pay’ sites have
gathered some…

December 2009 roundup

December 1, 2009

Some say Monster’s new Power Resume Search is stunning and Monster has opened a new facility in Florence,SC.

Warning: long-term side effects of recession may include…

November 18, 2009

As the recession begins to wane, it’s a good time to assess what
effects it has had on the relationship between employers and employees.
Why? These changes will continue to reverberate over the coming years
and affect how recruiting and hiring is conducted, what technologies
and approaches are used in finding candidates, and which resources are
brought to bear in retaining top talent.



A case of two perceptions



Per this recent report from…

November 2009 roundup

November 1, 2009

Dice Holdings reported a decline in profit for the third quarter, In a joint venture with the .jobs registry, DirectEmployers has launched the first of what might become tens of thousands of new geographically and occupationally focused job boards with generic names and a .jobs extension, Jobing buys Cheezhead and more…