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May, 2013Big Layoff in Scranton, Pennsylvania, Dunder Mifflin/Sabre Closes
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We pause now, before beginning our workday, before we plunge into this post about Mars and Monster, to pay homage to television’s most real unreality comedy show, The Office.
The show’s finale aired last night, ending nine years of epi...
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Dec, 2012Not Just a Spanking but a Hard Spanking
Guessing game time: What’s the #1 failure for the year in the recruiting world?
Oh, so many choices for the top (or should that be the bottom?) spot. The irreverent Jason Buss offers his list of seven “Recruiting Fails for 2012,” whic...
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Nov, 2012HR Party Planners: Here’s Help From Your Secret Santa
It’s that time of year in offices all across America where Secret Santas are making their furtive appearance, and the HR department is planning the office party.
(Yes, of course, you can sit at the big table. Now, how about the Secret Santa?)
Thi...
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Aug, 2011August 2011 News Roundup
job board news Universum Development buys Doostang: Universum Development, the parent company of employer branding provider Universum Group, said yesterday it has purchased job site Doostang for an undisclosed amount. Doostang markets itself as a career platform expressly for young professionals. The site was founded in 2005 and helmed by Chuck Taylor. TheLadders gets a Russian competitor: Upladder, a job [...]
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Jul, 2011July 2011 News Roundup
job board news Military.com and Monster.com Launch Enhanced Veterans Career Center: Monster.com launched a new veterans’ career portal in collaboration with Military.com, a free military and veteran online news and membership organization serving active duty personnel, reservists, guard members, retirees, veterans, family members, defense workers and those considering military careers. Jobfox rolls out social media features: Jobfox [...]
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Jun, 2011June 2011 News Roundup
job board news .Jobs Manager Seeks Arbitration by International Court: In an admission that negotiations have failed, the manager of the .jobs addresses has filed to arbitrate its dispute with the Internet’s addressing authority over its awarding of .jobs domains. Adicio launches six Spanish language job boards: Interactive classified advertising software solutions provider Adicio has launched six new [...]
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May, 2011May 2011 News Roundup
job board news BranchOut Social Jobs Site Grabs a Yahoo Exec: BranchOut, the professional social network built on top of Facebook, has hired Chris Merritt from his post as Yahoo’s VP of global advertiser partnerships. Merritt is an online jobs veteran, and last year helped sell Yahoo HotJobs to Monster Worldwide Linkedin reaches 100 million milestone: LinkedIn [...]
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Mar, 2011April 2011 News Roundup
job board news ICANN Says .Jobs Operation Violates Rules: The Internet’s addressing authority has ordered the manager of the .Jobs domains to fix problems with how it issues addresses within 30 days or face the cancellation of its contract. Indeed introduces resume upload function: Indeed officially announced that it is introducing Indeed Resume, a tool that enables [...]
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Feb, 2011March 2011 news roundup
job board news Dice posts large revenue increase in Q4: Revenues for the quarter totaled $37.9 million, an increase of 42% from the $26.7 million reported a year before. Dice attributed the growth to strong recruitment activity and the ongoing shift of recruitment spend to specialty career sites. Monster.com Trying to Beat Regulators to Privacy Punch: All [...]
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Jan, 2011February 2011 news roundup
job board news Hundreds of both geographical and vocational .jobs domains are live: The controversial and highly debated Universe.jobs project has launched, and now hundreds of both geographical and vocational .jobs domains are live, according to DomainIncite.com. CareerBuilder quietly shuts down BrightFuse: CareerBuilder has shuttered BrightFuse, which was once a free talent community where people shared [...]
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Jan, 2011January 2011 news roundup
job board news Shares of Monster “far outperform…industry peers”: According to the Reuters news service, Monster’s stock has “far outperformed both its Internet and staffing industry peers.” Reuters credits Monster for curbing costs during the recession, enhancing its job search technology, and exploring other lucrative markets like China. Dice Holdings Announces Stock Sale, Most By [...]
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Nov, 2010December 2010 news roundup
job board news Monster Worldwide share rise on 3Q report: Monster Worldwide Inc. said Thursday it slid to a third-quarter loss mainly due to costs related to acquiring its former rival site HotJobs. But adjusted results and the company’s full-year forecast topped Wall Street expectations, sending shares up more than 10 percent in late trading. [...]
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Oct, 2010November 2010 news roundup
job board news Jobing buys Recruiting.com: Seattle-based Recruiting.com has been purchased by AZ-based job site Jobing.com for an undisclosed amount, in a transaction completed in July but just announced. CareerBuilder launches Facebook application: CareerBuilder’s Work@ application enables employees to share open jobs with their personal and professional contacts on Facebook. Jobfox launches ‘Break Through’: Jobfox announced [...]
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Sep, 2010October 2010 news roundup
job board news RecruitingBlogs and Recruiter.com merge: Recruiter.com and RecruitingBlogs.com Inc. announced a definitive merger agreement to create a new USA based company, Recruiter.com, LLC, which will offer a platform to facilitate recruiter and HR social networking, knowledge sharing, and delivery of services. Beyond.com Becomes Network Partner: Beyond.com has become the U.S. affiliate of The [...]
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Sep, 2010September 2010 roundup
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, Rigzone: Dice reported an 11% increase in revenue for Q2, beating analysts’ estimates. The company also added a social-media-themed service [...]
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Jul, 2010August 2010 roundup
Both CareerBuilder and Dice revenue up in the second quarter, .jobs public comment storm at ICANN.org and lots of other interesting news...
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Jul, 2010July 2010 roundup
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...
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Jun, 2010June 2010 roundup
This roundup includes a significant acquisition and it's nice to see one after a long drought!
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May, 2010May 2010 roundup
.jobs news, SimplyHired and FB, FTC issued what is often referred to as a "second request" for the $225 million HotJobs/Monster deal, etc
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Apr, 2010April 2010 roundup
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...
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Mar, 2010March 2010 roundup
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...
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