by Jeff Dickey-Chasins
on January 31, 2011
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 [...]
by Jeff Dickey-Chasins
on September 17, 2010
Madgex, the U.K.’s most prominent job board software provider, appointed Amped Market Place Inc. (AMP) on Thursday as the sole distributor of its software and services in the United States. Madgex has been in operation for the past decade and currently powers 250 job boards, with a particular focus on media-related sites. Although Madgex has [...]
by Jeff Dickey-Chasins
on 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 a three-year deal for Monster to act as Yahoo’s exclusive provider of job and career content. Monster said that the [...]
by Jeff Dickey-Chasins
on July 28, 2010
Dice reported today that it saw an increase of 11% from $27 million in the comparable quarter in 2009. It earned 6 cents a share on 2nd quarter revenues of $29.9 million – which beat Wall Street’s expectations. Expenses also rose, a result of higher sales compensation and increased investments in product development and marketing. [...]