Job board news and notes form the industry.
IHire releases their latest talent survey and it has good news for job board owners; Job board usage is up. 58.9% of employers said they increased their reliance on job boards and online recruiting platforms in the past year. Further, 49.6% said they do most of their recruiting through job boards, and 23.4% said they do…
I have sad news to report. John Mellor who co-founded the WorkinSports site passed away last week after a brief battle with cancer. John and I conversed many times over the years and I advised him on occasion. John was one of the few people in our industry to achieve success with membership based job…
Pangea is a freelance marketplace for college age talent that has just secured a nice round of funding. They are based in Providence Rhode Island. According tot he company’s blog; In the past 12 months, students from more than 850 colleges across the US and Canada have come to Pangea to find freelance work. In…
So, Google is going to be making some changes to Google for Jobs. This news comes after a long interval of no news from the big G when it comes to their job search user experience. When I read the news the first thing I thought of was it sounded like a page torn form…
WrenchWay a mobile recruiting app for repair shops to find technicians in the automotive, diesel, and collision industries has launched “Reverse Job Posts“. Essentially they are taking the reverse job board concept I have talked about for years and made it a reality. Reverse Job Posts make it easier for shops and technicians to connect by…
Recruiter.com has acquired job board tech provider Uncubed and with it the popular MediaBistro job board.They now own a few niche job boards and appear to be on an acquisition strategy. Two entrepreneurs recently unveiled MusicCareers, a music industry-specific job board platform dedicated to finding work for jobseekers. The site appears to be a custom developed…
Diversity is perhaps the hottest sector in online recruitment right now. WayUp which rebranded itself into a DE&I sourcing platform was just acquired by Yello and now Circa has snapped up DiversityJobs.com owned by LatPro Inc. … press release below. MILWAUKEE – Today, Infosoft Group, LLC, dba Circa, announced the purchase of Colorado-based LatPro, Inc., dba…
People are searching for work, but employers still lead the way Similarweb a website traffic company, released a report showcasing the impact, across industries, of COVID-19 recovery in both the U.S. and U.K.. which shows activity in the job market. “Our proprietary digital intelligence platform shows clear indicator signals of the recovery,” said Greg Malen, VP of…
Looking back I should have started a cannabis job board. It was a niche worth investing in 5 years ago. Now it has several top flight job boards serving it. Lots of competition. Came across this press release today. CannabisJobs.net is the fastest-growing cannabis jobs board in the cannabis industry. Although it caters to jobs primarily…
iHire and WorkInSports have completed their post-acquisition platform integration, bringing a new WorkInSports.com site experience and enhanced solutions to job seekers and employers in the sports industry. WorkInSports became the 57th industry-focused talent community in the iHire network when the companies merged in April. WorkInSports job seekers can now access iHire-powered tools and features designed to help them find the right employment opportunities…