Archive for the ‘Job Boards’ Category
2010 Superbowl Ad Winner: CareerBuilder vs. Monster.com?
Posted by JasonWith air time estimated between $2.5 and $3 million, both job boards are looking to gain traffic and exposure during high unemployment times.
In our poll last year, CareerBuilder won the superbowl ad contest big time with 71% of the vote. After announcing the acquisition of Yahoo! HotJobs last week, the Monster.com beavers hope to take the top spot over CareerBuilder’s whitey tighties.
Which ad did you like best this year? Vote here, and if you didn’t see the ads, you can see both ad spots below the poll.
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Be sure to vote for your favorite 2010 Superbowl ad on YouTube’s ad blitz page before February 14th, 2010.
Monster acquires HotJobs
Posted by JasonWith Monster.com controlling 1/3 of online job postings, they announced their eating one of two main competitors, HotJobs. The deal is expected to close the 3rd quarter of this year.
Monster also plans on doubling the number of newspapers that it works with to about 1,000 for online job postings and advertising.
Background:
Yahoo acquired HotJobs in 2002 for roughly $445 million in cash and stock. One analyst stated that unique users on the HotJobs site in December declined 32 percent year over year, in a note to investors citing data from comScore.
Yahoo’s sale of HotJobs, which had been rumored for months, is the latest example of the Internet company’s reorganization under CEO Carol Bartz who took the helm in January 2009.
Under the terms of the deal, Monster will pay Yahoo $20 million to $31 million a year for Yahoo to redirect traffic to its site. How does the revenue compare between the two job boards? HotJobs generates annual revenue of about $100 million. Monster’s 2009 revenue totaled $905 million.
It is not clear yet what impacts this deal will have on HotJobs’ employees, for Recruiters, or Candidates yet many have stated the consolidation will be beneficial on many fronts.
A Job Board Nightmare?
Posted by JasonHe thought (and hoped) it was just a bad dream. Little Johnny just wanted to find a job, but he got lost in a universe cluttered with a million new job boards.
He woke up, it wasn’t just a dream, as 25,000 will go live this week.
While I have never claimed to be a “jobs” SEO expert, I’ve had several conversations the past couple of months with recruiting industry peers and there continues to be a lot of confusion and questions about what goals Direct Employers is trying to accomplish with the .jobs domain.
Top Job Boards for 2010
Posted by Jason
It’s that time of year again - where the top job boards are announced. It’s the annual user’s choice awards, where both recruiters and job seekers pick the top job sites on the web.
Each year, WEDDLE’s conducts a year-long ballot of recruiters and job seekers to determine which employment related sites they like best. The 30 sites that accumulate the most votes during the year are named WEDDLE’s User’s Choice Award winners - and they are coined as the “elite” of online employment sites.
Simply Hired Goes Social
Posted by JasonWith more than five million job listings worldwide, Simply Hired is the world’s largest job search engine and recruitment advertising network, and yesterday announced it’s going social.
Today’s web-savvy job seekers are turning social applications into professional job hunting tools by embracing social networks to expand professional connections, tapping into twitter for real-time alerts about job openings and leveraging blogs to increase their online presence.
The Crystal Ball: 2010 Recruiting Predictions
Posted by JasonEach year there are hundreds of predictions made about recruiting. Some come to fruition, some don’t. It’s always enjoyable to reflect back on last year’s and look into the crystal ball for this year.
This year is no different. Hundreds of predictions have been made about what 2010 holds for jobs, employment, and the recruiting space. While it’s not rocket science to discuss social media in recruiting or a big focus on retention as the economy turns here are several links to that will give you some thought provoking conversation starters, or something to read during your lunch break.
Recruiting Blog Recap for 2009
Posted by JasonIn a few days 2009 will be in the past, opening up a new year with new opportunities. Times were certainly tough this past year. How tough?
One organization created job board coupons for Recruiters, while recruiting budgets were hit hard, and attendance at industry conferences was also down significantly - by some projections as much as 75%. Whether or not you had the opportunity to attend ERE, or Kennedy/OnRec the reviews were mixed. For many, the fall ERE conference led the conference pack with the most positive feedback. SHRM’s Staffing Management Conference had the most attendees, and they are predicting 800+ for the Spring 2010 event.
Tweetajob.com CEO Interview
Posted by JasonI had the chance to connect with Carmen Hudson, CEO of tweetajob at the OnRec / Kennedy Information conference. I asked Carmen a few questions about the benefits for Recruiters and Companies to utilize their services vs. other twitter job posting services on the market.
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Job Board Coupons! What Next?
Posted by JasonUpdated: 10/30/09
If you haven’t used your job board coupons, time is running out! In an e-mail earlier this week, SHRM sent an e-mail blast notifying Recruiters that the job board coupons from their job posting center, powered by JobTarget, expire at the end of the year. Seriously.
Original Post: 1/8/09
I never thought I’d live to see the day where job boards would publish coupons. That’s the case with the latest coupon book from SHRM and Job Target, containing over 1,000 coupons for job boards.
If Recruiters have time in a down economy to clip coupons - “Houston, we have a problem”…
2010 Recruiting Budget Themes
Posted by JasonTalk to most corporate or agency recruiting leaders and you’ll likely hear the same thing regarding recruiting budgets for 2010… Flat from 2009. A majority of firms reduced their budgets in 2009, so the definition of flat is still down from 2 years ago. While experts predict retention will be the #1 problem organizations face once the economy turns, this makes the budget situation an interesting dilemma.
Here are a variety of ways to make the most of your recruiting budget in 2010, and help position you for the predicted hiring increase:
- Self fund new initiatives. Assess your processes, identify breakdowns and unnecessary steps, and fix them. With the savings or increased productivity, you should be in a position to fund new opportunities so you don’t find yourself behind your competition.
