Joel Cheesman
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Here’s Why Snapchat’s Spectacles Should Be Considered a Serious Recruiting Tool
If you’ve been avoiding Snapchat, whether personally or professionally, it’s time to start paying attention. Aside from the fact that the mobile phenomenon enjoys 100 million users daily, and that… Read more
This Startup Just Raised $8.5 Million to Advance the Education of Your Employees
Things are moving pretty fast. In the workplace, anything that can be automated is being automated. Robots are taking over. Artificial intelligence promises to make us all obsolete replace countless corporate functions…. Read more
GetBadges Hopes to Get Those Corporate Competitive Juices Flowing
Using badges to encourage competition and progress is nothing new. Whether we’re talking the military, the Girl Scouts or Foursquare, simply rewarding achievement with some sort of visual does wonders…. Read more
Portfolium Raises $6.6 Million, Hoping This Time is Different for Student Portfolios
Portfolium, an 18-person start-up based in San Diego has raised $6.6 million in a first round of venture capital funding, led by SJF Ventures. The company was launched in 2014 by… Read more
Here’s Why Glassdoor’s Fame May Be Fleeting
The number of herculean success stories in the online classifieds space as it pertains to job postings over the past 10 years are few and far between. Two obvious medal… Read more
This Startup Hopes to Crush Upwork and Freelancer, One Text at a Time
The last time they counted, there were 53 million people doing freelance work in the U.S., which is roughly 34 percent of the entire workforce. People who freelance contribute an estimated… Read more
Resume Spam Goes High-Tech with Jobscan
Keyword stuffing is the act of, well, stuffing a web page with keywords, hoping to get found online. It’s commonly referred to as spam. And before Google got pretty good at… Read more
CareerBuilder is Officially ‘For Sale’
Forget what I said about CareerBuilder circling the wagons. Turns out, Tegna, the company that was spun off from Gannett last year and 53 percent stakeholder in CareerBuilder, has other ideas. Announced today, Tegna,… Read more
CareerBuilder’s Latest Acquisition Takes Them Into ‘Whole New Arena’
After Monster announced its acquisition to Randstad last month, one of the inevitable questions that arose was, “What’s going to happen to CareerBuilder now?” The answer is becoming more clear with their latest purchase…. Read more
Verensics Brings ‘Minority Report’ to Hiring
It’s been over a decade since director Steven Spielberg’s “Minority Report” hit theaters. In case you missed it, or forget, the movie stars Tom Cruise and foretells a future where… Read more
We Are All Recruiters Thanks to Indeed Crowd
The history of vendors providing a way to commercialize and mainstream paid referrals isn’t pretty. Organizations who serve as middlemen and pay everyday people who refer their contacts who then… Read more
Jaw-Dropping: ZipRecruiter’s Price Hike
They have to pay for all those TV and radio spots somehow. ZipRecruiter, founded in 2010, is probably now best known for allowing employers to post jobs across 100+ jobs… Read more
Monster Strikes Back at Disgruntled Investor
The monstrous melodrama continues. Let’s catch up. A couple weeks ago, Monster announced they were being acquired by Randstad Holdings. Last week, Monster’s biggest investor said, “not so fast,” believing the… Read more
Mya A.I. Has Eyes on ‘Fully Automated Recruitment’
“Your recruiting A.I.” If you visit Mya’s website, it’s hard to ignore what’s obviously going to be an overused buzzword in just about every industry under the sun, if it… Read more
This Startup Pays Candidates, Targets ‘Pushy’ Recruiters
“We now get over 100 applications a month from agency recruiters applying to come work for Vettery,” said Adam Goldstein, cofounder of Vettery, a New York City-based online employment marketplace… Read more
