Joel Cheesman
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‘Not So Fast’ Says Monster’s Biggest Investor
There’s a fly in the ointment. You’re probably aware Randstad Holdings recently struck a deal to buy Monster Worldwide at the cost of $3.40-per-share. Some in our industry applauded the deal…. Read more
Enboarder is Mobile-First (Just Don’t Call It An App)
“I fucking hate apps.” To say I was taken aback when Enboarder CEO Brent Pearson, a former Monster executive, said this during a product demo of his solution – touted in a… Read more
Pluck Takes All That Human Stuff Out of Twitter Sourcing
Marketing automation is getting easier and easier (and scarier and scarier). Finding needles in a haystack used to come down to which sourcer knew more than the others. Now, finding… Read more
Here’s Why Indeed’s Sales Strategy is Better Than Yours
Selling stuff to HR isn’t easy. It’s a market filled with people who are inundated with phone calls, are risk averse and budget constrained. Not a good recipe for quick… Read more
A Funny Thing Happened to Monster on its Way to Becoming a Multi-Billion Dollar Company
In March 2000, Monster topped $86 a share. It was worth nearly $8.5 billion. It was still valued at more than $7.5 billion in 2006. Yesterday, recruitment firm Randstad Holdings purchased Monster for $429 million… Read more
WebClipDrop Introduces Automated Sourcing Feature
Industry vets will know the name Doug Berg. He’s a serial entrepreneur that has done very well for himself thanks to ventures like Techies.com in the ’90s and Jobs2Web in… Read more
Jobs2Careers’ ipply Takes Aim at Small Business Hiring
You’re not going to use this app. Why? Because it’s targeting very small businesses. Historically, this is a market that recruiting technology vendors fear to tread. But, like a honey badger, ipply “don’t… Read more
We Now Know What Indeed.com is Doing with SimplyHired
Don’t call ’em SimplyIndeed. When Recruit, Indeed‘s parent company acquired SimplyHired a few month’s ago, there was a lot of speculation around what would happen next. Would www.simplyhired.com just redirect to… Read more
LinkedIn’s Latest Acquisition Could Empower Recruiters
LinkedIn quietly acquired PointDrive this week. On the surface, the move looks like a grenade launch at Salesforce. This is not a shock, of course, when we all learned that a big… Read more
Here’s Why I’m Joining RecruitingDaily.com
When are you bringing Cheezhead back? I get this question regularly. For industry vets who are old enough to remember Cheezhead, you probably get it. For those who aren’t, Cheezhead was a… Read more
