Recruiting Tools

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

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

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

 Sourcing Niche Tech Talent: Tools Breakdown No one knows recruiting tools better than veteran RecruitingTools.com writer, Dean Da Costa. As technology roles become more niche and nuanced, standard recruiting tools just… Read more

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

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

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

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

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

Organizations near and far are proclaiming themselves to be “veteran friendly.” Vendors, publications, and lobby groups have even gotten into the picture to help with said proclamation. Unfortunately, in the… Read more

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

“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

“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

Context Scout is a tool we have reviewed several times over the past year. So you can understand my shock when I received an email with the subject “Goodbye from… Read more

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