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November 19, 09
Again with the Monster takeover talk? C’mon, people…
Dow Jones reports shares of Monster Worldwide Inc. rose Wednesday afternoon after message boards rumbled about takeover speculation. It’s hardly the first time. In fact, rumbles have burped up for years—as far back as 2000, according to our archives. Who is it this time? Google? News Corp?
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November 17, 09
Walmart exec: Give us quality not quantity
Walmart corporate recruiter Sharon McCone has some advice for job-board operators: Deliver quality candidates not quantity.
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November 17, 09
ICMA Budapest conference: Spoil your customer!
How to get rich quick - no, that wasn’t exactly the question answered at the International Classified Media Association’s Budapest general meeting last week, although the main topic was “Monetizing Classifieds 2.0.” But you could learn from Prussian King Frederic the Great the immense value of being patient and not asking for too much too fast in your marketing strategies.
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November 17, 09
Cardless consumer marketing by Sundrop Systems
New LoyalTxt product drives customer loyalty and virally markets retailer products via Facebook Connect, text and e-mail
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November 16, 09
Good advice on recruitment videos
Good advice on ERE.net for employers that produce recruitment videos (which is a lot of them these days). It’s also good advice for ad publishers that sell video services to employers.
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November 13, 09
Holy Web 2.0, Vatman - the pope is posting
Online conversion takes on new meaning as Catholic Church higher-ups study the digital world
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November 11, 09
Weird workplace wants
Careerbuilder survey reveals unusual employee requests and suggestions
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November 11, 09
The plan for dot-jobs domain: ‘Millions of job boards’…
Check out the DirectEmployers Association’s new Web site: Universe.jobs.
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November 11, 09
LocalWork.ca vs. Workopolis, Sullivan at AutoHound
Metroland says its LocalWork.ca has advantages over Workopolis, the national job site owned by its parent company, Torstar Corp. And former Workopolis president Patrick Sullivan is now CEO of AutoHound, part-owned by CTVGlobemedia—which continues to hurt Torstar results.
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November 11, 09
Twitter and LinkedIn? Of course.
Twitter and LinkedIn announced a deal that lets users link their accounts on both services so they can tweet LinkedIn status updates and have their tweets sent to LinkedIn connections.
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November 10, 09
Elance pushes the contractor option to recruiters
It seemed a little unusual, but it made sense for Elance.com, a company that matches businesses and contractors, to be at the Onrec / Kennedy Information Recruiting Conference and Expo last week in Chicago.
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November 10, 09
A new audience for advertisers - those in flight
Holiday travelers can now access brand and product messages in more airport terminals and even in-flight on Virgin America.
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November 09, 09
Oodle Pro pulls together listings and social profiles
Oodle is launching Oodle Pro today, a self-serve tool that local advertisers can use to bulk upload free listings on Facebook, MySpace, AOL, Google Base and about 200 other sites on the Oodle network. Initially, it rolls out to Realtors but services to car dealers and recruiters are in the works. And as the TV pitchman says: Wait. There’s more.
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November 09, 09
The serendipity effect in social media
When the web first started becoming paramount in how people consumed news, there was a lot written about the dangers of information “narrowcasting.” Now, it may turn out, social media can help provide a remedy.
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November 06, 09
YPG writes down Trader by C$315 million
Canada’s Yellow Pages Group paid C$1.2 billion a few years ago to acquire Trader publications; it wrote down the value by $315 million this quarter.
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November 03, 09
OnRec, Kennedy off to a good start in Chicago
Change was the recurring theme at OnRec today, but by the time people catch up current trends and technology, will it be time to move on the next great thing?
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November 03, 09
ToToVR for vacation rental swaps
New site by travel junkies helps vacationers trade places to stay while traveling
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November 03, 09
Canada to open up real estate listings?
The country’s Competition Bureau belatedly reaches a deal with realtors to (perhaps) shake up the MLS near-monopoly.
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November 02, 09
Google’s Sam Sebastian in Crain’s
Director of classifieds offers a small glimpse of life at Google.
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November 02, 09
No more print White Pages in Calif.?
Legislators hope to countermand 1995 door to door law, Yellow Pages will still be delivered
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