AIM Group | September 14, 2012 | Marketplaces
For a long time, CareerCast was the name brand and only product of the California-based company that provided some of the best back-end classified tools for...
Christo Volschenk | September 14, 2012 | Marketplaces
After switching horses in mid-race in Kenya and Nigeria in July (general classifieds portal Dealfish was discarded for OLX), Naspers now announced it was saddling...
Jim Townsend | September 13, 2012 | Recruitment
Lookup by TalentBin Puts the World’s Most Powerful People Search Engine on Your iPhone New Mobile Application for iPhone Provides Access to Anyone’s...
Jim Townsend | September 13, 2012 | Real Estate
Auction-enabled real estate marketplace ListedBy has ramped up its LB social module, creating what a company spokesperson called “LinkedIn-like”...
Jim Townsend | September 13, 2012 | Recruitment
At a time when the number of seniors in the U.S. is growing by leaps and bounds and the economy is encouraging them to stay in the workplace, it’s probably...
Christo Volschenk | September 13, 2012 | Recruitment
In CIR12.23 (December last year) we reported extensively on how German businesses use social media to recruit. Among others, we quoted from a survey conducted in...
Jim Townsend | September 13, 2012 | Real Estate
Real estate-focused Facebook tool provider Proxio has acquired SocialKandy, LLC. The new Proxio SocialSearch will integrate with an agent’s MLS, enable...
Jim Townsend | September 13, 2012 | Recruitment
Work4Labs, the technology company that helps employers recruit candidates via Facebook, just received $11 million in venture capital funding. Now SMBs can use its...
Jim Townsend | September 13, 2012 | Automotive
Contact At Once! Wins Automotive Website Awards for Top Chat Solution and Overall Product Satisfaction Auto dealerships rate Contact At Once! top live chat...
Jim Townsend | September 12, 2012 | Automotive
Study by Dataium LLC Evaluates Efficiency of Dealer Online Advertising Mix CHICAGO – Automotive dealerships may have opportunities to invest more effectively in...
Christo Volschenk | September 12, 2012 | Recruitment
The review of the proposed deal between Swiss media companies Tamedia and Ringier and U.S. investment company Tiger Global Management (TGM) by the Swiss and...
Christo Volschenk | September 12, 2012 | Recruitment
Swiss media companies Ringier and Tamedia have bought Jobs.ch Holding, owner of the leading local job search engine Jobs.ch, executive job search platform...
Christo Volschenk | September 12, 2012 | Marketplaces
The acquisition of the VZ social networks (StudiVZ, MeinVZ and SchülerVZ) by an investment firm called Vert Capital from German media company Georg von Holtzbrinck...
AIM Group | September 11, 2012 | Uncategorized
With the acquisition of recruitment software firm Economic Modeling Specialists International, CareerBuilder hopes to expand its employment data and labor market...
Sharon Hill | September 11, 2012 | Real Estate
It seems that the current JobFox.com Meet The Team page is not quite up to date – just another of its online and offline difficulties. We just talked online...
Christo Volschenk | September 09, 2012 | Marketplaces
U.S.-based professional network LinkedIn will have to do more if it wants to be the No. 1 professional network in the German-speaking region. In the first 6 months...
Jim Townsend | September 07, 2012 | Uncategorized
TRULIA UNVEILS MOST SEARCHED FOR RENTAL NEIGHBORHOODS IN 15 U.S. METRO AREAS SAN FRANCISCO, September 07, 2012 – Trulia, a leading online marketplace for...
Peter M. Zollman | September 07, 2012 | Real Estate
News about stock offerings from two of the leading online real estate providers in the U.S.: — Trulia on Friday said it would offer six million shares at $14...
Steve Shipside | September 07, 2012 | Recruitment
Despite regular announcements of double-dip fears the Reed Job Index from leading recruiter Reed.co.uk is showing stronger than expected growth notably across...
Steve Shipside | September 07, 2012 | Uncategorized
Figures from Q1 for Spir Communication show the generalist media group back into profit thanks to the activities of its property and motoring portals which saw...
Steve Shipside | September 07, 2012 | Recruitment
Seemingly optimistic about the chances of exiting recession U.K. regional publisher Johnston Press has announced a fixed-price recruitment service aimed at helping...
Christo Volschenk | September 06, 2012 | Marketplaces
Hamburg-based business network Xing appointed Timm Richter (42) to its executive board with the title of chief product officer (CPO). Richter currently is CEO of...
Jim Townsend | September 06, 2012 | Real Estate
Real estate and rental listing site Zillow.com provides one of the most all-encompassing choices of mobile apps in the industry. It has now added a rental app for...
Jim Townsend | September 06, 2012 | Recruitment
Dental Hygienist Tops CareerCast.com List of Best Healthcare Jobs CARLSBAD, CA (September 6, 2012) – Dental Hygienist, Audiologist and Occupational Therapist...
Christo Volschenk | September 06, 2012 | Recruitment
On Mar. 1, 2012 we reported (here) the Bundesverband mittelständische Wirtschaft (BVMW), Germany’s biggest business organization for medium-sized and small...
Christo Volschenk | September 06, 2012 | Marketplaces
Germany is two free classified platforms richer – one a pre-mobile era platform, the other a mobile era platform. Let’s kick off with the pre-mobile era...
Cristina Costa | September 06, 2012 | Marketplaces
The operator of the biggest Swiss online marketplace, Ricardo.ch AG, has appointed Christian Kunz as new CEO from October 2012 on, to replace Heiner Kroke, who is...
Christo Volschenk | September 06, 2012 | Recruitment
Another week, another Facebook job app. This one is called Silp (here). It is getting good reviews in Germany’s blogger scene and is – as BranchOut did initially...
Brian Blum | September 05, 2012 | Automotive
Around here, we like to call Craisglist copycats YACLW’s (for “Yet Another Craigslist Wannabe”). In keeping with our penchant for acronyms, Carsmosis warrants the...
Jim Townsend | September 05, 2012 | Automotive, Real Estate, Recruitment
Adicio Launches Nine New Careers, Real Estate and Motors Sites Penton Media, Press of Atlantic City, Oklahoman, Bakerfield Californian Are Among New...
