It’s been a long time since we’ve created one of our many JobDig dog characters, but…
Press Release LINKUP WINS ABOUT.COM’S 2011 READERS’ CHOICE AWARD FOR BEST JOB SEARCH ENGINE NEW YORK, March 15, 2011 – LinkUp today announced that it has been selected as the About.com 2011 Readers’ Choice Award for best job search engine. Now in its fourth year, the About.com Readers’ Choice Awards honor the best products, features [...]
It’s funny how things work sometimes. During a recent conversation, I made the comment that the newspaper most at risk from the launch of Rupert Murdoch’s The Daily (Newscorp’s very well-executed daily newspaper released specifically for the iPad) was USA Today. Low and behold, a MinnPost article today is reporting that Gannett is exploring the [...]
LinkUp received a nice mention on CBS News last week. LinkUp, one of the fastest growing job search engines on the web, indexes jobs that are only found on company websites. We do not aggregate jobs from other job boards and we do not allow anyone to post jobs directly to the site. As a [...]
LinkUp’s April jobs report was way out of step from the consensus estimates, and contrasted sharply with data and forecasts released by The Conference Board, ADP, Intuit, and Wanted Technologies, among others. In fact, the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) numbers for April released in early May were even more positive than anyone predicted, with [...]
The Wall Street Journal ran an article this week highlighting the efforts of the FBI to crack down on ‘Cyber Mules,’ people who knowingly or unknowingly participate in money laundering schemes. Cyber mules, or money mules as they are sometimes called, are recruited through classified ads posted on job boards such as Monster.com and are [...]
In an excellent issue dedicated entirely to career development and job searching, LinkUp received a nice plug in the May issue of U.S. News & World Report. The issue is filled with great articles, excellent advice, and insightful commentary about the changing job market and how people can more effectively navigate through very challenging times. [...]
While no one would argue that the U.S. economy is in solid recovery mode, the strength and sustainability of the recovery is largely dependent upon the extent to which U.S. employers will begin hiring again. There are definitely signs that the worst is over, but there are mixed signals and mixed opinions about how fast [...]
First the Chrome ads popped onto Google’s homepage, and then, as expected, the Nexus One ad appeared shortly thereafter. So much for the clean homepage that was such a part of Google’s identity. My initial assumption is that the new clutter on the Google homepage shows just how formidable an opponent the search giant perceives [...]
From the Harper’s Index in the current issue: Average number of minutes unemployed Americans are spending looking for a job each day: 18 While extending unemployment benefits is no doubt justified for millions of Americans, this shocking statistic (if true) raises serious questions about the manner in which states are administering those benefits and the [...]