Hola todos! I am currently studying abroad in Granada, Spain for 6 weeks and I thought it would be a cool opportunity to focus on some things that I notice are either different or interesting about Spain/Europe! If you have any ideas for things that you want me to talk about, please leave a comment […]

The public has spoken. If you want fair treatment in your company it’s time to get out your megaphone. If your company’s internal policies don’t jibe with the outside, conscious, court-of-public-opinion, they may be in for a wild, expensive ride.    In that light, Uber did something remarkable this week.  Due to what seems like […]

DHI Group, Inc. (NYSE: DHX) the parent company of tech job board Dice.com, has sold its hospitality job board, Hcareers, to Virgil Holdings, Inc. for approximately $16.5 million in cash. The transaction closed today and DHI will use the proceeds in accordance with its stated capital allocation strategy, including the

Leading Saudi Arabian recruitment vertical Bab Rizq Jameel Recruitment and the leading job site in the Middle East and North Africa Bayt.com will be working together to help Saudi job-seekers find their perfect job. The two companies will be targeting small and medium businesses to match candidates with positions based on their level of education. The collaboration […]

Japanese recruitment group En-Japan Inc. (TSE: 4849) posted a 28.3 percent jump in revenue to 40.7 billion yen ($370 million U.S.) for the financial year ended Mar. 31, thank to growth achieved by domestic job boards and job search. In its results, the company said the company set a new profit record as it enjoyed a 40.5 […]

British recruitment app Debut has raised £5.1 million ($6.7 million U.S.) for its soft-skills-focused graduate recruitment app. The investment came from entrepreneur James Caan, a former judge on Dragon’s Den — the U.K.’s answer to Shark Tank. The post Jobs app Debut raises $6.7 million appeared first on AIM Group.

The University of Georgia’s Sanford Stadium has 92,746 seats. As large as that is — and it’s larger than all 31 NFL stadiums — it is still not big enough to seat every unemployed, out of school 16-24 year-old in the city of Atlanta.

Knowledge sharing is a cornerstone of human civilization. A concept as old as time, passing knowledge from generation to generation allows for stories to be remembered, lessons to be learned, and innovation to be pursued by understanding the successes and failures of others. Some share through tribal knowledge, passing along lessons through verbal communication and […]

Diversity has ratcheted up the boardroom agenda as companies increasingly recognize the potential that a rich mix of different backgrounds, attitudes and experiences bring to innovation and decision making. But most companies are still laggards in the key area of neurodiversity in the workplace, which means hiring individuals that think differently.

It was announced today that industry veterans, Elaine Orler and Scot Sessions have partnered up to launch the D&I technology platform TalVista. TalVista provides a view beyond the noise of unconscious bias in the hiring process. Now businesses can be more inclusive from the job description through to the interview. Based on research, the words we use will […]

A career happens the day we learn how to make a dollar for ourselves, which can come at almost any age when you count lawn mowing, babysitting, paper route type jobs. If you take the traditional route – graduate college, then work – you can get fooled into thinking your career is outside of your […]

Looking for a categorized list of job boards for every country, state and industry? You are in luck! This downloadable excel spreadsheet contains over 1,000 job sites painstakingly added by Chris Russell over the past 2 years.

Job search engine, Adzuna (www.adzuna.co.uk), has today announced that it has raised £8m from Smedvig Capital. The Series C funding round sees Smedvig join backers Index Ventures, Passion Capital, LocalGlobe and over 400 Crowdcube investors and takes the company’s total funding to £12m. Founded in 2011 by the team behind Gumtree, Zoopla and Qype, Adzuna […]

I first wrote about Australian-based Vervoe about a year ago when the startup raised $1 million. The focus of the infusion of cash was to bring its act to the States for growth opportunities. At the time, I wasn’t very bullish on the service, which touts “Hire the right people in 4 days, not 40” in […]