August 28, 2008

CareerBuilder Ends Video Resume Experiment

Little more than a year after introducing video resumes, CareerBuilder has discontinued the service. It was quietly taken offline in June.
The company won’t say how many jobseekers posted videos, but it seems the participation rate wasn’t high enough to warrant CareerBuilder’s effort. Job board spokesperson Jennifer Grasz told us, “We’re always testing the market with [...]

August 28, 2008

Newspaper Revenues Are Plummeting As Attention Moves Online

November 21st, 2007
The latest numbers from the Newspaper Association of America show that newspaper advertising revenue is plummeting as attention and ad dollars move online.
The numbers are downright ugly:
Total advertising expenditures at newspaper companies were $10.9 billion for the third quarter of 2007, a 7.4 percent decrease from the same period a year earlier.
Spending for [...]

August 28, 2008

Lake Norman Chamber of Commerce Selects LOCALJOBS.COM to Power New Job Board

Awarded just days after the Asheville Chamber of Commerce did the same thing, LOCALJOBS.COM has secured it’s second Chamber account in a week with the final approval from the Lake Norman Chamber of Commerce committment this week.
The objective is to build and host a Job Board which in the words of Chamber President Bill Russell, [...]