"Hitting Refresh on Indeed" - A Conversation with Indeed.com Co-Founder and CEO, Paul Forster
Paul Forster
Welcome to an Online Savvy Channel podcast on Total Picture Radio with Peter Clayton Reporting. The title of this feature page came from a recent article on ERE.net written by Matthew Charney. "As a (once and future) corporate recruiter 'actively looking for his next opportunity,' (translation: unemployed and hitting refresh on Indeed.com), Ive had the opportunity, for the first time in my career, to experience life across the desk, as one of the unwashed masses yearning to breathe free." I thought it was one of those "says it all" statements. A lot of people are hitting the refresh key on Indeed.com these days...
comScore, Inc. released a June 2009 overview of the career services & development category based on data from comScore Media Metrix and comScore Marketer. The study revealed that more than 65 million Americans visited the category in June, representing a 10-percent increase versus year ago, ranking it as one of the top-growing site categories. Seven of the top ten sites in the category achieved double-digit gains during that period. One of them, Indeed.com fourth on comScore's list -- growing 59 percent to 8 million visitors. Joining us today is co-founder and CEO of Indeed, Paul Forster.
I decided to solicit on Linkedin Answers questions to ask Paul in this interview and Im glad I did...
Welcome to a Online Savvy Podcast on Total Picture Radio with Peter Clayton Reporting. Earlier this month, Dice Holdings, a leading provider of specialized career websites for professional communities, announced it completed the purchase of substantially all of the assets of AllHealthcareJobs.com, a leading online career site dedicated to matching healthcare professionals with available career opportunities.
We'd like to welcome Phil Morris back to Total Picture Radio, along with Michael P. Durney, Senior Vice President, Finance and Chief Financial Officer of Dice Holdings.
Two-thirds of all visitors to dice.com are employed:
Me 2.0: Build a Powerful Brand to Achieve Career Success
"You are what you publish." Dan Schawbel
Dan Schawbel
Welcome to an Online Savvy Channel podcast on Total Picture Radio. This is Peter Clayton Reporting.
Dan Schawbel is the the author of Me 2.0: Build a Powerful Brand to Achieve Career Success. Dan is the founder of the award winning Personal Branding Blog, publisher of Personal Branding Magazine, head judge for the Personal Brand Awards and director of Personal Branding TV.
In his day job, Dan is a Social Media Specialist at EMC Corporation. In true Gen Y fashion, Dan does not have a landline phone, so were conducting this interview on his cell phone.
My first question: "Dan, as you know there are lots and lots of books out there on personal branding 3,819 - according to Amazon.com - what makes yours unique?"