January 18th, 2012

Veterans Need Employment, Jobvite’s Apps For Heroes Helps Them Find It

Veterans Job Bank

When military veterans complete their service, they shouldn’t have to struggle to find jobs. That’s why Jobvite and The White House’s Joining Forces initiative are teaming up to release “Apps For Heroes”. The feature set allows Jobvite’s recruiting platform clients to check a box and flag the job openings they post to be automatically included in Veterans Job Bank. Clients can also easily add a… → Read More

July 16th, 2011

A Tale Of Two Countries: The Growing Divide Between Silicon Valley And Unemployed America

Golden Gate Sunset

Editor’s note: Guest contributor Jon Bischke is a founder of RG Labs and is an advisor to Altius EducationFatminds and Udemy. You can follow him @jonbischke.

For people who spend most of their days within a few blocks of tech start-up epicenters such as South Park in San Francisco, University Avenue in Palo Alto or the Flatiron district in New York, last week’s jobs report→ Read More

May 17th, 2011

Exclusive: Jobvite Recruits $15 Million In Funding For Social Hiring Applications

The socialization of the Web has brought about changes to how, when and where we communicate with each other over the Internet. The same goes for companies who now look for and hire new staff by using online software, social networks and whatnot, although that shift – to what is often referred to as ‘social recruiting’ – is perhaps far less visible.

Jobvite, a developer of software that enables… → Read More

February 6th, 2010

Does Monster's Acquisition Of Yahoo! HotJobs Matter If The Internet Is The Job Board?

(Editor’s note: Centralized Web job boards are in decline. Dan Finnigan, CEO of Jobvite, explains why in this guest post. Previously, he was Senior VP at Yahoo and GM of HotJobs, and before that a Director on CareerBuilder’s Board as CEO of Knight Ridder Digital.

Monster’s acquisition of Yahoo HotJobs signals a significant landscape change for a job board industry facing significant… → Read More

August 4th, 2008

Jobvite Cherry Picks Yahoo AMP Director of Engineering

Adam Hyder, Yahoo’s Senior Director of Engineering for its Advertising Management Platform (AMP), has joined the flood of recent departures from the search giant in hopes of greener pastures. Hyder has joined Jobvite, an online recruiting service, as the company’s CTO. Last month, Jobvite hired Yahoo HotJobs boss Dan Finnigan as its CEO. It’s likely that Finnigan had something to… → Read More