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  • Impact of Google's AI summaries on job board traffic

    Impact of Google's AI summaries on job board traffic
    Sep 4 2025
    Peter Hoogendijk, the head of product and operations for Aimwel, joins the Inside Job Boards and Recruitment Marketplaces Podcast to discuss new research by Aimwel into how Google's new, generative AI summaries above the traditional search results are killing traffic to job boards. Or is it? Cohosts Peter M. Zollman of AIM Group (Marketplaces / Classifieds) and Steven Rothberg of College Recruiter job search site discuss with their guest the struggles that many job boards are experiencing, particularly those that, for years, relied exclusively on free (organic) traffic from Google and are now finding that much and sometimes most of that has vanished. AIM Group is about to publish a more in-depth story in its Recruitment Intelligence Report and Marketplace Report, so be sure to read those for more insights. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    16 min
  • From niche to mass niche: Mediahuis' job board acquisition strategy

    From niche to mass niche: Mediahuis' job board acquisition strategy
    Aug 21 2025
    On today's episode of the Inside Job Boards and Recruitment Marketplaces Podcast, we learn about mergers and acquisitions from Patrick De Wachter of Mediahuis nv. Mediahuis features 1.4 million newspapers and more than two million digital news consumers per day in Belgium, the Netherlands, Ireland, Luxembourg, and Germany. It's 6,000 employees work daily for its newspaper titles, radio and television channels, and online platforms. Patrick focuses on evaluating potential acquisition targets and divestiture opportunities. That's interesting enough in normal times, but these aren't normal times as technology and business models are rapidly evolving. Some of how he's approaching these challenges may be different from what you might have thought, and certainly was different from what was thought by our cohosts, Peter M. Zollman of AIM Group and Steven Rothberg of College Recruiter job search site. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    17 min
  • Recruitment automation platform Visage acquires Rolebot

    Recruitment automation platform Visage acquires Rolebot
    Aug 15 2025
    On today's "breaking news" episode of the Inside Job Boards and Recruitment Marketplaces Podcast, we discuss yesterday's merger of recruitment automation platform Visage.Jobs with AI candidate sourcing tool Rolebot. Neither are job boards / recruitment marketplaces, but both are closely related. Our guest, Joss Leufrancois is the CEO of Visage. The newly combined company will operate under the Visage brand with Joss as the CEO. Our cohosts, Peter M. Zollman of AIM Group and Steven Rothberg of College Recruiter job search site, dig into the why's and how's of the acquisition, including how the conversations started; what attracted the organizations to each other; and was it a cash deal, stock swap, or something else? If you're looking to grow through acquisition, or exit, you'll appreciate a lot of what we learned from Joss. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    17 min
  • Quality vs quantity: how do employers really buy?

    Quality vs quantity: how do employers really buy?
    Aug 7 2025
    Employers, staffing agencies, RPOs, and employment advertising agencies are increasingly asking and even demanding from their job board / recruitment marketplace vendors that the candidates delivered be of higher quality, even if there is lower quantity. But are these requests actually driving purchasing and renewal decisions, or is it just talk? On today's episode of the Inside Job Boards and Recruitment Marketplaces Podcast, cohosts Peter M. Zollman of AIM Group (Marketplaces / Classifieds) and Steven Rothberg of College Recruiter job search site talk about the quality versus quantity conundrum. Should our industry be accountable for quality? Is there any common, objective definition for what that means? Are employers ready, willing, and able to provide that data to us in a way that allows us take action on it? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    18 min
  • Monstered by Randstad and Apollo: The Debacle in Europe

    Monstered by Randstad and Apollo: The Debacle in Europe
    Jul 31 2025
    Episodes of the Inside Job Boards and Recruitment Marketplaces Podcast are typically 15-minutes. Long enough to get a good understanding of the topic, not long enough to bore the socks off of our audience. Cohosts Steven Rothberg of College Recruiter job search site and Peter M. Zollman of AIM Group (Marketplaces / Classifieds) knew going into today's episode that the topic needed more time to do it justice, and so we are giving it that time. Our guest is Matteo Nicolo, director of international sales for CareerBuilder + Monster. Together, we talk a little about the history of Careerbuilder and Monster before they were combined by Randstad and Apollo Global Management, Inc., how they were operated after that combination, the impact of the recent Chapter 11 bankruptcy, and how terribly they're treating the couple of hundred European employees despite having far more financial resources than necessary in order to treat them humanely. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    36 min
  • What VCs look for when investing in recruitment marketplaces

    What VCs look for when investing in recruitment marketplaces
    Jul 24 2025
    Opeyemi Awoyemi of Fast Forward Venture Studio is our guest on today's episode of the Inside Job Boards and Recruitment Marketplaces Podcast. Join our cohosts, Peter M. Zollman of AIM Group (Marketplaces / Classifieds) and Steven Rothberg of College Recruiter job search site, as we learn more about venture capital, including what VCs want to see when they're considering investing in a job board / recruitment marketplace. Opeyemi was the founder of Jobberman Ghana and Jobberman Nigeria, two of Africa's leading job boards, and now owned by Ringier One Africa Media (ROAM) and led by Hilda Kabushenga. After selling Jobberman, Opeyemi worked for Indeed and SimplyHired before starting Fast Forward. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    17 min
  • Dangers of using LLMs to rank, screen, and even select candidates

    Dangers of using LLMs to rank, screen, and even select candidates
    Jul 10 2025
    Today's episode of the Inside Job Boards and Recruitment Marketplaces Podcast features not just one, but two superb guests: Robert Newry, chief explorer at Arctic Shores, and Martyn Redstone, founder of Eunomia HR. Our regular cohost, Peter M. Zollman of AIM Group, was unavailable but will be back with us in two weeks. Our other cohost, Steven Rothberg of College Recruiter job search site, discussed with Robert and Martyn how the use of some kinds of artificial intelligence (AI) in the hiring process is a good thing, but that the use of large language models such as ChatGPT, Gemini, Anthropic, Grok, and others pose great dangers for employers. Why? First, even if there weren't legal issues, they don't work well. They're good tools, but not well suited to that task. Second, despite what some of the TA tech vendors would like us all to believe, there are massive legal issues. Robert's "got to stop" post: https://www.linkedin.com/posts/robert-newry-2349596_ai-recruitment-arcticshores-activity-7339275826749734913-zg0u/ Martyn's LLM reality check document: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1XQvKDAOYtkCFBjPlDA2ipFmI6LzQRgHm/view Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    20 min
  • Mergers, acquisitions, and investment activity

    Mergers, acquisitions, and investment activity
    Jun 26 2025
    Are you thinking of raising investment money or perhaps even selling your job board / recruitment marketplace? Today's guest on the Inside Job Boards and Recruitment Marketplaces Podcast lives and breathes that. Georgios Markakis the managing partner of Venero Capital Advisors, which does more investment and M&A deals in the HR tech space than any other firm. Our cohost, Peter M. Zollman of AIM Group, was unavailable for today's recording, but will be back with us a couple of episodes from now. Our cohost, Steven Rothberg of College Recruiter job search site, talks with Georgios about the factors that go into the decision-making process for whether and when to raise investment money or even sell your business, including how to determine when the time is right and how to value your business. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    17 min