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]]> By: » Jobster To Acquire (two month old) Jobby http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/05/23/jobster-to-acquire-two-month-old-jobby/comment-page-1/#comment-304088 » Jobster To Acquire (two month old) Jobby Thu, 26 Oct 2006 20:10:23 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/05/23/jobster-to-acquire-two-month-old-jobby/#comment-304088 [...] Page Summary: You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site. There were a lot of comments about it on the original post.read more | digg story              [...] [...] Page Summary: You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site. There were a lot of comments about it on the original post.read more | digg story              [...]

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]]> By: TechCrunch Japanese アーカイブ » ソーシャルな転職探しのJobster、追加投資を確保 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/05/23/jobster-to-acquire-two-month-old-jobby/comment-page-1/#comment-104950 TechCrunch Japanese アーカイブ » ソーシャルな転職探しのJobster、追加投資を確保 Wed, 19 Jul 2006 20:59:36 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/05/23/jobster-to-acquire-two-month-old-jobby/#comment-104950 [...] JobsterはGoJobbyという名前のサービスを最近買収したばかり。SixApartやJobCentral、VirtualEdge Corporationとは提携関係にあり、この5四半期はずっと連続で前四半期比50%の成長率を維持しているという話だ。 [...] [...] JobsterはGoJobbyという名前のサービスを最近買収したばかり。SixApartやJobCentral、VirtualEdge Corporationとは提携関係にあり、この5四半期はずっと連続で前四半期比50%の成長率を維持しているという話だ。 [...]

]]> By: TechCrunch » Blog Archive » Jobster takes more money to spread social job search http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/05/23/jobster-to-acquire-two-month-old-jobby/comment-page-1/#comment-104884 TechCrunch » Blog Archive » Jobster takes more money to spread social job search Wed, 19 Jul 2006 19:12:56 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/05/23/jobster-to-acquire-two-month-old-jobby/#comment-104884 [...] Jobster recently acquired a service called GoJobby, has formed partnerships with SixApart, JobCentral and the VirtualEdge Corporation and says it’s seen seen 50% quarter over quarter growth over last five quarters. [...] [...] Jobster recently acquired a service called GoJobby, has formed partnerships with SixApart, JobCentral and the VirtualEdge Corporation and says it’s seen seen 50% quarter over quarter growth over last five quarters. [...]

]]> By: GoJobby Blog » Blog Archive » Almost Home, West Seattle! http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/05/23/jobster-to-acquire-two-month-old-jobby/comment-page-1/#comment-69053 GoJobby Blog » Blog Archive » Almost Home, West Seattle! Sun, 11 Jun 2006 06:18:12 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/05/23/jobster-to-acquire-two-month-old-jobby/#comment-69053 [...] News of the Jobster buy has been really cool– a lot of people have blogged about it in a pretty favorable way.  Michael Arrington of TechCrunch gave us a nod (we owe a lot of our success to his original review of our fledgling service).  My favorite response to the acquisition was by Electronic Recruiting News.  These guys had once panned Jobster, but recently have been saying glowing things…  It says a lot when you can convert detractors into evangelists! I also get a personal kick out of getting positive reviews from people who aren’t web 2.0 geeks. [...] [...] News of the Jobster buy has been really cool– a lot of people have blogged about it in a pretty favorable way.  Michael Arrington of TechCrunch gave us a nod (we owe a lot of our success to his original review of our fledgling service).  My favorite response to the acquisition was by Electronic Recruiting News.  These guys had once panned Jobster, but recently have been saying glowing things…  It says a lot when you can convert detractors into evangelists! I also get a personal kick out of getting positive reviews from people who aren’t web 2.0 geeks. [...]

]]> By: Human Interact » Blog Archive » Jobster acquires Jobby http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/05/23/jobster-to-acquire-two-month-old-jobby/comment-page-1/#comment-63120 Human Interact » Blog Archive » Jobster acquires Jobby Sun, 04 Jun 2006 16:30:26 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/05/23/jobster-to-acquire-two-month-old-jobby/#comment-63120 [...] Mike Arrington over at TechCrunch just noted that Jobby, a great tool that helps recruiters search through and filter out a massive pool of applicants with a great ajax-driven user interface, has just announced an acquisition by Jobster, which allows recruiters to attract pools of applicants through trusted personal networks. What really raised my eyebrow on this one was the fact that although Jobby is a great tool, its only two months old, and I think that really says something about the importance of the things that Jobby does. [...] [...] Mike Arrington over at TechCrunch just noted that Jobby, a great tool that helps recruiters search through and filter out a massive pool of applicants with a great ajax-driven user interface, has just announced an acquisition by Jobster, which allows recruiters to attract pools of applicants through trusted personal networks. What really raised my eyebrow on this one was the fact that although Jobby is a great tool, its only two months old, and I think that really says something about the importance of the things that Jobby does. [...]

]]> By: VentureWeek » VentureWeek - Week Ending 5/30/06 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/05/23/jobster-to-acquire-two-month-old-jobby/comment-page-1/#comment-59034 VentureWeek » VentureWeek - Week Ending 5/30/06 Wed, 31 May 2006 19:10:18 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/05/23/jobster-to-acquire-two-month-old-jobby/#comment-59034 [...] Acquisitions: - Jobster acquires Jobby [...] [...] Acquisitions: – Jobster acquires Jobby [...]

]]> By: Dorian Hawkmoon http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/05/23/jobster-to-acquire-two-month-old-jobby/comment-page-1/#comment-54153 Dorian Hawkmoon Fri, 26 May 2006 19:58:24 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/05/23/jobster-to-acquire-two-month-old-jobby/#comment-54153 I'm Scottish. Guess why I'm here :) Gave me the best laugh of the weekend I’m Scottish. Guess why I’m here :)

Gave me the best laugh of the weekend

]]> By: Lars http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/05/23/jobster-to-acquire-two-month-old-jobby/comment-page-1/#comment-53553 Lars Thu, 25 May 2006 22:59:49 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/05/23/jobster-to-acquire-two-month-old-jobby/#comment-53553 In Europe a Danish company has started a similar service in Denmark (jobindex.dk), successfully spread it under the "jobsafari" label to Sweden (jobsafari.se), Norway (jobsafari.no), and Finland (jobsafari.fi) with Stockholm-quoted Eniro - as well as in the Netherlands (jobsafari.nl) - They are now trying in France, Spain, Germany, Austria, the UK and Switzerland. (jobsafari.fr, jobsafari.es, etc.) http://www.jobsafari.co.uk/about.shtml In Europe a Danish company has started a similar service in Denmark (jobindex.dk), successfully spread it under the “jobsafari” label to Sweden (jobsafari.se), Norway (jobsafari.no), and Finland (jobsafari.fi) with Stockholm-quoted Eniro – as well as in the Netherlands (jobsafari.nl) – They are now trying in France, Spain, Germany, Austria, the UK and Switzerland.
(jobsafari.fr, jobsafari.es, etc.)

http://www.jobs....uk/about.shtml

]]> By: Bogle’s Blog » Jobster welcomes Jobby! http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/05/23/jobster-to-acquire-two-month-old-jobby/comment-page-1/#comment-53256 Bogle’s Blog » Jobster welcomes Jobby! Thu, 25 May 2006 10:52:40 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/05/23/jobster-to-acquire-two-month-old-jobby/#comment-53256 [...] Jobster is delighted to welcome Brian and Tony from Jobby to our product team, as chronicled by Jason and Alan and reported in Michael Arrington's Techcrunch.   [...] [...] Jobster is delighted to welcome Brian and Tony from Jobby to our product team, as chronicled by Jason and Alan and reported in Michael Arrington’s Techcrunch.   [...]

]]> By: Frightful Bish » Blog Archive » Toilet humour http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/05/23/jobster-to-acquire-two-month-old-jobby/comment-page-1/#comment-52971 Frightful Bish » Blog Archive » Toilet humour Wed, 24 May 2006 22:07:08 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/05/23/jobster-to-acquire-two-month-old-jobby/#comment-52971 [...] Well you can't help laughing when you see a news story with the title " Jobster To Acquire (two month old) Jobby ", I mean, can you? Not if you live in the UK anyway. [...] [...] Well you can't help laughing when you see a news story with the title " Jobster To Acquire (two month old) Jobby ", I mean, can you? Not if you live in the UK anyway. [...]

]]> By: Bronte Media » Hiring Tech Kids http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/05/23/jobster-to-acquire-two-month-old-jobby/comment-page-1/#comment-52961 Bronte Media » Hiring Tech Kids Wed, 24 May 2006 21:36:03 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/05/23/jobster-to-acquire-two-month-old-jobby/#comment-52961 [...] Despite being slang for ’shit’ in Scottish, the site turned out to be quite useful and out of all the means I used (craigslist, friends, gojobby, NYU+Columbia CS depts and a few Google Groups I belong to) it has produced by far the best quality stream of applicants. [...] [...] Despite being slang for ’shit’ in Scottish, the site turned out to be quite useful and out of all the means I used (craigslist, friends, gojobby, NYU+Columbia CS depts and a few Google Groups I belong to) it has produced by far the best quality stream of applicants. [...]

]]> By: Jeff Clavier http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/05/23/jobster-to-acquire-two-month-old-jobby/comment-page-1/#comment-52949 Jeff Clavier Wed, 24 May 2006 21:03:23 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/05/23/jobster-to-acquire-two-month-old-jobby/#comment-52949 Great for Jobby to join a larger company with real resources (and apologies for not following up on your note Tony :-). Jobby was complementary to Jobster, so it is a move that makes sense. Nothing bubble-esque in there at all, quite the contrary actually. Look forward to seeing you at or around Gnomedex. Great for Jobby to join a larger company with real resources (and apologies for not following up on your note Tony :-) .

Jobby was complementary to Jobster, so it is a move that makes sense. Nothing bubble-esque in there at all, quite the contrary actually.

Look forward to seeing you at or around Gnomedex.

]]> By: VerticalSearch.net » Blog Archive » Jobster Acquires Jobby http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/05/23/jobster-to-acquire-two-month-old-jobby/comment-page-1/#comment-52927 VerticalSearch.net » Blog Archive » Jobster Acquires Jobby Wed, 24 May 2006 19:52:00 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/05/23/jobster-to-acquire-two-month-old-jobby/#comment-52927 [...] As reported in Michael Arrington’s TechCrunch, Jobster is buying Jobby. [...] [...] As reported in Michael Arrington’s TechCrunch, Jobster is buying Jobby. [...]

]]> By: Web 2.0 - Что нового? » Jobster собирается купить двухмесячного Jobby http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/05/23/jobster-to-acquire-two-month-old-jobby/comment-page-1/#comment-52922 Web 2.0 - Что нового? » Jobster собирается купить двухмесячного Jobby Wed, 24 May 2006 19:31:46 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/05/23/jobster-to-acquire-two-month-old-jobby/#comment-52922 [...] Источник: Techcrunch [...] [...] Источник: Techcrunch [...]

]]> By: Arnold http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/05/23/jobster-to-acquire-two-month-old-jobby/comment-page-1/#comment-52901 Arnold Wed, 24 May 2006 18:35:53 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/05/23/jobster-to-acquire-two-month-old-jobby/#comment-52901 I was speaking to VC a few days ago about whether the bubble is coming back again with the acquisition of all these web 2.0 companies which are too young to be profitable. The thing is, the acquirers do not see the companies they buy as profitable on their own; but will create synergy by enlarging the mother company's user base. I was speaking to VC a few days ago about whether the bubble is coming back again with the acquisition of all these web 2.0 companies which are too young to be profitable.

The thing is, the acquirers do not see the companies they buy as profitable on their own; but will create synergy by enlarging the mother company’s user base.

]]> By: hcm 2.0 » Blog Archive » Jobster acquires Jobby http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/05/23/jobster-to-acquire-two-month-old-jobby/comment-page-1/#comment-52874 hcm 2.0 » Blog Archive » Jobster acquires Jobby Wed, 24 May 2006 17:23:39 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/05/23/jobster-to-acquire-two-month-old-jobby/#comment-52874 [...] Mike Arrington over at TechCrunch just noted that Jobby, a great tool that helps recruiters search through and filter out a massive pool of applicants with a great ajax-driven user interface, has just announced an acquisition by Jobster, which allows recruiters to attract pools of applicants through trusted personal networks. What really raised my eyebrow on this one was the fact that although Jobby is a great tool, its only two months old, and I think that really says something about the importance of the things that Jobby does. [...] [...] Mike Arrington over at TechCrunch just noted that Jobby, a great tool that helps recruiters search through and filter out a massive pool of applicants with a great ajax-driven user interface, has just announced an acquisition by Jobster, which allows recruiters to attract pools of applicants through trusted personal networks. What really raised my eyebrow on this one was the fact that although Jobby is a great tool, its only two months old, and I think that really says something about the importance of the things that Jobby does. [...]

]]> By: Lewis Zimmerman http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/05/23/jobster-to-acquire-two-month-old-jobby/comment-page-1/#comment-52870 Lewis Zimmerman Wed, 24 May 2006 17:17:16 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/05/23/jobster-to-acquire-two-month-old-jobby/#comment-52870 Like Geof I also really like the idea of sites like Jobby taking on sites like Workopolis and Monster, but not just because its old and bloated (which I too respect), but because the fundamental difference in their objectives (Jobby putting search in the hands of recruiters, versus Workopolis putting search in the hands of applicants and job-seekers) stands to make a fundamental difference in the way the recruiting market works. And though I wont deny that they're both very important in the space, having recruiters search for what they want can really make things a lot more efficient. Like Geof I also really like the idea of sites like Jobby taking on sites like Workopolis and Monster, but not just because its old and bloated (which I too respect), but because the fundamental difference in their objectives (Jobby putting search in the hands of recruiters, versus Workopolis putting search in the hands of applicants and job-seekers) stands to make a fundamental difference in the way the recruiting market works. And though I wont deny that they’re both very important in the space, having recruiters search for what they want can really make things a lot more efficient.

]]> By: Don Wilson http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/05/23/jobster-to-acquire-two-month-old-jobby/comment-page-1/#comment-52855 Don Wilson Wed, 24 May 2006 16:38:55 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/05/23/jobster-to-acquire-two-month-old-jobby/#comment-52855 Two months? My god. I can almost feel the bubble bursting all over again. Two months? My god.

I can almost feel the bubble bursting all over again.

]]> By: Paul Montgomery http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/05/23/jobster-to-acquire-two-month-old-jobby/comment-page-1/#comment-52806 Paul Montgomery Wed, 24 May 2006 15:34:14 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/05/23/jobster-to-acquire-two-month-old-jobby/#comment-52806 Good jobby. Perhaps the merged entity can be called JobJobby? Good jobby. Perhaps the merged entity can be called JobJobby?

]]> By: Geof Harries http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/05/23/jobster-to-acquire-two-month-old-jobby/comment-page-1/#comment-52775 Geof Harries Wed, 24 May 2006 15:09:55 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/05/23/jobster-to-acquire-two-month-old-jobby/#comment-52775 Any company that can take down an old school, bloated behemoth like <a href="http://www.workopolis.com/" rel="nofollow">Workopolis</a> will garner much respect. It's very unfortunate that none of these next-generation job search services are available or have much of an impact in Canada at the moment. We're sorely lacking in a solid, user-friendly app like the U.S. folks can use. Any company that can take down an old school, bloated behemoth like Workopolis will garner much respect.

It’s very unfortunate that none of these next-generation job search services are available or have much of an impact in Canada at the moment. We’re sorely lacking in a solid, user-friendly app like the U.S. folks can use.

]]> By: Zoli's Blog http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/05/23/jobster-to-acquire-two-month-old-jobby/comment-page-1/#comment-52697 Zoli's Blog Wed, 24 May 2006 13:30:20 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/05/23/jobster-to-acquire-two-month-old-jobby/#comment-52697 <strong>How a Good Name Turns out to be Crap - Literally...</strong> (Updated)TechCrunch gave a pretty positivie review of Jobby:  "Unlike other web 2.0 job sites like Indeed and Simply Hired (which aggregate job listings from around the web), Jobby takes information directly from job seekers, and then focuses on ... How a Good Name Turns out to be Crap – Literally…

(Updated)TechCrunch gave a pretty positivie review of Jobby:  “Unlike other web 2.0 job sites like Indeed and Simply Hired (which aggregate job listings from around the web), Jobby takes information directly from job seekers, and then focuses on …

]]> By: Michael Arrington http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/05/23/jobster-to-acquire-two-month-old-jobby/comment-page-1/#comment-52649 Michael Arrington Wed, 24 May 2006 11:36:07 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/05/23/jobster-to-acquire-two-month-old-jobby/#comment-52649 I had forgotten about all the "what Jobby means in Scotland" thing. Funny. There were a lot of comments about it on the original post. http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/03/27/the-jobby-experiment/#comments. I had forgotten about all the “what Jobby means in Scotland” thing. Funny. There were a lot of comments about it on the original post. http://www.tech...iment/#comments.

]]> By: Bigmouth Strikes Again » Blog Archive » Yes, I am hopelessly immature http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/05/23/jobster-to-acquire-two-month-old-jobby/comment-page-1/#comment-52629 Bigmouth Strikes Again » Blog Archive » Yes, I am hopelessly immature Wed, 24 May 2006 10:40:36 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/05/23/jobster-to-acquire-two-month-old-jobby/#comment-52629 [...] Best headline ever, via TechCrunch: [...] [...] Best headline ever, via TechCrunch: [...]

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