Comment by Andrew Hanneman on September 12, 2012 at 3:42pm

I think Facebook is the most likely and it is not even on your list.  My vote would be for Facebook..

Comment by Martin O'Shea on September 13, 2012 at 5:41am

Have to agree with Andrew that is most likely be Facebook, but my vote is with new corp, newspaper job ads are very much a thing of the passed! 

Comment by Jason Alba on September 13, 2012 at 9:59am

I hope that when someone buys Monster that opens things up a bit in the space. Monster has been in a wait-and-see position for so long while they should have been innovating and making strategic acquisitions to strengthen their position. Whoever makes the move will be declaring they are in the space and hopefully THEY will invest in innovation and strategic acquisitions.

Here's a weird one to put on the list: AOL.  They recently have invested a few things in the job/career space, even though they market it very poorly (from the corporate and UI level).

Comment by Tiffany Branch on September 13, 2012 at 10:54am

Regardless of who buys Monster, what more can the board do? At the end of the day, I still only use it for posting and searching the database, and that isn't very often. Is it ever a time where something can become "too robust?"

Comment by Jason Alba on September 13, 2012 at 11:09am

Tiffany, good question. I agree... continuing to work on the path they are working on does seem like they are going "too robust."  They haven't kept up with what the market needs/wants are (and allowed Indeed to come and take such a huge part of their business... that shouldn't have happened, if they had innovative labs that were attacking the right problems).

I think the real question is, what problems need to be solved... there are plenty of them from the recruiter/company side, and plenty of them from the job seeker side (job boards typically don't cater to job seeker needs).

Comment by Joel Cheesman on September 13, 2012 at 11:18am

Jason, if you click over to see the rest of the post, you'll see Aol. :-)

Comment by Jason Alba on September 13, 2012 at 11:25am

Ah yes, you are right... sorry about that.  The "see more" link was hidden by the other "You might like" links... they were all too close together.

Again, awesome to have you back... reading that post was like a blast from the past :) 

Comment by Joel Cheesman on September 13, 2012 at 11:27am

Ha! Thanks for the kind words. It's fun to write again ... glad there are still a few who remember the Old Days. ;-)

Comment by Peter Ceccarelli on September 14, 2012 at 4:34pm

I completely agree with Tiffany.  What more can a job board really do?  At the end of the day it's not about bells and whistles.  It's about personally networking and staying in your industry long enough to build up a lot of contacts that have moved up through the ranks and are even bigger networks and resources to you personally.  Monster has done a lot of innovating over the years.  They still dominate and will continue to dominate.  Regardless of who purchases them, I don't think much will change. 

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