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yellojobs usa fading to black?

By Vanessa Dennis - Jim Newfrock, (former?) CEO of the online referral platform Yellojobs, has announced that he is leaving the company effective immediately, along with COO Alex Conway and VP of Business Development Brad Wells.

According to Newfrock, the breach stems from an inability to agree on technology and autonomy issues. Is this is the end of Yellojobs USA?

paying off your $97,000 bar tab

By Vanessa Dennis - These days it takes more than just an appointment with the campus career center to begin a job search. Students are turning to Web sites like CollegeRecruiter.com and AfterCollege.com for career advice and job opportunities.

Steven Rothberg of CollegeRecruiter.com said that new grads can make a couple of strong moves to maximize their job search. “Don’t spend day after day on the job boards. Use sites such as LinkedIn and write a blog about the organization you most want to work for. Above all, network, network, network.”

So kids, put down that mojito and get crackin’!

grab the popcorn - jobs tv is here

By Vanessa Dennis - Comcast subscribers in Chicago now have access to the Job Search Television Network, which broadcasts video profiles of companies who are currently recruiting. JSTN may be coming to a city near you soon.

“There is nothing really out there like this in terms of a multimedia recruitment too,” Account Supervisor Nick Dorado said. “For companies, it costs a lot less than paying for an ad spot, plus it builds familiarity with the viewers.”

why won’t anyone buy indeed.com?

By Joel Cheesman - On the heels of Trovix being gobbled up by Monster for a mindboggling $72.5 million, why isn’t anyone buying up the vertical job search engines?

Surprise! It’s not the most traffic that wins. It’s the most money (or at least the expectation of driving the most money) that wins. And chances are, the vertical job search engine industry simply isn’t attractive enough to prospective buyers.