{"id":355,"date":"2014-05-06T11:43:21","date_gmt":"2014-05-06T11:43:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ejobsitesoftware.com\/blog\/?p=355"},"modified":"2014-05-06T11:43:21","modified_gmt":"2014-05-06T11:43:21","slug":"job-board-financials-a-mixed-bag-even-for-linkedin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ejobsitesoftware.com\/blog\/job-board-financials-a-mixed-bag-even-for-linkedin\/","title":{"rendered":"Job Board Financials &#8211; A Mixed Bag Even for LinkedIn"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>by John Zappe<\/p>\n<p>By any measure, the first quarter was a mixed bag for the employment advertising business.<br \/>\nThe three public companies \u2014 Monster, Dice, and LinkedIn, all reported numbers that in some way didn\u2019t hit what Wall Street investors were expecting or wanted.<\/p>\n<p>Read More:<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"job boards\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ere.net\/2014\/05\/01\/job-board-financials-a-mixed-bag-even-for-linkedin\/\">http:\/\/www.ere.net\/2014\/05\/01\/job-board-financials-a-mixed-bag-even-for-linkedin\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>by John Zappe By any measure, the first quarter was a mixed bag for the employment advertising business. The three public companies \u2014 Monster, Dice, and LinkedIn, all reported numbers that in some way didn\u2019t hit what Wall Street investors were expecting or wanted. 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