Classifieds

How to Un-Blind a Blind Job Ad

Liz Ryan | Posted 04.09.2012

Read More: Career, Job Search, Blind Job Ad, Job Hunt, Employment, Blind Job Ads, Classifieds, Money News
Liz Ryan

You know those things -- they're the job ads that say "A growing organization in the northern suburbs seeks a yada yada something or other." The job ad tells you what the employer is looking for, but it doesn't tell you which employer it is.

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Wanted: Kidney, In Good Condition

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Wanted Ad, Kidney Transplant, Organ Donation, Classified Ad, Classifieds, Kidney Donation, Kidney Donations, Kentucky, Impact News

WDRB Fox 41 reports that a Kentucky woman placed an ad in a local paper looking to find a kidney donor for her ailing friend. Margot Kirchner wante...

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Breaking: eBay classifieds sell hard core porn and more

Craig Newmark | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Craiglist, Ebay, Meg Whitman, Classifieds, Impact News
Craig Newmark

Hey, check out the details here, but here's the gist: As a practical example of eBay's "advanced filtering" and "family friendly" classifieds, we've...

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Creepy Classifieds: The Funniest Ads Newspapers Have Ever Printed (PICTURES)

Huffington Post | Dan Abramson | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Slidepoll, Creepy Newspaper Ads, Funny Classified Ads, Funny Newspaper Ads, Creepy Classifieds, Classifieds, Slidepollajax, Comedy Slideshows, Comedy News

Craigslist may be the current home to creepy classifieds, but it all started with newspapers. If you could afford 5 bucks a letter (or whatever it was...

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The FTC Confuses Newspapers With Journalism as it Seeks New Media Tax

Michael Gonzalez | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Google, Internet, Newspapers, Ftc, Classifieds, Search Engines, Old Media, New Media, Movie Listings, Media News
Michael Gonzalez

To alleviate the plight of the newspaper industry, the FTC is considering remedies including a proposal to extend the Copyright Act to make facts proprietary, increasing NPR and PBS's funding, and levying a tax on Internet users.

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DirectEmployers Association Working To Change Job Search Industry

AP | CHRISTOPHER S. RUGABER | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Bill Warren, Jobs, Job Search, Online Job Search, Classifieds, Classified Advertising, Monster, Directemployers, Business News

WASHINGTON — Bill Warren founded an early online job board in the 1990s, helped kick-start an industry and was president of Monster.com, one of ...

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Wal-Mart Launches Web Classifieds to Compete with Craigslist

Slate | Chadwick Matlin | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Walmart, Wal-Mart, Craigslist, Newspapers, Classifieds, Walmart Classified, Media News

Wal-Mart doesn't know it yet, but it may be the savior that local newspapers have been praying for. The big-box retailer launched a new service withou...

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