Job satisfaction among U.S. workers was solid in 2009, but pessimism and desperation plague many job seekers who remain grim about prospects for the job market in 2010, according to Yahoo! HotJobs’ survey, released today. The Yahoo! HotJobs Job Satisfaction and Employer Outlook survey polled 2100 workers, job seekers, hiring managers and recruiters. view article »

PayScale, Inc. is now providing its salary tools to Yahoo! HotJobs users. The new relationship makes the PayScale real-time salary calculator, cost-of-living calculator, dynamic salary charts and GigZig available to all HotJobs visitors. view article »

Adam Hyder, a technology executive with Yahoo!, has joined Jobvite as Chief Technology Officer. Hyder had previously been Director of Engineering & CTO of HotJobs during the time the recruitment division was lead by Dan Finnigan, who is now CEO of Jobvite.

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Former Yahoo! HotJobs Dan Finnigan is the new CEO at Jobvite. view article »

With the SHRM show and conference underway in Chicago now, vendors have been busy issuing announcements of product releases, new deals, partnerships and more. Here's a roundup of items that crossed our desk over the weekend: view article »

The next time your phone rings it could be Monster (profile; site ) on the other end looking for your business. view article »

Monster (profile; site  has signed a deal with MSNBC to power its career channel, including the popular Todayshow.com site. view article »

A study by Forrester Research released this week reported the majority of online job sites failed to pass usability and performance tests. view article »

HotJobs now will present search results according to how well the job matches the jobseeker's criteria. view article »