Author: Daniele Mulattieri
INDUSTRY ANALYSIS
BARRIERS TO ENTRY - MEDIUM
POWER OF SUBSTITUTES - MEDIUM
POWER OF SUPPLIERS - LOW
POWER OF BUYERS - HIGH
“The goal of competitive strategy for a business unit in an
industry is to find a position in the industry where the
company can best defend itself against these competitive
forces or can influence them in its favour.”
Michael Porter
INTERNAL INDUSTRY RIVALRY - HIGH
• Relatively affordable technology
• High brand awareness influence
• High geographical diffusion influence
• Low legal barriers
• Relatively cheap service providers
and M&As with innovative start-ups
• High switching costs
• Medium service differentiation
• High price influence
• High established networks influence
• Medium head hunting agencies influence
• Low job boards influence
• High social media influence
• High number of start-ups on the scene
• Growing number of tech and social
media giants interested in the industry
(e.g. LinkedIn through Microsoft, Google
Hire, Facebook Recruiting)
Author: Daniele Mulattieri - Source: Public information
CURRENT COMPETITION
Acquired by
Acquired by
STRENGTHS WEAKNESSES
• Diffusion: leading professional social media,
online recruiting and networking platform
• A Microsoft company: huge financial and
technological power
• It makes applications easy
• Recruiters can’t live without due to best
price/benefit ratio
• Closed system (not open to developers)
• Limited candidates talent expression
• Tendency to Facebook-like usage
• No competences check
• Several segments underserved: IT, healthcare,
blue collars, youths
• Key words based job search and filtering
• Expensive
• Many unhappy customers with no valid
alternatives at the moment
OPPORTUNITIES THREATS
• Extend the offer of services
• Lower price
• Maintain the leadership
• Under attack from Facebook, Google, Glassdoor
and many startups
• His own business model allows disruptors to
take over
STRENGTHS WEAKNESSES
• Diffusion: leading job board (aggregates job
listings from several sources)
• Old fashion technology
• No networking capabilities
OPPORTUNITIES THREATS
• Change the business model
• Lower the price
• Google may contrast Indeed’s results showed, de
facto breaking up its core business
STRENGTHS WEAKNESSES
• Diffusion: leading social media, 1,6 billion active users
• Huge financial power
• Can potentially reach everyone
• No professional core business
OPPORTUNITIES THREATS
• Leverage its diffusion to become the only social media
used, for both leisure and work
• Candidates perception: non professional
• Privacy: candidates don’t want to mix up
their professional and social life, same with
the related profiles
STRENGTHS WEAKNESSES
• Salaries information and interview tips leader • No networking capabilities
• No diffusion among job seekers
OPPORTUNITIES THREATS
• Develop a better technology and value
proposition needed to aggressively conquer
market share in the recruiting competitive
landscape
• May die due to competitors power
Author: Daniele Mulattieri - Source: Public information
STRENGTHS
• World information leader
• Huge technology and financial power
• Unique brand awareness and global
diffusion
OPPORTUNITIES
• Leverage data, accounts, brand and
technology to become a leader in the
online recruiting industry
THREATS
• Candidates worry for their privacy
• As a networker Google failed ones,
hence could fail again
• Dimension and diversification may
mean that Google wants just to
capitalize its data
WEAKNESSES (relative)
• Lack of hiring industry specialization
Author: Daniele Mulattieri - Source: Public information
Monster Glassdoor Indeed CareerBuilder LinkedIn
32 13 4Diffusion level:
WORLDPOPULARITY
Author: Daniele Mulattieri - Source: Google Trends
Monster Glassdoor Indeed CareerBuilder LinkedIn
ITALIANPOPULARITY
Author: Daniele Mulattieri - Source: Google Trends
Monster Glassdoor Indeed CareerBuilder LinkedIn
SPANISHPOPULARITY
Author: Daniele Mulattieri - Source: Google Trends
Monster Glassdoor Indeed CareerBuilder LinkedIn
LinkedIn
growth phase
1st LinkedIn
disruption phase
2nd LinkedIn
disruption phase
1st Indeed
disruption phase
2nd Indeed
disruption phase
2003
• Born
• Gets funds by
Sequoia Capitals
2004
• Introduces new
features like groups
• Partners with American
Express to promote
products to SME
2005
• Introduces its 1st business
line: Jobs and Subscriptions
10 members
100,000 members
1,600,000 members
4,200,000 members
2006
• Introduces public profiles,
recommendations and
people who you may know
8,000,000 members
2007
• Dan Nye succeeds to
Reid as CEO and clears
vision and strategy
2008
• LinkedIn goes global
• French and Spanish
websites are
launched
17,000,000 members
2009
• Jeff Weiner
succeeds as CEO
32,000,000 members
2010
• The year of the
hyper-growth
• First cash flow
profitable year for
the company
56,000,000 members
2011
• LinkedIn is listed
on the NYSE
120,000,000 members
2012
• Website
rearchitecture
150,000,000 members
2013
• LinkedIn grows at
the pace of 2
members/second
277,000,000 members
2017
Reached 400,000,000 members,
LinkedIn is now a Microsoft
company acquired for the
record price of $26,2 billion
WORLDPOPULARITY
LINKEDINHISTORY
Author: Daniele Mulattieri - Source: Public information
Monster Glassdoor Indeed CareerBuilder LinkedIn
LinkedIn
growth phase
1st LinkedIn
disruption phase
2nd LinkedIn
disruption phase
1st Indeed
disruption phase
2nd Indeed
disruption phase
8,000,000 members
2007
• Dan Nye succeeds to
Reid as CEO and clears
vision and strategy
2008
• LinkedIn goes global
17,000,000 members
2009
• Jeff Weiner
succeeds as CEO
32,000,000 members
2010
• First profitable year
for the company
56,000,000 members
From a mere business tool
LinkedIn adapted to be a
platform for networking with
feeds, news and other features
Self-explanatory: going global it
reached more people and
geographic areas, also
expanding its networking power
Developed and executed
the company’s strategy
to address the
accelerating demand for
LinkedIn’s products and
services on a global basis
Self-explanatory: the
volume reached allowed
profit to occur
Indeed’s reasons for growth are mainly 2:
The business model: by aggregating from
different sources and not proprietary listings
only, the company got faster diffusion among job
seekers who could find more job posts on a
single board
The acquisition from Recruiting Co
WORLDPOPULARITY
Author: Daniele Mulattieri - Source: Public information
101.884
260.885
523.582
859.674
1327.737
1877.195
79.309
155.848
258.278
362.36
454.5
581.328
61.906
105.456
190.449
306.511
436.53
532.388
2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015
Talent Solutions Marketing Solutions Premium Subscriptions
LinkedIn is in its Maturity phase
(Monster is in its Decline phase)
LinkedIn strengths:
• It is social and well known everywhere
• Attractive for recruiters searching passive
candidates (e.g. from competitors)
• Attractive for candidates willing to build
connections, read and post comments, find
job opportunities easily aggregated
• Powerful company’s branding
• Feeds
176.975
353.834
619.485
94.115
111.422
125.142
9.215
28.8
66.099
47.646
59.658
70.02
47.463
109.995
217.342
85.656
110.654
132.634
9.446
29.56
69.383
49.425
64.997
85.875
0
200
400
600
800
2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015
REGISTERED MEMBERS
(IN THOUSANDS)
US Canada and LAC EMEA APAC
REVENUE BY PRODUCT (IN MILLION OF DOLLARS)
Last but not least, LinkedIn is spending a lot!
US users explosion and the Talent Solution
product are LinkedIn success/revenue drivers. It
became the target of both Facebook and
Glassdoor. A bloody battle is unavoidable
LINKEDIN ANALYSIS
Linkedin’s weaknesses:
• Privacy: not all love the idea of professional
social network (e.g. IT profiles)
• Rigidity: no presentation tools for
candidates nor freedom of data retention
for recruiters
• Closeness: scarce system openness to
developers
• Expensive
• Doesn’t fully solve the networking problem
(real useful contacts)
• Doesn’t solve all job seekers’ problem
(managerial target)
CONCLUSION
Author: Daniele Mulattieri - Source: Public information
MONSTER POPULARITY
GROWTH MODEL
CONVERGENCE AREA
NEW MARKET
SPACE
CREATED
POPULARITY
HIRE INDUSTRY
REVENUE
In order to get new
competitiveness, Monster has
the opportunity to pursue a
path external to the
convergence area, gaining
both benefits from the direct
competition avoidance and
from a no trends driven, highly
perceived value proposition,
reaching a leading market
position in the HR industry
Competitors business models
(and related imitators) will
likely converge into a non
extended competitive area. By
offering little diversification to
customers they allow for
disruptions to grow from the
bottom
The scarce imitability comes
from the combination of a
unique pro-active approach to
customers, a pricing structure
and a flexibility not easily
sustainable by giants
Author: Daniele Mulattieri
THANKS
FOR WATCHING!

What happened to Monster.com?

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    INDUSTRY ANALYSIS BARRIERS TOENTRY - MEDIUM POWER OF SUBSTITUTES - MEDIUM POWER OF SUPPLIERS - LOW POWER OF BUYERS - HIGH “The goal of competitive strategy for a business unit in an industry is to find a position in the industry where the company can best defend itself against these competitive forces or can influence them in its favour.” Michael Porter INTERNAL INDUSTRY RIVALRY - HIGH • Relatively affordable technology • High brand awareness influence • High geographical diffusion influence • Low legal barriers • Relatively cheap service providers and M&As with innovative start-ups • High switching costs • Medium service differentiation • High price influence • High established networks influence • Medium head hunting agencies influence • Low job boards influence • High social media influence • High number of start-ups on the scene • Growing number of tech and social media giants interested in the industry (e.g. LinkedIn through Microsoft, Google Hire, Facebook Recruiting) Author: Daniele Mulattieri - Source: Public information
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    CURRENT COMPETITION Acquired by Acquiredby STRENGTHS WEAKNESSES • Diffusion: leading professional social media, online recruiting and networking platform • A Microsoft company: huge financial and technological power • It makes applications easy • Recruiters can’t live without due to best price/benefit ratio • Closed system (not open to developers) • Limited candidates talent expression • Tendency to Facebook-like usage • No competences check • Several segments underserved: IT, healthcare, blue collars, youths • Key words based job search and filtering • Expensive • Many unhappy customers with no valid alternatives at the moment OPPORTUNITIES THREATS • Extend the offer of services • Lower price • Maintain the leadership • Under attack from Facebook, Google, Glassdoor and many startups • His own business model allows disruptors to take over STRENGTHS WEAKNESSES • Diffusion: leading job board (aggregates job listings from several sources) • Old fashion technology • No networking capabilities OPPORTUNITIES THREATS • Change the business model • Lower the price • Google may contrast Indeed’s results showed, de facto breaking up its core business STRENGTHS WEAKNESSES • Diffusion: leading social media, 1,6 billion active users • Huge financial power • Can potentially reach everyone • No professional core business OPPORTUNITIES THREATS • Leverage its diffusion to become the only social media used, for both leisure and work • Candidates perception: non professional • Privacy: candidates don’t want to mix up their professional and social life, same with the related profiles STRENGTHS WEAKNESSES • Salaries information and interview tips leader • No networking capabilities • No diffusion among job seekers OPPORTUNITIES THREATS • Develop a better technology and value proposition needed to aggressively conquer market share in the recruiting competitive landscape • May die due to competitors power Author: Daniele Mulattieri - Source: Public information
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    STRENGTHS • World informationleader • Huge technology and financial power • Unique brand awareness and global diffusion OPPORTUNITIES • Leverage data, accounts, brand and technology to become a leader in the online recruiting industry THREATS • Candidates worry for their privacy • As a networker Google failed ones, hence could fail again • Dimension and diversification may mean that Google wants just to capitalize its data WEAKNESSES (relative) • Lack of hiring industry specialization Author: Daniele Mulattieri - Source: Public information
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    Monster Glassdoor IndeedCareerBuilder LinkedIn 32 13 4Diffusion level: WORLDPOPULARITY Author: Daniele Mulattieri - Source: Google Trends
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    Monster Glassdoor IndeedCareerBuilder LinkedIn ITALIANPOPULARITY Author: Daniele Mulattieri - Source: Google Trends
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    Monster Glassdoor IndeedCareerBuilder LinkedIn SPANISHPOPULARITY Author: Daniele Mulattieri - Source: Google Trends
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    Monster Glassdoor IndeedCareerBuilder LinkedIn LinkedIn growth phase 1st LinkedIn disruption phase 2nd LinkedIn disruption phase 1st Indeed disruption phase 2nd Indeed disruption phase 2003 • Born • Gets funds by Sequoia Capitals 2004 • Introduces new features like groups • Partners with American Express to promote products to SME 2005 • Introduces its 1st business line: Jobs and Subscriptions 10 members 100,000 members 1,600,000 members 4,200,000 members 2006 • Introduces public profiles, recommendations and people who you may know 8,000,000 members 2007 • Dan Nye succeeds to Reid as CEO and clears vision and strategy 2008 • LinkedIn goes global • French and Spanish websites are launched 17,000,000 members 2009 • Jeff Weiner succeeds as CEO 32,000,000 members 2010 • The year of the hyper-growth • First cash flow profitable year for the company 56,000,000 members 2011 • LinkedIn is listed on the NYSE 120,000,000 members 2012 • Website rearchitecture 150,000,000 members 2013 • LinkedIn grows at the pace of 2 members/second 277,000,000 members 2017 Reached 400,000,000 members, LinkedIn is now a Microsoft company acquired for the record price of $26,2 billion WORLDPOPULARITY LINKEDINHISTORY Author: Daniele Mulattieri - Source: Public information
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    Monster Glassdoor IndeedCareerBuilder LinkedIn LinkedIn growth phase 1st LinkedIn disruption phase 2nd LinkedIn disruption phase 1st Indeed disruption phase 2nd Indeed disruption phase 8,000,000 members 2007 • Dan Nye succeeds to Reid as CEO and clears vision and strategy 2008 • LinkedIn goes global 17,000,000 members 2009 • Jeff Weiner succeeds as CEO 32,000,000 members 2010 • First profitable year for the company 56,000,000 members From a mere business tool LinkedIn adapted to be a platform for networking with feeds, news and other features Self-explanatory: going global it reached more people and geographic areas, also expanding its networking power Developed and executed the company’s strategy to address the accelerating demand for LinkedIn’s products and services on a global basis Self-explanatory: the volume reached allowed profit to occur Indeed’s reasons for growth are mainly 2: The business model: by aggregating from different sources and not proprietary listings only, the company got faster diffusion among job seekers who could find more job posts on a single board The acquisition from Recruiting Co WORLDPOPULARITY Author: Daniele Mulattieri - Source: Public information
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    101.884 260.885 523.582 859.674 1327.737 1877.195 79.309 155.848 258.278 362.36 454.5 581.328 61.906 105.456 190.449 306.511 436.53 532.388 2010 2011 20122013 2014 2015 Talent Solutions Marketing Solutions Premium Subscriptions LinkedIn is in its Maturity phase (Monster is in its Decline phase) LinkedIn strengths: • It is social and well known everywhere • Attractive for recruiters searching passive candidates (e.g. from competitors) • Attractive for candidates willing to build connections, read and post comments, find job opportunities easily aggregated • Powerful company’s branding • Feeds 176.975 353.834 619.485 94.115 111.422 125.142 9.215 28.8 66.099 47.646 59.658 70.02 47.463 109.995 217.342 85.656 110.654 132.634 9.446 29.56 69.383 49.425 64.997 85.875 0 200 400 600 800 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 REGISTERED MEMBERS (IN THOUSANDS) US Canada and LAC EMEA APAC REVENUE BY PRODUCT (IN MILLION OF DOLLARS) Last but not least, LinkedIn is spending a lot! US users explosion and the Talent Solution product are LinkedIn success/revenue drivers. It became the target of both Facebook and Glassdoor. A bloody battle is unavoidable LINKEDIN ANALYSIS Linkedin’s weaknesses: • Privacy: not all love the idea of professional social network (e.g. IT profiles) • Rigidity: no presentation tools for candidates nor freedom of data retention for recruiters • Closeness: scarce system openness to developers • Expensive • Doesn’t fully solve the networking problem (real useful contacts) • Doesn’t solve all job seekers’ problem (managerial target) CONCLUSION Author: Daniele Mulattieri - Source: Public information
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    MONSTER POPULARITY GROWTH MODEL CONVERGENCEAREA NEW MARKET SPACE CREATED POPULARITY HIRE INDUSTRY REVENUE In order to get new competitiveness, Monster has the opportunity to pursue a path external to the convergence area, gaining both benefits from the direct competition avoidance and from a no trends driven, highly perceived value proposition, reaching a leading market position in the HR industry Competitors business models (and related imitators) will likely converge into a non extended competitive area. By offering little diversification to customers they allow for disruptions to grow from the bottom The scarce imitability comes from the combination of a unique pro-active approach to customers, a pricing structure and a flexibility not easily sustainable by giants Author: Daniele Mulattieri
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