Interesting read on your blog about the potential Yahoo-Microsoft merger. At Monster we are watching the events very closely because Microsoft is a client and Careerbuilder and Hotjobs are viewed as competitors (for the U.S. Market anyway). The recruitment space will morph into more media heavy offerings as people realize companies will pay for targeted ads to specific candidates, but for now it is a race for the passive candidates and then reaching certain skill sets and diverse candidates for most companies. I am glad someone else caught the duplicity of Microsoft’s potential ownership/investment in both Hotjobs and Careerbuilder – who operate in basically the same vertical business.