Jack & Jill Land $40 Million!
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Jack & Jill Land $40 Million!

B2Upper-intermediateSeptember 17, 20267 min
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Boomband, a new talent intelligence platform founded by Monster.com creator Jeff Taylor, officially rolled out across all six New England states on Wednesday. Headquartered in Wakefield, Rhode Island, the startup is directly targeting the region’s dense concentration of tech, healthcare, finance, and higher-education employers, bringing nearly 500,000 local, hybrid, and remote roles to the platform at launch. According to Boomband, the traditional online job board model has collapsed under a flood of low-signal, AI-generated applications. The average job posting drew 244 applications in 2025, more than double the volume from 2022, while the regional search cycle for candidates now st...

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alright first up boom band a New talent intelligence platform founded by a monster comm critter Jeff Taylor officially rolled out across all six new states on Wednesday was previously just in the Boston area. Headquartered in Wakefield, Rhode Island,

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the startup is directly targeting the region's dense concentration of tech, healthcare, finance and higher education employers, bringing nearly 500,000 local hybrid and remote roles

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to the platform at launch. According to Boomban, the traditional online job or model has collapsed under a flood of low signal, AI generated applications.

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