I discovered some disappointing news recently that the niche aggregator called giantGator which crawled freelance sites such as UpWork and Elance has shut down. The founders were sent a cease and desist letter by Upwork and said they had received a “chilly reception” from many of the other sites. Their goal was to make the…
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Job Descriptions 2.0 (member-only)
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Madgex introduces new revenue stream for job publishers
This is interesting. Madgex, the UK based profiver of job board software is launching a new Course Board platform. They are pushing it as a new revenue stream for job boards. Essentially its a directory specifically built to list educational courses. According to the article on OnRec, “This exciting new addition to their product portfolio allows newspapers,…
I was wondering if you could offer some advice?
Dear Chris, I own the following domains: conveyancing.jobs conveyancingjobs.com conveyancingjobs.com.au conveyancingjobs.co.uk conveyancingjobs.uk conveyancingjobs.co.nz conveyancingjobs.nz conveyancingjobs.co.za conveyncingjobs.com has a website. The rest do not. In most Commonwealth countries, a conveyancer is a specialist lawyer who specialises in the legal aspects of buying and selling real property, or conveyancing. I am not sure how best to monetize them all. Is it…
Jobs2Careers publisher details
My post last week about various publisher earnings stirred up quite a frezy. The voices behind J2C chimed in with some additional details about their own publisher program. “Compared to the three backfills you tested, J2C’s EPCs would be significantly higher without any transparency issues”, says Nick Roarty from J2C. He sent me their deck…
Help Your Clients Help Themselves (member only)
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Resumes Want to be Free
I like Indeed’s resume platform. It’s super easy to search and source candidates. And its essentially free for most companies. If you sponsor jobs they throw it in for free. Otherwise its just a dollar to contact any candidate via email. And for job seekers its a great way of being discovered since the resume…
Every job board homepage needs to have these (member only)
In my opinion there are 6 things every good job… You must be a member in to view this content. Login or Join Up.
Job headlines not job titles
Job titles need a makeover. If a job description is an ad for a job…..if its supposed to sell you on working for that company why dont they grab you? Because they’re not headlines. Headlines are written so they grab your attention. Which is why job titles need to follow suit. Take a look at…
More than just a job posting
In addition to running this blog I have a new full time gig as Director of Digital Recruiting for a cruise line company here in Connecticut. My position allows me to try a lot of job boards and influence the direction for all of our recruitment marketing. This week I tried posting on a bunch…