On Thursday June 9th at 2pm ET I will be hosting a paid webinar ($39) covering the topic of maximizing your job board revenue streams. In a post Covid world every dollar counts and this session will teach you untapped opportunities to help your job board survive and thrive. You’ll learn about new ways to…
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If I Ran Monster
Someone asked me the other day what I would do to Monster.com if I ran it. It was a good question that got me thinking. As the pandemic continues to shred the job market, Monster and the other major job boards are suffering and/or laying off staff. Now would be a good time to think…
VC Firm: Now is the Time for Niche Job Markets
Loyal reader and founder of Ranchwork.com Peter Askew, tipped me off to a very interesting article about the rise of niche job boards. Andreesen Horowitz, one of the worlds most famous venture capital firms says now is the time to start building ‘verticalized job marketplaces‘ AKA niche job boards. In a blog post on their…
Don’t Over Design Your Site
Sometimes when prospective job board owners call me about wanting to start a site they get too obsessed with customizing the look and feel of the templates that come with cloud platforms like Smart Job Board and Jobboard.io. I cringe a little when they ask if I can help them create some “cool” designs that…
What Makes Your Job Board Sellable?
If you have been thinking about selling your job board there are probably people who would want to buy it right now. A number of people have been contacting me lately to see if I know of any on the market. I have helped a number of job sites to find a buyer in the…
Chatbots for Job Boards
I think chatbots are a good tactic to use on most web sites as another channel for engagement, customer service and marketing. Perhaps not if you only run your board on the side, but if you work on it full time consider adding a chatbot to the mix. Here’s a list of them. The job…
New Job Sites: SearchRemotely, Knack, DiverseJobs
New Site for Nursing Jobs NurseEarth.com is one of my clients job boards that just launched which I helped configure and launch. The company is a staffing agency for nurses and was looking to add a job board to the mix. Check it out. Search Remotely Launches Remote Jobs Platform Search Remotely has launched a…
CareerBliss Moves to Free Job Postings for 2020
A number of recruitment sites and vendors are offering free tools and services in response to the current pandemic. In times like this, I think these are solid moves by vendors to stay relevant and do their part to help employers. Your job board may want to follow this example and think about how you…
New Job Community Tracks Layoffs Launches
 LayOffers.com is a brand new community site that tracks layoffs to support workers and connect job candidates with top recruiters at no cost. Tech executive, Jeffrey Jewett, founded the service in early 2020 with a mission to help one million displaced workers. Jewett accelerated its launch in light of the economic uncertainty resulting from the COVID-19…
“Essential” Job Sites
As the virus outbreak takes hold in the U.S. a number of virus related job boards have popped up. Techcrunch has a story of one, the NRF created a retail job resource page and even Bayard Advertising got into the act with HiringAgain.com. States are getting into the act as well and this one from…