More than a year and a half ago I launched JobSpeek. The first app ever to let recruiters posts jobs from their iphone and syndicate them to the major job search engines. It won much praise from industry analysts and such. In fact the YOH Staffing blog called it the ‘future of recruiting’. But even…
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Some good SEO advice
This infographic provides a good look at how SEO has changed after Google’s Panda update a few years ago. Courtesy of: Fuzz One Media
Job board acquisitions and the new year
So this is my last post for the year. My next will be on Jan 3rd or 4th. In the meantime think about 2013 and how you can make your job board better. Recently 2 very different job boards were acquired: Jobcircle and Behance. Jobcircle is a more traditional job board company. Behance is not.
New WordPress job site theme: JobEngine
I was recently alerted to a new wordpress theme for a job board. Its called JobEngine. According to its creator, “JobEngine – a Jobboard wordpress theme which is designed based on the needs of Job recruiter, and job hunter.” It does have a mobile friendly version which is essential for job boards today. http://enginethemes.com/
How to get free press as a job board
Getting free press for a job board can be a great traffic boost. But you need to give the press a reason to write about you. Whether its an online blog or a newspaper, all roads lead to more traffic. For example, my former company, AllCountyJobs.com, puts out a monthly jobs report from its flagship…
Your job board customer service
Part of my success at running job boards over the years has been good customer service. Even though the business is mostly an online-transactional one, a personal touch goes a long way towards getting/keeping a client. The first thing I will tell is respond quickly to your emails. Employers and recruiters are BUSY people and…
Facebook’s disastrous job board launch
This is the first of two posts about the facebook job board launch. Look for #2 on Wednesday for members only with what it should have been. Last week Facebook rolled out its much hyped job board. As soon as I saw it, I dismissed it as a half-hearted attempt at job search. There was…
New wave of techie job businesses launching
Tech people are hard to find. Whenever you have a strong demand in a certain industry, sites will multiply to try and help employers find that talent. We are now witnessing a new crop of techie job sites that have a fresh approach on recruiting tech talent. Recruiters in the tech industry will try anything…
How much should a job posting cost?
One of the questions I often get is…how much should I charge employers to post a job? Well the answer should depend on your existing competition. If you are a new job board entering a market with other sites I suggest undercutting them in price in order to gain market share. But at a minimum…
Don’t hide your pricing
Hey job boards, dont hide your pricing information! The owner of carjobsearch.com recently emailed me and when I went to his site I saw this; Now its a french site (for Quebec, CA) so perhaps the image on the right side says it but i dont see any pricing info on the homepage. I think…