Lately my job board consulting business is getting calls from a particular audience: third party recruiters. Usually it’s a one or two person team that has been recruiting for many years who now want to broaden their offerings through a job board to serve whatever niche they work in. They also want to make more…
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Job board news (free)
BIG NEWS! Monster.com Blocks Indeed.com and SimplyHired.com from their Jobs http://www.glennlist.com/?p=1208 ACQUISITIONS Incisive Media, a leading B2B information provider serving the financial and professional services markets globally, has acquired Web Recruitment Services Ltd, the owners of two successful job boards JobsinRisk.com and JobsinCredit.com. JobsInRisk.com will join the existing collection of Risk products at Incisive Media…
Cool new tool for screencasts (free)
I just found this cool new tool named Screenr which is awesome for doing screencasts (no software required). So I tried it out by deconstructing a job board for you. You can get a 15 day free trial but after that its a rather pricey $49 per month if you want to able to embed…
Is your job board different?
A few words of wisdom… When you are starting to build your job board the first question you need to ask yourself is..is my site different? Is it different from your competitors? Is it unique? Does it stand out? Why should an employer/job seeker use it over another site? If you cant come up with…
Job board benchmark study (free)
The IAEWS is launching a new benchmark study for job boards so they can compare stats with each other. I think this will be some good data and encourage all job boards to participate. JobG8 is sponsoring the study. Here’s the email I got yesterday… Join Top Job Boards Participating in Survey What do…
New job boards online (free)
Here are some new job boards that came online recently. ThePortlander – a news site launches job listings. It offers an interesting pricing structure along with a simple clean look and feel: “Regular listings are active for 14 days and cost just $9.99. Featured listings are visually called out on the site and are active…
Quick tip on the software I use (free)
A reader asks: what software are you using to create your home pages? Did you create your own logo or outsource the design? First I do most of my own coding when it comes to creating a page for my job boards. If I’m starting one with Jobtarget I’ll create a template which is basically…
Job board news (free)
Here’s a quick roundup of some job board news. New Site: Founded in 2011, HyperionPros is a niche job board specializing in bringing together Hyperion and SAP Professionals with prospective employers looking for highly skilled candidates. For more information, visit www.hyperionpros.com. (its using the Job Roller wordpress them but it could use a design makeover)…
Whats on your mind regarding job boards?
I’m finding it harder and harder to find things to write about job boards. So I need more input from readers. Whats on your mind? Do you have specific questions I can answer? Write me and let me know.
Thoughts on linkedin vs job boards (free)
There’s a post on Forbes entitled ‘Linkedin is about to put job boards out of business‘. Although I know the author Dan Schwabel and like him, he is off-base with his assumptions. LinkedIn just announced a new feature that allows job seekers to ‘apply with linkedin’. Its a button that companies can put on their…