Pangea is a freelance marketplace for college age talent that has just secured a nice round of funding. They are based in Providence Rhode Island. According tot he company’s blog; In the past 12 months, students from more than 850 colleges across the US and Canada have come to Pangea to find freelance work. In…
So, Google is going to be making some changes to Google for Jobs. This news comes after a long interval of no news from the big G when it comes to their job search user experience. When I read the news the first thing I thought of was it sounded like a page torn form…
WrenchWay a mobile recruiting app for repair shops to find technicians in the automotive, diesel, and collision industries has launched “Reverse Job Posts“. Essentially they are taking the reverse job board concept I have talked about for years and made it a reality. Reverse Job Posts make it easier for shops and technicians to connect by…
Recruiter.com has acquired job board tech provider Uncubed and with it the popular MediaBistro job board.They now own a few niche job boards and appear to be on an acquisition strategy. Two entrepreneurs recently unveiled MusicCareers, a music industry-specific job board platform dedicated to finding work for jobseekers. The site appears to be a custom developed…
Diversity is perhaps the hottest sector in online recruitment right now. WayUp which rebranded itself into a DE&I sourcing platform was just acquired by Yello and now Circa has snapped up DiversityJobs.com owned by LatPro Inc. … press release below. MILWAUKEE – Today, Infosoft Group, LLC, dba Circa, announced the purchase of Colorado-based LatPro, Inc., dba…
When it comes to setting prices for your job board there are no rules but here are some guidelines to go by based on my twenty years of experience. It depends on the niche you serve If your site target low end, hourly workers then companies are only willing to pay lower prices. For them,…
People are searching for work, but employers still lead the way Similarweb a website traffic company, released a report showcasing the impact, across industries, of COVID-19 recovery in both the U.S. and U.K.. which shows activity in the job market. “Our proprietary digital intelligence platform shows clear indicator signals of the recovery,” said Greg Malen, VP of…
A reader wrote in to ask the following question; I would be interested in knowing your thoughts on how much Founders of job boards should make themselves visible on the various social media platforms? As my website is related to a sector (Professional Services/Consulting/Accounting) that I have significant experience in, I thought it may be…
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As more companies list work from home or remote listings, the current generally accepted XML schema for handling this jobs not been standardized. Though a few companies are trying. A reader wrote in to me to ask; What are job boards doing today to ensure that when they’re distributing jobs to publishers, that the publisher knows…