Here are some new job boards coming on the scene… Women of STEM targets women in science, tech and math. http://jobs.thejobnetwork.com/home?affiliateid=2583 OhYouHero out of Boston aims to be craigslist/linkedin for freelancers. Thats a tough market to be in because there are oDesk and Elance dominate but I wish them luck. Not sure I like the…
Author: chrisr2
Twitter ads are cheap
Twitter advertising may be just the right mix for your job board. I have started to experiment with them and find them to be effective at driving clicks to my site. And its cost effective too as you can see from the image below. They sent me a nice summary of what I spent and…
Question about pre-populating a job board (member only)
A reader asked me a good question the other day. He writes; I am planning to start my niche job board in Finland. In order to start I was thinking of going through companies’ career pages and then copy their job on my job board. My job board though would act only as a gathering…
Big colorful job post buttons
I have said in the past that your job board design needs to explicity call out employers to post jobs. You MUST make it clear and easy for them to see where to go and how much it costs. That means at least 20% of your homepage real estate needs to have messaging for employers….
Jobboard.io adds apply with Linkedin, mobile apply
The best new job board software on the market, Jobboard.io is getting better. They’ve recently added mobile apply along with Linkedin apply and the ability to create multi-jobs packages. Full disclosure: they sponsor my blog. But I wouldnt let them if I didnt believe in the product. For the Linkedin apply the job board owner…
Thinking different with premium job leads
When it comes to recruitment products I like to think different. After launching CareerCloud last year the site did not have a way for employers to promote themselves. But that changes in 2014. We’re launching something called “Premium Job Leads“. These are not job postings, rather a way to announce how many jobs your company…
What happens when your job board isnt growing (member only)
Recently I talked to a job board owner who was worried that his job board isnt growing. The site was in the work at home niche and was getting around 14k monthly uniques along with 70k monthly page views. As we checked the google stats traffic was steady this year but down about 5% from…
New job board directory offers free backlinks (member only)
I recently discovered Thejobist.com a new crowd sourced directory for job boards. I like it because its simple and you can add your own. I added one of my sites on Dec 19th so Im not sure how long it takes for them to list you but it looks like a nice backlink to have….
Acquisition Alert: JobsinLogistics.com Acquires Net-Temps
Breaking news: One of the oldest job boards in our industry has been acquired. JobsInLogistics.com, Inc. has announced the acquisition of the job board, www.net-temps.com [NetTemps.com]. Launched in 1995, NetTemps.com is a pioneer of the job board industry and is an eight-time winner of the prestigious Weddle’s Users Award for Best Job Board. With its…
Madgex launches new mobile apply feature, rolling it out to client job boards
I think Madgex may be the first job board software company to come out with mobile apply. None of the other vendors to my knowledge have done so yet. With all the cloud storage options available people will start storing their resumes and have them accessible from any device. It just makes sense. They just…