Every job board needs jobs and there are a few services that exist today such as SpiderMount which help job boards to automate job scraping (aka ‘job wrapping’) for their employer clients. Here’s a look at what it is and how it works.
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HiringOpps is the Newest Job Board Software to Launch
I’m always happy when a new vendors comes into the job board software space. This year’s entrant is Wisconsin based HiringOpps, born from the team behind the MedJobCafe online recruiting site. I got a demo from their team recently. In terms of functionality they are close to established players such as Smart Job Board. I’d…
Why Gigs Are the New Niche (member only)
Gig sites are the new niche job boards. Yep its true. If you look at the market that already exists, gig style job sites are proliferating everywhere.
Google for Jobs Traffic Has Plateaued, Will It Disappear for Good?
There hasn’t been much news coming out of Google lately regarding Google for Jobs, the job search feature which launched over 2 years ago. The last update they had was back in June when it was announced they had entered France. Before that, they had enabled a remote jobs filter back in February. Last week…
Esports, Workmate and More Job Board Headlines
Here’s a quick roundup of job boards in the news. Hitmarker In two days, the esports job platform Hitmarker reached their target of £80,000. And in less than a week, they’ve reached their self-imposed ceiling of £200,000. Hitmarker launched the campaign in hopes of raising money to grow the number of jobs posted on the…
YourMembership Adds Pane View Design for Jobs
In a press release last week association job board provider Your Membership, aka YM has changed the look of their templated job site software to include a pane view. They claim this streamlined interface will increase job views on association job boards, driving more candidates to employers and growing career center revenue. You can see…
Job Board News: The RecBank, Geekhunter, Job.com
The Rec Bank UK based The Rec Bank are excited to announce the official launch of their Job Board – TheRecBank.com The Rec Bank is the first of a kind, a job site built exclusively for the recruitment agency industry and features over 100,000 vacancies by some of the UK’s leading recruiters. For Job Seekers,…
Never Launch Your Job Board without…Jobs!
Rule number one in the job board business is never launch your site with jobs. It needs to be stocked/primed before you launch so that it provides value to any seekers coming to it. If I see no jobs on it initially what reason do I have to come back? Case in point is this…
Getting More Job Seekers (member only)
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Build a Job Board with this Database Platform
I found an interesting video this week on Youtube from a company called Tadabase. They have a custom database platform where you can build all kinds of applications without needing to know how to code. This hour long video walks you through building it. Seems pretty “techie” so it’s probably not appropriate for a newbie…