Here’s another revenue opportunity for job board operators. This one is called CV Certify, a self-described ‘carfax for careers’ run by TJ Radtke. I asked TJ a few questions about this new service. 1. What is cvcertify? CVCertify is like Carfax for Careers. We help companies find qualified candidates faster and cheaper. And we help…
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Multiple revenue streams (premium)
In the golden days of job boards you could get… You must be a member in to view this content. Login or Join Up.
Social media and job boards (free)
Glassdoor is now letting its users connect with social networks like facebook. ERE has a writeup on it. They join a growing number of businesses trying to open up your job search in order to uncover connections at companies you may want to work for such as Branchout, Beknown, Jibe, Gethired, etc. SimplyHired has been…
When employers call (premium)
Even though I have a large job board network I… You must be a member in to view this content. Login or Join Up.
All the sites I use to stay on top of the job board industry (free)
I keep a close eye on the online recruiting space. There are obvious ways to do that such as google alerts for “new job boards“, but here is a list of sites that I visit each week to make sure I’m on top of this ever changing industry. 1. JobBoarders (I founded this site in…
Spreading your site everywhere (free)
I stumbled across worktree.com the other day. Its one of the original job board directories that actually charges users. I remember seeing this site over 10 years ago. Its a remarkable feat that they are still in business. They must have a nice revenue stream of paying users to still be around. Anyway you can…
How much can you make with backfill? (premium)
Backfill is a great supplemental revenue source for job boards.… You must be a member in to view this content. Login or Join Up.
Job board news & notes for January (free)
Hello job boarders, here’s some tidbits from the online recruiting world that caught my eye. 1. Jobing bought another company. They acquired phoenix based Blogic which helps companies transform sites with wordpress functionality. Could Jobing be creating some kind of job board wordpress platform? hmmm. The founder of Blogic started a job board called OrangeSlyce…
A backlink checker (premium)
I was looking for a free backlink tool and came across this one. Other than the annoying popup ads that come with it, you get a nice report with the sites that link to you including their anchor text. http://www.backlinkwatch.com/ For more SEO tips click here.
2012 hiring predictions (free)
Just did some research for y’all about the 2012 hiring outlook. Overall it looks slightly stronger than last year. My boards were up around 20% from 2010 and I expect about the same as we enter this year. A recent survey of economists by the Associated Press says to expect an avg of 175,000 new…