Techcrunch reported recently about the launch of Candidate Labs. Candidate Labs launched today as a modern talent agency, after operating in stealth for the past seven months. The company also announced today that it has raised $5 million in seed funding. Candidate Labs connects a data platform with 100 million professionals to its database of…
The developers at Jobboard.io and Smart Job Job Board have been busy this year. Updates to both cloud platforms have seemingly been more frequent this year which I like to see. Iteration is a good thing when it comes to running any kind of software company and so it is with job boards. Over time,…
I was a guest on the Recruitment Flex podcast along with Jeff Dickey-Chasins talking all things job boards. Take a listen. We talk a lot about surviving, Indeed, Zip, Monster and more.
A Berlin based startup just raised millions to take on healthcare staffing with a twist. Medwing uses a team of personal career coaches that help the candidate find relevant work. The currently operate in France, Germany and the UK. According to the report: “In addition to a platform that includes a pool of potential hires,…
One of the things I stress to my clients today is the importance of having multiple revenue streams for your business. And in times like this, having different ways to make money is highly important. As a freelancer for most of my career I have made a point to do just that. I sell ebooks,…
On Thursday June 9th at 2pm ET I will be hosting a paid webinar ($39) covering the topic of maximizing your job board revenue streams. In a post Covid world every dollar counts and this session will teach you untapped opportunities to help your job board survive and thrive. You’ll learn about new ways to…
Someone asked me the other day what I would do to Monster.com if I ran it. It was a good question that got me thinking. As the pandemic continues to shred the job market, Monster and the other major job boards are suffering and/or laying off staff. Now would be a good time to think…
A UK Startup Job Board Has Been Acquired London-based recruitment software company Alvius, announced that it has acquired UK Startup Jobs for an undisclosed sum. Founded in 2011, UK Startup Jobs is a job board with a community of 10,000 job seekers, headquartered in Edinburgh. The job board specialises in advertising a wide range of…
Loyal reader and founder of Ranchwork.com Peter Askew, tipped me off to a very interesting article about the rise of niche job boards. Andreesen Horowitz, one of the worlds most famous venture capital firms says now is the time to start building ‘verticalized job marketplaces‘ AKA niche job boards. In a blog post on their…
Sometimes when prospective job board owners call me about wanting to start a site they get too obsessed with customizing the look and feel of the templates that come with cloud platforms like Smart Job Board and Jobboard.io. I cringe a little when they ask if I can help them create some “cool” designs that…