Looking for more revenue? Jobtarget may be able to help. They used to power my job boards back in the day but these days are focused on helping employers to target their postings to niche markets. They work with a network of job boards that they promote to employers looking for niche talent in places like tech,…
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Job Boards in the News
Pane View Job Sites Are Good for Job Sites But Not Employers Over the last few years, the recruiting funnel has changed based on the economic environment we’re in, as well as the technically competitive environment. From a technical perspective, “pane view” job sites are worth paying attention to. Our annual benchmark report study uncovered…
New Updates from Smart Job Board
Love the new filters just released by Smart Job Board. Check out the screencast to learn more.
Updates from DHI (Dice)
DHI Group, Inc. the owners of Dice.com and other job boards reported earnings recently. In summary, their revenue was pretty flat except for ClearanceJobs.com which is now up to $6 million in revenue. They also published what they are up to with each site which I thought you would find interesting. Second Quarter 2019 Financial Highlights…
An employer vetted job board?
On Twitter last week I noticed a new account called DayJoys. It’s a new job board with a twist: they vet all employers that can post with them. Their motto says it all: Because life’s too short for sucky jobs. I agree. Life is too short to work for companies who don’t care about their…
Interview with Hire Our Heroes
On my latest RecTech podcast I had on the founder of HireOurHeores.com, a job board for veterans started several years ago. Dan did something interesting from a marketing standpoint. He created his own “national day” for hiring vets. Its a great PR move that has helped grow the business. You can actually apply to create…
Programmatic Job Players Getting Snapped Up
Suddenly the programmatic job players are in demand. In the past 10 days two of the industry’s biggest firms have been acquired. In early July New Hampshire based Appcast was acquired by European based Stepstone, owned by Axel Springer. And then on Friday, Indeed bought UK provider ClickIQ which only has a foothold in the…
Use this free tool for better keyword ideas
If you are buying Google Adwords or just want to research another job boards SEO rankings, UBER Suggest is a free tool to help you out. Created by uber marketer, Neil Patel, the tools gives you keyword ideas in addition to deciphering a site’s organic SEO traffic (or lack of). I ran it on the phrase…
Got an existing audience? Put up a job board
Scotch.io is a online community targeting web developers. They have video courses, tutorials and other information they call “fun and practical web development tutorials”. And they now have a job board. To me, this is the perfect use case for adding jobs to a site. They already have a large, existing audience and by adding jobs…
Job Board News Bytes
Fizbuz is a new job matching site for developers. Carlos Rabasa, whose own resume includes developer and program manager roles at Twilio, Microsoft and others, is the founder of Fizbuz, a new platform for developers to build detailed professional profiles and connect with employers. “I want to create a product that allows people to express themselves holistically,” serving…