The look of job description pages across job boards and applicant tracking systems hasn’t changed much since jobs were online. They are generally full of text and way too long. But I think its time for job publishers to come up with some new designs that make them more “scannable” for the web. I’m not…
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This Niche Job Market Just Got $60 Million in Funding!
Wow. A company called RigUp which operates a mobile/web platform that connects energy industry professionals to employers in the oil and gas field just raised $60 million in new funding. That has got to be a record for a niche job board. RigUp is an example of the next generation of job boards that are…
New Survey Shows Job Seeker’s Use of Job Boards
Here are some good stats to share with your employer clients. A new study shows job boards are the most popular way to look for work according to B2B research firm Clutch. More than 40% of job seekers secure new roles through online job boards, the survey found. This includes general job boards such as Indeed…
Technical.ly is a Job Match Making Site for the Mid-Atlantic Region
Just spotted: Technical.ly Match beta, a double opt-in direct placement service that “fits the needs of today’s workforce and promises to deliver only quality results to both sides of the process.” It is targeted for Mid-Atlantic states like Pennsylvania, Delaware and Maryland. In a stealth pilot, the site claims more than 2,000 Technical.ly readers from seven states…
Another Freelance Job Market Set to Enter U.S.
WorkGenius, an AI-based freelancing platform that enables enterprise clients to staff projects around the globe, has just extended its series A funding to a total of $10M. The company is set to enter the U.S. freelance market joining the ranks of Upwork which just went public. The additional funding will be used to grow the…
Next Gen Job Boards Getting Funding
There are a variety of what I would call ‘next generation’ type job boards getting funded across the globe. Many of them are built around matching technology and other features for helping candidates find the right fit. Below is a roundup of the latest tools receiving funding, many of which are coming from other countries. BoostMe360 –…
New Site Launch: WallStreetCareers.com
Staffing agencies are waking up to the fact that job boards offer another source of revenue and are beginning to launch more of their own job boards. Case in point is the newly launched WallStreetCareers.com. I just helped the owner, himself a financial recruiter, launch the site on the Jobboard.io platform. Through my concierge service…
Startup Job Board Market Heating Up Overseas
Job boards are big in Europe and there’s been a little feeding frenzy lately, specifically with two startup job boards. Adzuna Acquires Work in Startups. “Adzuna has acquired the number one UK tech startup job board Work In Startups! This is another important step towards Adzuna’s goal of helping to match people to better, more fulfilling jobs…
The Internet Marketing Challenge
I have held a number of calls with a variety of job startups recently and one thing is still clear to me. Most of them are underestimating the marketing challenge before them. The internet recruiting landscape is more competitive ever. Not only are there thousands of traditional job sites there are hundreds of new recruiting…
CollegeRecruiter offering Backfill too
I mentioned the other week about Recruitology’s new backfill offering and also got news that College Recruiter has a somewhat similar, original backfill partnership opportunity. They recently migrated our job distribution from Joveo to Clickcast/Appcast in part because Clickcast provides us with the ability to build our own private exchange. CEO Steven Rothberg says this; College…