Choosing your job board niche will be an important part of your success going forward. So I wanted to use this post to give you some ideas for selecting the right one. The first thing you need to look at is the industry. As long as that industry is having a difficult time finding workers that…
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Time to Expand Your Job Post Location Options
Last week LinkedIn introduced support for a ‘Remote” location when posting jobs. This now allows job posters to enter a location as remote by typing it in that field. Seems simple, but its the best way to address this long standing problem of remote job listings. Recruiters could also use some other types of location…
Job Boards in the News
Silent Professionals Launches Silent Professionals helps veterans who have combat-related military occupational specialties in multiple ways. The site translates vet resumes into a language that civilian employers can understand. Its job board includes openings across a wide range of security-oriented roles, as well as jobs in logistics, administration and other areas. Registration and access to the…
Reader Q&A
I get inquiries from across the globe asking various questions about starting or managing online job boards. Here are a couple of recent ones and how I answered them. Muhammad asks… If a person is starting a job board should the sited be a country based job board from the start and later move on…
Job board news clips
70 Million Jobs Announces Crowdfunding Campaign This job board for Americans with criminal records is now trying to raise funds through crowdfunding. The “second chance” job niche is one that appears to have some relevancy in today’s job market. I wish them luck. Read more: http://www.digitaljournal.com/pr/3858717#ixzz5LcLYkoQX Snag Launches in Canada Snag, the largest online marketplace for…
Google Jobs now live in UK
Well, Google for Jobs has conquered North America and now heads across the pond to the UK. The announcement was made Monday on the Google blog. Starting today, when you search for “jobs near me,” “teaching jobs,” or similar queries in English in the U.K., you’ll have the option to click through to a feature…
Are Niche job apps the new thing?
Came across a new niche job board…sort of…last week. Capango is a new retail job mobile app only. It’s kind of like tinder for retail jobs. Swipe right and the employer gets notified of your interest. It was made by a company called Natural Insight that already produces cloud software for retailers so a job…
Social network for college students and a Blockchain Job Launch
UpBreeze, a leading social-professional platform for college and university students, today announced the launch of JobBot, its latest innovation that empowers students to apply for jobs and internships within seconds, significantly faster than before. For more info go to www.upbreeze.com/news/2018/JobBot_Launch. Powered by artificial intelligence and machine learning technologies, JobBot presents to the student a wide variety of…
What job boards sell for
Last week I was able to identify how much revenue Glassdoor has based on an internal PDF from its new owner Recruit. According to them, GD sales hit $171 million in 2018. With a sell price of $1.2 billion that gives them a valuation of about 7X annual revenue. 7X is on the higher end of acquisitions…
Indiana job site gets $9 million in new funding
Ascend Indiana, a nascent initiative to address the talent gap in the Hoosier state is ramping up its operations. The group is an offshoot of the Central Indiana Corporate Partnership, has raised $9 million so far to support its work and is “partnering with Indiana companies to create specific talent pipelines to fill shortages in critical…