A reader writes in; So, I want to have a local job board. I live San Diego, CA and I want to focus on a specific City within the county which is Chula Vista, it’s a growing city. It’s about 15 minutes away from Mexico border, Chula Vista was one of the cities that pitched a…
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JobAdX Seeks Job Board Publishers
If you run a job board, JobAdX wants to chat with you about becoming part of their job ad marketplace. I call their new platform the ‘Adsense for jobs‘. It’s basically another way to backfill your site but it sits in your job results on the first page as kind of a premium in feed…
Job Board Software Vendors Should Add These Features
This is a general call to action post for all job board software vendors. As the job board space gets more crowded it’s important for them to keep iterating on their platforms and keep adding features to streamline the user experience while helping boards attract more traffic. So here are some things I would like…
Job Board News Bytes
My phone has been off the hook with consulting requests these past few weeks. Interest in the job board business seems to be booming. And lots of news is being made. Ezayo.com is a new site for HR jobs. Find.jobs set to launch. owners of the .jobs domains are trying to reboot interest in their…
A new job board gets its wings: SLFcareers.com
Please welcome SLFcareers.com to the job board world. I just set their owner up with a new site on Jobboard.io and configured their site including logo creation and all the back end settings. The owner is actually a recruiter in the corporate world and will be running this site on the side to focus on…
Join My Live Video Consulting Group Chat Feb 14th for Job Boarders
On Wednesday February 14th I will be holding a live video based group chat on the Crowdcast platform. Its your chance to “ask me anything” about starting, managing or marketing your job board. Register here. The cost is $20 per person. If you have thought about hiring me for consulting this will give you an…
This Job Board Just Got $1.5 Million in Funding But They Are Doomed to Fail
So the other day I noticed a job company just got some seed funding. But as soon as I saw their name, I cringed. JobzMall?. I have seen this movie before, unfortunately it doesn’t end well. Watch my screencast to see why. Unfortunately malls are dying and this site will too one day. Since I started…
An Acquisition and a Relaunch
There were a couple of interesting items in the news this week. A trucking job board got acquired and a big job site gets a refresh. First up the trucking site news via press release. TransForce, Inc., the nation’s leading workforce management solutions firm specializing in commercial truck drivers, has acquired the assets of Trucking…
Changing Your Niche
A few months back I launched a job board for relocation called “Jobs With Relo“. The intent was to list jobs that only offered relocation packages to potential seekers. But although it is an interesting niche I began to feel it was too niche-y. Part of picking a niche is about finding something that will both resonate…
Quick Tip to Boost Your Affiliate Earnings
I’ve been thinking about ways to boost my affiliate earnings through providers like TopResume. It occurred to me recently that job board transactional emails would be a good place to do that. So I went into my admin settings for my JobFairing.com site and embedded a link at the bottom as a PS. On their…