Whether you run a job board or an HR tech company, you need leads to make sales. Leads are everywhere online in our industry, if you see a job listing that’s a lead. But how do you get their attention? In the case of Skillsoft, an HR tech vendor, they use Amazon Gift Cards! They…
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ZipRecruiter Adds to it’s Affiliate Network
The folks at ZipRecruiter have been busy building up their affiliate network. Last week they officially announced that they have partnered with Gatehouse Media and US News.com. Gatehouse Media currently has hundreds of local newspaper and community sites currently being powered by Monster. As of October, it’s Zip’s turn to be their job board of…
Private Executive Job Board Raises $6 million
There’s news of a new job board coming online. It’s a Peer-to-Peer Job Sharing Network that “Brings Transparency to Executives Using Artificial Intelligence and Crowdsourcing Techniques” according to the news release. It started as some kind of private list among C-suite executives and it just raised $6.5 million in funding. It’s nice to see a…
The lack of Innovation in Major Job Boards
Over the weekend I saw the thread below in a Facebook discussion. And it got me thinking. It doesn’t surprise me that a “major” job board exec didn’t see this coming. The management of most big job boards have had their heads in the sands for a long time. If they don’t realize that employer tastes…
Q&A with Geebo Classifieds’ Greg Collier
Some sites go under the radar in our industry but sites like Geebo.com, a classifieds competitor to Craigslist, has been around for nearly 18 years and still remains a profitable, lean team. I asked their Founder, Greg Collier a few questions about his company via email. Describe Geebo and its history. Geebo was launched in 2000 in order…
How to find free XML job feeds to use (member only)
I don’t like to start sites with no job listings so I use publicly available XML job feeds I find online to populate my sites like HRtechTalent. Using the Auto-import function in my Jobboard.io account I am pulling in 3 feeds, one for HRIS jobs, one for iCiMS jobs and one for jobs at Kronos….
To Run a Job Board Today You Need…
Just a quick reminder that if you want to run a job board today (or any kind of recruiting technology) you need to be good at internet marketing. Specifically you need to know how to market your product properly with the right messaging targeted at the right audience. Without that skill set you will most certainly…
5 New Job Board Launches
Want to know what’s new in the job board space? Seems like their is a renewed interest in online recruiting these days (thanks to Google and VCs). Here’s a quick tour of 5 new job boards. 3 in tech, 1 in government and 1 for manufacturing in Georgia.
Best Candidates for Job Boards: Established Sites
Recently I helped the team at Agency Checklist launch this new job board. Powered by a WordPress theme, it’s a “hyper-niche” site that targets Massachusetts insurance jobs. And they are off to a strong start having already sold several postings in the first month. A big reason for this is their existing audience. AgencyChecklist.com has…
The Redirect Conundrum
I have a job board client with a problem. They have a number of employers which they scrape and send the job seeker back to their ATS to apply. In the process the employer only sees the number of clicks that were sent along with the phrase ‘Anonymous’ in their dashboard. The problem is that…