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…
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How to get your site in Google Jobs
Now that Google Jobs has launched many job boards are scrambling for how to be included. I saw one comment last week that Snagajob saw a 9% increase in traffic from it. Not bad. The new search function will definitely be a boost to the initial list of included sites. I’ve done a lot of…
CareerBuilder finally found a Buyer
Initial reports that CareerBuilder was going to be bought for 1 billion were debunked last week when a private equity group and a teachers pension fund, bought a majority stake in the company. According to an ERE report, the deal values the company around $500 million. Thats about $71 million more than what Monster recently…
JobMount Now Offers Career Sites as a Product
Sites powered by JobMount can now offer branded career sites as part of their offering. This news comes on the heels of Indeed’s recent career site announcement. According to Valerii Verbovetskyi, from Aspen Tech Labs which owns JobMount, “Corporate career site pages are a preferred choice for candidate job searches & applications. Job boards can…
Job board headlines
Recruit Holdings (parent of Indeed) reported revenue for the full year of (USD $16.1 BILLION), an increase of 15.8% compared with the same period last year. Their EBITDA was $2 billion. [full details] Nationaldriverjobs.com Introduces Drivers’ Job Board for Use In All Over the US. [Another trucking board] StudentHire is a Canada job board for…
Thoughts on Google Jobs
Well, the rumors were confirmed last week when Google’s CEO announced they will be officially entering the recruitment space with their own job search engine at the Google I/O conference. The news in recent months about their jobs API and more recently the Google Hire ATS were clues to their job search ambitions. And just like…
Why Job Boards Need to Hire Sourcers
If you run a job board you should know that your #1 task is to generate quality applies to your clients jobs. They want candidate flow. If they don’t see at least 10 applications from your board in the first week of it being posted you are at great risk from disappointing that customer and…
How I sold my Career Advice Site for 30k
Last week my career advice site sold at auction on Flippa for $30k. After 5 years it was time to move on from CareerCloud. I originally started the site as a social resume platform, but that never took off so I pivoted the site a few years ago to be more about career advice. Eventually I added…
News and Notes from the Job Board World
Here’s a quick roundup of job board news and notes that have crossed my desk. Indeed. I have heard that as of March 31st they will no longer be accepting sponsored jobs from job boards any longer. Sites that advertise with them now will be grandfathered in. No new job boards will be accepted. This…
Job Listings Need More ‘Friend’ Not Social Sharing
It has been common practice throughout the job board and ATS worlds to make jobs easily shareable with social media buttons. The thinking is people will share them and help drive traffic. But it doesn’t work. Job listings are inherently not designed to be shared. Cute puppy videos yes, but not drab job text. Instead…