HR Tech Talent is my latest launch. After receiving many requests from job boards and HR tech companies about “if I knew anyone” to help them staff up, I thought a dedicated job site would be the best tool to send them too. The site is powered by Jobboard.io and features free listings as well…
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Software Vendor Shutting Down
A longtime software provider has shut down. Searchease which was started 18 years ago is now defunct. I don’t believe they were powering many sites so its not big deal in the grand scheme of things. The do own a good domain name however so for current providers of job board software I’d recommend trying to acquire…
Setting Goals for Your New Job Board
If you have plans to start a full fledged niche job board, here’s the kind of goals you should shoot for; After one year, your goal should be to have at least 5,000-10,000 users coming to your site every month. That is the minimum number of users you need to ensure that employers who post jobs will…
Employers Want to Hire, Is Your Job Board Ready?
I’m currently working with a new client to get their job board optimized for posting jobs. As we enter a new year 40% of employers say they will be hiring full timers this year. Is your job board ready? Now is the time to go through your settings, update your pages, look at your sales…
One tip for getting more applies to your site’s jobs (member only)
Are you looking to drive more targeted job seekers to your client’s jobs? Hire a Sourcer. Bring on someone to do candidate reach out and send them links to the jobs they may be qualified for. An ongoing effort like this can serve to make your employers happy and maintain a steady stream of applies….
New Upsell: Add Audio to your Job Listings
I am launching a new service that other job boards can use to upsell their customers and make more money. Audio Jobcasts The idea is to provide a short interview with the person posting the job in order to get more information and give that job a “voice” The audio, which I host with Soundcloud,…
GreatHires.co Founder Talks About the Interview Experience
On my Rec Tech Podcast I talk to various job boards and HR tech vendors. Last week I chatted with Ray Tenenbaun the founder of GreatHires which is an innovative interview management tool designed to make the candidate experience better. Its a very practical tool so if you are building something for HR people or…
Monster paid how much to buy the Jobr app?
Back in June Monster.com bought a job search app called Jobr. At the time the purchase price was not released. I have recently learned that they paid $12.5 million dollars. The info comes from this press release put out by their largest shareholder. (I’ll be writing more about that later)… In any case, thats a…
ZipRecruiter CEO explains how their site is evolving
Check out this interview (via the Hiring on All Cylinders podcast) with ZipRecruiter‘s CEO Ian Siegel recorded at the recent HR Tech conference. In it he chats about how their job board is evolving and starting to focus more on quality matching. I think its a good example of how job boards can get better…
New research says most people start search on job boards
There is some new research out of the UK that indicates job boards as the main starting point for job seekers when beginning a job search. A clear message from the research is the online job site is still the number one preferred starting point for candidates, with 68% of respondents saying that they found…