I mentioned Chattyjob.com in my post on tuesday. But when I first typed it into the browser address bar I accidentally added an s on the end and typed chattyjobs.com which took me to a parked Godaddy site. It reminded me that its a good idea to get the plural name of your existing site as well….
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Niche job board I admire: Stack Overflow Careers
Last Saturday I attended my first recruiting “unconference” at the offices of Stack Overflow in lower Manhattan. An unconference is a one day event where the sessions consist of a track leader who introduces a topic to a group and then lets the group take the discussion to wherever they want. truNewYork was put on by @billboorman….
Should I hire a sales person for my job board?
When I ran my local job boards I had NO sales team. Instead I relied on electronic ways to offset any lack of manpower. If you dont have the time for sales yourself here’s how you can do it without one. 1. I bought keywords on Google for my niche. Recruiters google for different job…
Job Boards: are your resumes public or private?
With the advent of sites like Linkedin, Github, Behance and others that contain publicly available profiles, job boards face a conundrum since they typically have private only resume search. But they need to evolve with the times. The trend now is making your job seeker “profiles” open to search engines so candidates can be found. I believe…
New niche job market: Drones & UAV’s
I read an article recently that predicts the civilian UAV industry is posed to explode in the next few years when the FAA opens up airspace to unmanned aerial vehicles, aka drones. So I see opportunity and just launched two job boards to take advantage of this trend. UAVjobbank.com JobsinDrones.com Each is powered by Jobamatic….
The Recruitment Technology Landscape map
My friends at Headhunter Labs in NYC put together this handy map of the online recruiting industry. Download it here as pdf. Talent Acquisition Technology Ecosystem (.pdf) Use it as a handy guide to see who the players are in all phases of the hiring process from video interviewing to ATS to resume builders. Its…
Whats new in online recruiting
The CareerXroads sources of hire study is out and once again job boards place in the top 3 behind referrals and company career sites. Job board market-share dropped off a little as more and more tools come on the scene to find talent. I didnt see any major trends in the study so its pretty…
Likes on job postings dont work
I have been wondering lately if social share butons on job postings are worth it. So I went to arguably the webs most social savvy audience (Mashable) and took a look at their job board. I clicked through the top few pages of recent listings and most jobs had ZERO likes. A few had 1….
Why doesn’t this niche job board exist? (member only)
I was at a conference recently when another job board owner posed this question to me. Why is there no other site that targets part-time jobs other than Snag-a-Job? Its a good question and one I have been wondering about myself. A few years back I started looking at that space. Here’s what I found….
Questions from a young entrepreneur
I got a nice email from an NYU student about being an entreprenuer. I thought I would share since they were great questions. Q. I’m toying with the idea of quitting grad-school and going full-time on my 4 month old startup..what is your philosophy on the value of education in school vs education via building…