Part of my success at running job boards over the years has been good customer service. Even though the business is mostly an online-transactional one, a personal touch goes a long way towards getting/keeping a client. The first thing I will tell is respond quickly to your emails. Employers and recruiters are BUSY people and…
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Facebook’s disastrous job board launch
This is the first of two posts about the facebook job board launch. Look for #2 on Wednesday for members only with what it should have been. Last week Facebook rolled out its much hyped job board. As soon as I saw it, I dismissed it as a half-hearted attempt at job search. There was…
New wave of techie job businesses launching
Tech people are hard to find. Whenever you have a strong demand in a certain industry, sites will multiply to try and help employers find that talent. We are now witnessing a new crop of techie job sites that have a fresh approach on recruiting tech talent. Recruiters in the tech industry will try anything…
5 Things you should be adding to your job board (member only)
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Questions to ask yourself BEFORE you start a job board (premium members)
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Random job board thoughts (free)
This is just kind of a random post with a little of this and that. * What hot in niche job boards? Trucking jobs. Yeah thats right. Companies cant hire truckers fast enough to ship our stuff across the country. So naturally, niche sites have popped up to serve this need. The latest is US…
Why you need backfill (premium)
I was on the phone with a new client the other day when I clicked over to his new job board. I hadn’t seen it yet so this was my first time viewing it. To my dismay it had a grand total of 3 jobs. #FAIL No job board should launch without a plethora of…
My thoughts on the Indeed.com acquisition
In case you were out of the office yesterday, the online recruiting space got a huge jolt with the acquisition of the biggest job site in the world, Indeed.com. They announced the sale on their blog. Terms of the sale weren’t announced but its a safe bet that it was around the billion dollar mark….
Listen to one of my consulting calls (premium subscribers only)
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Multiple Revenue Streams
Every new Job board needs multiple revenue streams. You can… You must be a member in to view this content. Login or Join Up.