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New job boards (free)
The beginning of the year is usually a busy time for job board launches. Here are some of the most recent ones I’ve seen with a little bit of commentary. JOBCRANK – “JobCrank.com, is a national job board that specializes in helping recruiters, small businesses, and individuals connect with future employees or freelance contractors. JobCrank.com…
Best time to conduct sales (premium)
While you are trying to sell into employers and recruiters… You must be a member in to view this content. Login or Join Up.
Can you build a job board with a .co domain? (premium)
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Job board owner interview
Sometimes I check out the Mixergy podcasts out out by Andrew Warner. Its a podcast series about entrepreneurs/startups. Recently he had on the founder of Wall Street Oasis, an online community for wall street types. In the interview he reveals that they only get about 10% of their revenue from job postings. Just 10%! The…
Thoughts on the future of job boards (premium)
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Job board hours (free)
Running a job board? Expect to keep fairly standard business hours. Generally you’ll do most of your business between the hours of 9am and 6pm. That is when most recruiters, HR people and business owners post their jobs. The weekends will bring a job or two but don’t expect much activity. Tuesdays are probably the…
Dont get into these industries (free)
HuffPost has a slideshow about 10 job markets that will never come back. So these are not job boards niches you should be getting into. The industries are: Construction, Automotive Manufacturing, Realtors, Pharmaceuticals, Newspapers, Airlines, Big Telecom, State/local Govt jobs, Mechanics/Repair, Bank Tellers.
Expectations: The Long Haul (premium)
Job boards are not a get rich quick scheme. Here’s my advice on what expectations you need to have in this business.
How not to launch a job board (premium)
Recently on the Job Boarders blog, this post appeared announcing the launch of laborny.jobs. Its a new site powered by JobCentral and the new dot jobs domain. However they appear to have overhyped its usefulness.