The existing job board software vendors all have duration based pricing features. Employers pay a fee to post a job for X number of days. But PPC and PPA are now mainstream on the big job sites so is it time job board software vendors followed suit. I say YES. The time has come for…
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Google for Jobs Testing Sponsored Jobs
Well with advertising spending on the downturn Google may be changing its mind on letting you sponsor jobs inside the Google for Jobs interface. Hat tip to Tom Chevalier from Appcast who first spotted this on mobile. Google for Jobs launched almost 6 years ago and at the time many thought they would jump right…
Shortlisting Service Seeks Job Board Partners
If you are looking for a unique upsell offering to give your employers this “shortlisting” service could bring in $1k or more per lead for your job board. Jeff Hyman, CEO of RecruitRockstars explains. Learn about Shortlist & how the 50/50 revenue share increases your job board revenue (without writing a single line of code):…
Job Board Interviews: Mave
Mave is a software sales job board that launched a year and a half ago. I interviewed its founder Stephen Daspit to get an update on how the new site is doing.
Indeed’s New Challenges
Indeed’s parent company Recruit Holdings just announced their latest quarterly earnings and sales from Indeed & Glassdor are flat according to the latest numbers. At the same time they’ve been rolling out their new pay-per-applicant business model which is proving to be a challenge. The screenshot below is just one of a number of instances…
New Job Scraping Service Launches
I caught up with Alec Barrett-Wilsdon, founder of a new data scraping company called Sourcestack. If you need jobs they can help you backfill your site. Watch the video for a special offer they are offering to Job Board Secrets readers.
What are the top 5 job boards in the U.S.?
I love to reacd web traffic reports for websites and the numbers from the big U.S. job boards are also fascinating to look at. According to SimilarWeb, these are top 5 job boards in the U.S. based on their monthly web traffic numbers. Indeed: With over 250 million monthly visitors, Indeed is the largest job…
Job Board Success Story: RailsDevs
RailsDevs is an example of a niche job board success story. I came across this Youtube interview recently with its founder where he tells the tale of its origins and how he makes money with a reverse job board concept. A reverse job board is a type of job search platform where companies pay to…
Biz Idea: Jobs Wanted
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Lensa.com Seeks Job Publisher Partners
Lensa is a U.S. based job search engine looking for job board partners. They have ways to make money for each job seeker signup ($2.25) and per click (approx .35 cents per click). In the video above they explain how it works. I also got their take on Indeed’s PPA program launching next year. Lensa…