Critiques of different job boards.
A new local job board recently launched aimed at helping people find jobs in Texas, it’s called Texas Jobs Hub. “The big name job boards don’t have the Texas-focus that we do,” commented a spokesperson from Texas Jobs Hub. “We are connected to our community here in the Lone Star state and are very motivated to…
A Berlin based startup just raised millions to take on healthcare staffing with a twist. Medwing uses a team of personal career coaches that help the candidate find relevant work. The currently operate in France, Germany and the UK. According to the report: “In addition to a platform that includes a pool of potential hires,…
I don’t know who owns humanresources.com but they need to do themselves a favor and get a new logo. The current one looks as if it hasn’t changed since 1999. That’s apparently when this site launched which is a surprise to me. I never knew this site even existed until the other day. And I…
SeeMeHired is a new job board launched for Northern Ireland. I took a tour of the site in this 5 minute screencast with a bit of commentary.
LocalJobs.com has announced the debut of a newly designed website at https://www.localjobs.com. The site includes enhancements to provide an engaging user experience and improved navigation to help visitors easily find the information they need. The new site features responsive pages, and an overall refined look and feel. Customizable search filters and subscription options for relevant email…
Video platform Vimeo just realized job boards make sense. They have launched their own hiring marketplace for members of the platform. It is free to find or post jobs. According to the press release; The platform now offers a “For Hire” marketplace that provides anyone looking to produce high-quality video with a simple, effective way…
Your job board home page is an important piece of real estate. It’s first priority is to funnel job seekers to jobs or employer to post them. Beyond that it should feature content, be easily navigable and of course, look nice. BankTalentHQ is one of those sites. It offers a great first impression. Take a…
Check out this poor excuse for a job board homepage. It sucks. I don’t know how else to describe it.
While talking to the team at UK based Talenetic last week I learned of a great way that one of their customers, TopEngineer.com boosted their job alert signups by 19%. Check out this screencast. They placed the box after every 10 listings. Smart move. If you have the ability to insert more subscribe boxes into…
I have said for many years that a well designed job board goes a long way towards helping your sales and gaining new users. Recently the folks at niche job board CoolWorks, which features adventure/outdoor type jobs around the USA underwent a redesign and I thought it was a great example of job board web design….