COMMUNITY BRANDS LAUNCHES CAREER PORTAL Community Brands announced the launch of Career Planning Portal, a new hub of member-focused career planning resources, within its YM Careers solution. The new Career Planning Portal is the first of its kind in the association job board industry, transforming career centers from transactional websites where employers and job seekers connect,…
What is QuickJobFinders? A new job job search engine that quickly and easily helps people find a new job and career opportunities. We do not require or force a registration and take our candidates directly to targeted job search results. When did it launch? We launched in the 4th quarter of 2020. What do you want from…
CareerBuilder and Seattle news station KIRO 7 have teamed up to spread awareness of local job openings, so that people who have lost work due to COVID-19 can find in-demand jobs in their area. KIRO 7 has embedded CareerBuilder’s job search on their website, kiro7.com/jobs and it is promoting the feature during its televised broadcast, calling viewers’ attention to the industries hiring right now and the postings available on CareerBuilder. “Early in the COVID-19 pandemic, KIRO 7…
One mistake I see new job board owners make is launching their site too quickly before its ready for prime time viewing. That’s why I recombined doing a soft launch, particularly if you have a custom built job board. You’ll want to get any bugs/kinks ironed out before telling the world. According to Wikipedia, a…
If you have a blog with traffic, you have a good use case for adding a job board to the mix. Blogs, a or many kinds of niche topic websites can easily add jobs to their sites using simple plugins like a Ziprecruiter search box, a WordPress job board theme with backfill or a cloud…
I noticed a press release from the Acorns app today that points to the importance of expanding your job seeker audience.. Acorns, the top saving and investing app is trying to help Americans save and invest for the future, announced the launch of Acorns Job Finder. Acorns is connecting customers with new career opportunities, helping…
Last week SJB came out with a feature that has been longed for among job board startups. The ability to make a private, membership based site where you can charge job seekers for access. That’s now a reality. But what makes for a good member only job board? Over the years I have received many…
If your job board has a resume database, it’s a good idea to remind those candidates that they should update it from time to time. I recently saw this email reminder sent out to Jobs in The US users and its a great example of how to remind your seekers. It gives them a reason…
A reader asked me about how to attract students to his job board. Q – How do you manage to get emails from students and future graduates? Currently, I’m doing a search on Linkedin, I manage to get registrations by direct contact in Linkedin. But I’m curious if there are other ways to get future…
Job board cloud software company SmartJobBoard (one of my sponsors) has released some minor design and database changes. Watch the quick screencast to learn more.