Matthew Heyes is the founder of Backpacker Job Board which is the latest site to be featured here on Job Board Secrets. We touched base over email to learn more. When did you start your job board? Backpacker Job Board was founded in 2010. What’s the origin story? The project was born in 2010 when…
TheApply.ai is a new job search tool that focuses on helping job seekers tell their story in order to stand out in today’s tough job market. I caught up with their founders to see how this new tool works and how it got started. Watch… What’s up, job boarders. So I got a new startup…
4dayweek.io is a great niche success story in the job board world. Started by Scottish developer Phil McParlane, the site has attracted a massive email list that serves up content and jobs for those seeking a four day work week. Full Interview Transcript I have one question of interest. I’m kind of new to the…
This niche job board wants to help people earn the same while working less. There’s a novel concept! Here’s the story of 4dayweek.io founded by Phil McParlane. 1. When did you start your job board? The job board launched in December 2020 during the height of the pandemic. The initial launch of my site (called 28hrworkweek.com) contained…
I can’t count how many times over the years that a client calls me with the news that they have spent 6 months building a job board form scratch and the thing doesn’t work. Had they called me sooner I might have saved them a lot of time, money and aggravation. There are over 20…
As part of my quest to highlight niche job boards across the globe here is a local one that focuses on hiring teachers and educators in New Jersey. The owner is Todd Lawrence and he answered my questions over email. 1. When did you start your job board? NJSchoolJobs.com was created/launched in July 1999. As…
Every job board should have a newsletter. You should be touching your job seeker base at least once per month and your employers should get one as well. Why? A newsletter both reminds people you exists as well as driving traffic back to your site. If you aren’t maximizing the channel you already own (aka…
As part of a new series on this blog I will be featuring various niche job boards. Today it’s time to learn about Salon Spa Connection, which serves salons, spas, barbershops and industry schools throughout the US and now in Canada. Susan Wos is the founder, and I asked her more about her business. When…
Back in 2008 when the economy tanked I lost about 40% of my local job board business (AllCountyJobs). 2007 had been my best year ever where I earned around $200k, but that quickly dwindled once ’08 came around. Hiring came to a crawl. And that’s when I really learned of the cyclical nature of running…
The CEO of Hireclix, a recruitment marketing had good things to say about niche boards recently. In an article on SHRM Neil Costa said this; “I do think the niche job boards still provide good value for the markets they serve. They are still important. Dice and ClearanceJobs are good examples of that. I think it’s more…