I’ve seen it way too often in my 20 years advising job board businesses. Too often job board owners get complacent with their site and think traffic and sales will last forever. But this is far from the truth. I’ve said it a thousands times. Anyone can start a job board but few have the…
Harris, a global vertical market software provider and acquirer, has joined the online recruitment space with the acquisition of Quebec-based employment website, Jobillico. With over 3 million users in Canada, Jobillico supports a network of over 5,000 employers in recruiting top talent using a digital platform that is largely developed and maintained by its Québec City…
IHire releases their latest talent survey and it has good news for job board owners; Job board usage is up. 58.9% of employers said they increased their reliance on job boards and online recruiting platforms in the past year. Further, 49.6% said they do most of their recruiting through job boards, and 23.4% said they do…
I have sad news to report. John Mellor who co-founded the WorkinSports site passed away last week after a brief battle with cancer. John and I conversed many times over the years and I advised him on occasion. John was one of the few people in our industry to achieve success with membership based job…
Recently job site indeed made a move to give gigs on its site a dedicated space. Users can now visit gigs.indeed.com to find side jobs with Uber, Doordash etc. Julie Calli over at Recruitics explained the changes in a recent post. In it she said the reason for the change was driven by users; “In…
Employers are panicking. For many companies in the hourly worker space…retail, restaurant, hospitality….job applies have fallen off a cliff. Ziprecruiter says their job seeker activity is still down 20% from pre-covid levels. According to one of my sources CPC rates on Indeed have gone from about 50 cents per click a few months ago to…
New job boards have launched covering two specific niches. One is a standalone site while the other is part of an online resource for vets/owners. FactoryFix is a recruiting platform that connects manufacturers to vetted, skilled workers. It helps companies with hiring by providing access to a unique talent pool, vetting applicants, providing salary insights,…
Tech job board Dice has launched IntelliSearch™ Jobs and Alerts, which automatically deliver the most relevant opportunities to tech professionals based on their Dice Candidate Profile. They claim these alerts simplify the user experience for technologists by allowing them to see jobs fitting their skills and experience without performing a search, and benefits recruiters and hiring…
Remote Developer Job Site Crowdfunds $1 Million Arc was previously an exclusive platform that connected only pre-vetted Arc network developers with organizations seeking to hire them. Last week, the startup announced the addition of global job search functionality where users can aggregate more than 54,000 developer jobs from more than 13,000 companies hiring remotely around…
In the past month so we’ve seen an uptick in acquisitions in the job board space. iHire acquired WorkinSports, Biospace acquired MedReps and Jobcase, the hourly job network just made its first big acquisition. They acquired Upward.net (which previously had acquired Proven.com). From the press release… Jobcase, already serving more than 110 million registered members…