I met up with some Juju.com execs recently and asked them to do a quick Q&A for my readers about their job search engine and its backfill opportunities. Check it out. 1) Who is Juju.com? Juju.com is a comprehensive search engine for jobs with links to millions of jobs from employer career portals, recruiter websites,…
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How important is social media to your SEO?
Answer: Very Important! Look at this graphic from SearchMetrics. Social media likes/shares are critical to how search engines see your content. I think the good news from this report is that using social media is free and you can pay for more likes on Facebook fairly cheaply. Read the whole report here as I think…
Adding video screening to your job board
In case you havent noticed video interviewing is in the early stages of going mainstream. There are now 25+ video interviewing companies such as HireVue and Wowzer. But when will job boards get into the mix? I think video could be useful as a “pre-screening tool” for your employer clients as part of a jobb…
Job board news and notes
Mike Jolley just created a new wordpress job board plugin called WP Job Manager. You can read about it here; http://mikejolley.com/2013/06/a-new-jobs-plugin-for-wordpress/ At CareerCloud we just launched Jobs With Friends. Its a new way to ask your Facebook friends and Linkedin connections for a referral to their company. http://friends.careercloud.com/ Tech training site launches its own job…
Go Niche or Go Home (from the archives)
‘Go niche or go home’ was a popular video way back in 2010 when i recorded this. I wanted to revisit it since it still has just as much relevance today as it did 3 years ago. Note how I mention JobFox which has since gone out of business as another failed attempt at creating…
Job board news & notes
Just a little roundup of some job board stuff of interest. WP Job Board the wordpress job board plugin has a new version coming out. http://wpjobboard.net/blog/new-job-board-icons-in-version-4-0-1/ Chattyjobs.com launches as a site to talk to employers. http://chattyjob.com/ Hiredaily.com is a new site that lets you submit job, hr, recruiting related articles and blog posts. http://www.hiredaily.com/ eHarmony…
Affiliate programs for job boards
Adding additional revenue to you job board is not that hard. Think about adding affiliate programs to add a little $$$ to your bottom line. Here are several ways to do that; Resume Writers: partner with resume writers to send them leads. I see this one on twitter all the time. http://www.greatresumesfast.com/affiliate-program.htm http://www.enchantedcareers.com/services/extra-income-opportunities/ Enchanted Careers,…
Niche job board I admire: Stack Overflow Careers
Last Saturday I attended my first recruiting “unconference” at the offices of Stack Overflow in lower Manhattan. An unconference is a one day event where the sessions consist of a track leader who introduces a topic to a group and then lets the group take the discussion to wherever they want. truNewYork was put on by @billboorman….
Should I hire a sales person for my job board?
When I ran my local job boards I had NO sales team. Instead I relied on electronic ways to offset any lack of manpower. If you dont have the time for sales yourself here’s how you can do it without one. 1. I bought keywords on Google for my niche. Recruiters google for different job…
Job Boards: are your resumes public or private?
With the advent of sites like Linkedin, Github, Behance and others that contain publicly available profiles, job boards face a conundrum since they typically have private only resume search. But they need to evolve with the times. The trend now is making your job seeker “profiles” open to search engines so candidates can be found. I believe…