I ran into a couple of new job startups that caught my eye and wanted to provide some commentary on these ideas. First up is a site uniquely called JobsnoteSteve.com. Not your average job board name but I like the play on words. Its creative. The site itself is built on Indeed.com’s API but it’s…
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Carfax for careers?
Here’s another revenue opportunity for job board operators. This one is called CV Certify, a self-described ‘carfax for careers’ run by TJ Radtke. I asked TJ a few questions about this new service. 1. What is cvcertify? CVCertify is like Carfax for Careers. We help companies find qualified candidates faster and cheaper. And we help…
Social media and job boards (free)
Glassdoor is now letting its users connect with social networks like facebook. ERE has a writeup on it. They join a growing number of businesses trying to open up your job search in order to uncover connections at companies you may want to work for such as Branchout, Beknown, Jibe, Gethired, etc. SimplyHired has been…
All the sites I use to stay on top of the job board industry (free)
I keep a close eye on the online recruiting space. There are obvious ways to do that such as google alerts for “new job boards“, but here is a list of sites that I visit each week to make sure I’m on top of this ever changing industry. 1. JobBoarders (I founded this site in…
Spreading your site everywhere (free)
I stumbled across worktree.com the other day. Its one of the original job board directories that actually charges users. I remember seeing this site over 10 years ago. Its a remarkable feat that they are still in business. They must have a nice revenue stream of paying users to still be around. Anyway you can…
Job board news & notes for January (free)
Hello job boarders, here’s some tidbits from the online recruiting world that caught my eye. 1. Jobing bought another company. They acquired phoenix based Blogic which helps companies transform sites with wordpress functionality. Could Jobing be creating some kind of job board wordpress platform? hmmm. The founder of Blogic started a job board called OrangeSlyce…
2012 hiring predictions (free)
Just did some research for y’all about the 2012 hiring outlook. Overall it looks slightly stronger than last year. My boards were up around 20% from 2010 and I expect about the same as we enter this year. A recent survey of economists by the Associated Press says to expect an avg of 175,000 new…
New survey has good news for job boards
There is a myth that has been pervasive in online recruiting that job boards are old news. But those of us who run them know the truth. Job boards will be around for many years to come. Yesterday on TLNT they published a story about a new survey that paints a rosy picture for the…
New wordpress job board theme: JobJockey
Joining the ranks of Jobpress and JobRoller, a new wordpress theme for job boards is out. Its called JobJockey. Price is $69 which is the cheapest of the 3 templates. It doesn’t appear to support backfill from the aggregators but its a nice looking template. View their demo.
How much can a niche board make? (free)
Lots of people ask me how much a job board can make. I usually start by telling them the job board industry is a very mature one which means there are no get rich quick sites you can launch. You can however launch one and run it on the side and get supplemental income from…