I’ve been paying to publish press releases each year that I have been in business. They give you pretty good bang for your buck. When you put one out you can usually expect a nice bump in traffic. And then sometimes you get REALLY LUCKY. I published a release called Top 10 States for Hidden…
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Job board news & notes (free)
* SimplyHired adds BusinessInsider to their list of Jobamatic partners. They now power more than 25,000 niche job boards. * MarketingRockstar.net, a job board for event marketing professionals was recently sold at auction for $5,500. The site claimed revenue of around $300 per month. * Mobile recruiting is on the rise. Is your job board…
Jobtarget adds new revenue feature (free)
Software provider JobTarget has introduced a new way for employers to gain exposure to job seekers. They call it the “Spotlight” option. Employers can now be given the option to pay an additional fee to shine a spotlight on their job once it’s posted on the career center. See their screenshot below. This is something…
craigslist job post and murder
When I hear that another murder took place with the help of a CL ad it doesnt help their reputation much. As a niche job board owner that competes with them, this “bad press” only helps me IMHO. I think some recruiters are slowly shying away from using it. But this is truly sad to…
What is SEO? (free)
Here’s a pretty cool explanation for you newbies out there.
Forget about getting a dot jobs domain (free)
Lately I’ve gotten a couple of emails from people who are thinking of registering a .jobs domain to start a job board. My answer is forget about it. Although these domains appear to be available from mainstream registrars, if you register one it will eventually be rejected by the company that manages those TLDs, Employ…
Not enough niche (free)
I came across a new site called SignOn Jobs… Seattle, WA (PRWEB) October 29, 2011 Startup company, Sign-On Jobs (http://signonjobs.com), has officially launched their job board website that specifically targets jobs with sign-on bonuses for new hires. The niche job board wants to give job seekers the benefit in knowing every application submitted through SignOnJobs.com…
Jobs and Steve Jobs
I never used to be a Mac guy. My first experience with a Macintosh computer came while I worked a help desk as a tech support rep in the late 90’s. I found them to be strange machines and didn’t understand all the hoopla. Raised on PC’s, I never quite got the hang of troubleshooting them. Then it all…
A small facebook tip (free)
I’m not a huge fan of facebook fan pages for job boards. I’ve used it for my flagship site for years but it never really gained many followers. But lately its picked up a few fans and I think I know why. I have it setup to re-post certain jobs but I recently began an effort to…
New Job Boards (free)
Here are some new job related sites that are being launched… Headhunter.com – CareerBuilder has just launched a job search site that allows users to find out how their credentials stack up to other candidates for a job. The site will offer a “job competition report” as a means to differentiate itself and help lure quality candidates who may…