No job board software exists that lets you charge a monthly fee to job seekers. They are all driven by employers paying to post. But there is a desire for some entrepreneurs to build this kind of reverse job board so here’s a to actually do that using a combination of tools. Mightynetworks is a…
There are lots of niche job boards online that serve a unique segment of the job market. RanchWork.com is one of those sites. Their site just underwent a WordPress redesign and I love their new look. Owner Peter Askew offered to answer some questions from me over email and today’s post is all about their…
CanadaHires is a national job site for Canada that was started back in 2015. It is up for sale by its current owner. The sale comes with the domain, associated job site data (hosted via Jobboard.io) and all social media accounts including a LinkedIn company page that boasts over 41,000 followers. The Facebook page has…
Fizbuz is a new job matching site for developers. Carlos Rabasa, whose own resume includes developer and program manager roles at Twilio, Microsoft and others, is the founder of Fizbuz, a new platform for developers to build detailed professional profiles and connect with employers. “I want to create a product that allows people to express themselves holistically,” serving…
RussMedia Solutions is an international company that offers job software services for online businesses. From what I can tell they seem to offer a good value and they tell me they are flexible when it comes to customizing packages and platforms to their clients’ needs. They are not a big player yet, but may be worth…
Last week I spoke with the guys at Emissary.ai, a new text recruiting tool born out of the offices of Juju.com the job aggregator. Emissary has a plugin for job boards that helps drive traffic/applies through text reminders. It is currently live on sites like CareersInGovernment.com on their job postings. Emissary has several ways employers…
SJS is a free job board template this is available for free from a UK based company. https://simplejobscript.com/ I assume its a wordpress theme. They offer a “complete” version of it for $25 and hosting for about $4/month. The software appears to only offer Indeed as a backfill option. The interface is nicely designed (you…
WP Job Manager 1.31.0 has shipped recently. You can download the latest release here or head over to Dashboard → Updates to update your plugins from inside WordPress. Email notifications and support for GDPR highlight this current version. Here’s the punch list of what’s included: Support for sending email notifications Adding the ability to delete plugin data…
If you run a job board, JobAdX wants to chat with you about becoming part of their job ad marketplace. I call their new platform the ‘Adsense for jobs‘. It’s basically another way to backfill your site but it sits in your job results on the first page as kind of a premium in feed…
Your job board home page is an important piece of real estate. It’s first priority is to funnel job seekers to jobs or employer to post them. Beyond that it should feature content, be easily navigable and of course, look nice. BankTalentHQ is one of those sites. It offers a great first impression. Take a…