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…
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The popup job board
The other day I discovered a “popup” job board that sprang from the government shutdown here in the U.S. Unfurlough.us is a spreadsheet based job board that lists available gigs and the ability to promote yourself for work if you work for Uncle Sam. This a bit of PR stunt to get some attention (it…
The hardest thing about running free job boards
I wrote a post on RecruiitngBlogs yesterday about how crappy jobs are getting on our old friend Craigs site. It got me thinking about free job boards. I have one called GreenJobsFree.com which I started almost 2 years ago. Its grown into a small niche board that I use to attract original jobs.
The Freemium Job Board (free)
Most job boards are either free or paid. But very few offer a ‘freemium‘ model where some things are free and some products are paid for. As things get more “free-er” (and more people will expect free) I think a freemium model is a good way to go for some job boards. You could offer…
Dice staying relevant
Recently IT niche job board Dice.com announced the launch of Dice Learning a search engine for techies to find and complete technical training. I think its a good example of the evolution we’ll be seeing from job sites in the coming years. They need to stay relevant and additional service like Dice’s offering will be…
How to promote the value proposition of niche job boards
The rise of local and niche job boards over the past 5 years is no accident. They work, and that reason is all about the focus and quality results they deliver. When starting my AllCountyJobs.com network I used the following quotes in my marketing materials. Forrester Research: “Local Sites Matter. Geography is more important to job seekers…
The future of job boards
Gerry Crispin is an amiable guy. He is one of the gurus of online recruiting and nary a conference goes by that he is not attending or speaking at. I first came to know him from the CareerXroadsconsulting firm that he and his partner run. They used to publish a book of job board listings but…