Back in the 2000’s when I ran my local job board network I was constantly worried about competitors and how they were doing. As time passed, some of them went dark or folded and that’s when I pounced on the opportunity to buy their old domains/assets and redirect them to my own site. I reveled…
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Esports, Workmate and More Job Board Headlines
Here’s a quick roundup of job boards in the news. Hitmarker In two days, the esports job platform Hitmarker reached their target of £80,000. And in less than a week, they’ve reached their self-imposed ceiling of £200,000. Hitmarker launched the campaign in hopes of raising money to grow the number of jobs posted on the…
Instant Lead Generation: Indeed Buys Resume.com
In yet another move by the brass at Indeed, they moved this week to acquire Resume.com. Their appetite for users and traffic is showing no signs of slowing down. Acquiring a resume site is a smart move, one that positions them for instant lead generation on the seeker side of things. As Indeed hunkers down in…
My affiliate earnings from job search engines
I wanted to publish some info to give others a sense of what some of these affiliate programs from the major aggregators payout. I captured screenshots from my Indeed and SimplyHired powered sites for July which you can see below. My sites dont have a ton of traffic, you can see the impressions in the…
A look inside Indeed’s client services
In honor of small business week the folks at Indeed put out a video which shows some behind the scenes action at the job board juggernaut. They seem to put in a lot of effort in outreach and customer service. You might learn a thing or two for your own team from this short video….
Random job board thoughts (free)
This is just kind of a random post with a little of this and that. * What hot in niche job boards? Trucking jobs. Yeah thats right. Companies cant hire truckers fast enough to ship our stuff across the country. So naturally, niche sites have popped up to serve this need. The latest is US…
My thoughts on the Indeed.com acquisition
In case you were out of the office yesterday, the online recruiting space got a huge jolt with the acquisition of the biggest job site in the world, Indeed.com. They announced the sale on their blog. Terms of the sale weren’t announced but its a safe bet that it was around the billion dollar mark….