The look of job description pages across job boards and applicant tracking systems hasn’t changed much since jobs were online. They are generally full of text and way too long. But I think its time for job publishers to come up with some new designs that make them more “scannable” for the web. I’m not…
Tag: job postings
An easy way to improve the effectiveness and share-ability of your job postings (member only)
The web is becoming a more visual place. Just look at whats happening on social media. Linkedin, twitter, instagram and facebook are all about VISUALS. The reason is simple. Pictures make people happy. Pictures are more engaging than a plain old text tweet or a Facebook status update. Linkedin is really going visual, have you…
Question about pre-populating a job board (member only)
A reader asked me a good question the other day. He writes; I am planning to start my niche job board in Finland. In order to start I was thinking of going through companies’ career pages and then copy their job on my job board. My job board though would act only as a gathering…
How much should a job posting cost?
One of the questions I often get is…how much should I charge employers to post a job? Well the answer should depend on your existing competition. If you are a new job board entering a market with other sites I suggest undercutting them in price in order to gain market share. But at a minimum…
Pricing your job board products (episode 8)
Trying to figure out what to charge for job postings can be a trick business. Here’s some advice for how to price your job board offerings. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3myU7bk9b6c[/youtube]