A new user contacted me after joining recently and asked me how to get started with a job board. This blog lists so much content now I figure its time to give some context for newbies. So here goes… 1. Download the following PDF short ebooks. * JOB BOARD CHEAT SHEET: a short guide with…
Author: chrisr2
Recruiters should start their own job boards
Lately my job board consulting business is getting calls from a particular audience: third party recruiters. Usually it’s a one or two person team that has been recruiting for many years who now want to broaden their offerings through a job board to serve whatever niche they work in. They also want to make more…
Job board news (free)
BIG NEWS! Monster.com Blocks Indeed.com and SimplyHired.com from their Jobs http://www.glennlist.com/?p=1208 ACQUISITIONS Incisive Media, a leading B2B information provider serving the financial and professional services markets globally, has acquired Web Recruitment Services Ltd, the owners of two successful job boards JobsinRisk.com and JobsinCredit.com. JobsInRisk.com will join the existing collection of Risk products at Incisive Media…
Preview of Jobroller software (premium)
I recently swapped job board software for AudioJobs.com from Jobamatic to Jobroller {http://www.appthemes.com/themes/jobroller/} which is a wordpress job board software plugin. It was a farly painless process setting it up. Took probaly an hour or so. First you have to install wordpress in your root domain then install the Jobroller zip file via the wordpress…
Cool new tool for screencasts (free)
I just found this cool new tool named Screenr which is awesome for doing screencasts (no software required). So I tried it out by deconstructing a job board for you. You can get a 15 day free trial but after that its a rather pricey $49 per month if you want to able to embed…
Is your job board different?
A few words of wisdom… When you are starting to build your job board the first question you need to ask yourself is..is my site different? Is it different from your competitors? Is it unique? Does it stand out? Why should an employer/job seeker use it over another site? If you cant come up with…
Outsourcing your lead gen (premium)
I’ve talked about how to find leads for your job boards before. The best and most obvious way is going to the other job boards that you compete with and get their email, address or fax number and then send then targeted marketing to use your site instead. So it got me thinking how to…
Job board benchmark study (free)
The IAEWS is launching a new benchmark study for job boards so they can compare stats with each other. I think this will be some good data and encourage all job boards to participate. JobG8 is sponsoring the study. Here’s the email I got yesterday… Join Top Job Boards Participating in Survey What do…
Job board layout (premium)
I’m currently assisting a client to re-evaluate their job boards and suggest some usability and design improvements. It got me thinking about the ideal layout for a job board homepage. The ideal homepage has certain elements, each with a dedicated space that must be “above the fold” so they are visible on the screen. Take…
SEO tip for multiple job boards (premium)
If you run multiple job boards you should be linking to them from each other in the footer of all pages throughout the site. You want to encourage crossover traffic. Here’s how I do it: I created a directory of my other sites using keyword phrases not the actual url. Then in the description of…