I have said many times that today’s job boards need to think of themselves as a community not just a place to post jobs.
Author: chrisr2
New job boards (free)
The beginning of the year is usually a busy time for job board launches. Here are some of the most recent ones I’ve seen with a little bit of commentary. JOBCRANK – “JobCrank.com, is a national job board that specializes in helping recruiters, small businesses, and individuals connect with future employees or freelance contractors. JobCrank.com…
Best time to conduct sales (premium)
While you are trying to sell into employers and recruiters be aware of the best times to reach them. Here are some guidelines I’ve compiled over the years. Generally you’ll do most of your business between the hours of 9am and 6pm. That is when most recruiters, HR people and business owners post their jobs….
Can you build a job board with a .co domain? (premium)
If you watched the super bowl last night you may have seen the GoDaddy commercial promoting the new .co domain. They are actively marketing this new extension. Its definitely a sign of the times that many new domains are sprouting up for webmasters to use. Many new sites are using .ly such as hour.ly. I’ve…
Positioning your job board (free)
Every job board should have a reason to post jobs on it. For niche and regional sites that reason is self explanatory. 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. The reason…
How I use direct mail to get employers (premium)
We may be all online these days but I still use direct mail to get clients. Here’s how. First I scour my competitor sites to see who’s hiring. A certain percentage of jobs list a mailing address and/or email. For example, when i am looking for leads to promote my Rhode Island site I go…
Promoting your board on Youtube (premium)
Youtube is essentially the second largest search engine next to Google. It has that many users.
Your page loading times count (free)
If you are building your own job board from scratch be sure to keep your pages as light as possible so they load quickly. Faster loading sites will gain more trust from google. Here’s the proof. A new service called yottaa.com lets you test your sites effectiveness in search engine friendly terms. Try it here….
Job board owner interview
Sometimes I check out the Mixergy podcasts out out by Andrew Warner. Its a podcast series about entrepreneurs/startups. Recently he had on the founder of Wall Street Oasis, an online community for wall street types. In the interview he reveals that they only get about 10% of their revenue from job postings. Just 10%! The…
Make your own job aggregator
Want to setup your own aggregator? Here’s a script called JobGeni that lets you tap into Indeed, SimplyHired and also lets you add other RSS job feeds. Its a self-installed job software. There are no job postings so you could only make money with Adsense. Cost is $199. JobGeni is a PHP Job Search Engine…