One of the more common responses to my newsletter marketing strategy I tell my clients is that you have to talk to your employers on a regular basis. Whether that is once a month or once a week is up to you, but the main point is to REMIND them that you exist. Sounds kinda…
A recent job board client of mine told me a cautionary tale of getting his job board domain stolen…and it cost him $17,000 to get it back. Apparently he had it registered with Blue Host, a somewhat popular WordPress hosting company when his account was hacked and the domain was transferred to another entity. He…
Purpose Jobs, the Midwest’s largest startup and tech community, has announced that its job matching platform now integrates with applicant tracking systems (ATS) Greenhouse, Lever and Workable. These kind of integrations are an excellent way for job marketplaces to gain new users for free. A number of ATS vendors have internal marketplaces to which job…
New press release… DHI Group, Inc. the leading provider of AI-powered technology-focused career marketplaces, today announced a $3 million investment in The Muse, a values-based career destination for the next gen workforce to search for jobs and research companies & careers. The investment will be used to support the expansion of The Muse’s product development and sales efforts to meet the…
DentalPost, a niche dental job board, has launched a new screening tool called SmartView, which helps dental employers expand their candidate pool and find better matches by reducing personal bias in the initial screening process. Few niche job boards offer such capability so this is a great move in my opinion. The site says SmartView “helps…
This is a guest post written by RightHire. According to CareerBuilder, over the past ten years more than 70% of job searches started on Google. In the past, large job boards such as Indeed and Monster, have capitalized on SEO to generate traffic from job applicant Google searches. However, Google for Jobs now makes it…
I’ve seen it way too often in my 20 years advising job board businesses. Too often job board owners get complacent with their site and think traffic and sales will last forever. But this is far from the truth. I’ve said it a thousands times. Anyone can start a job board but few have the…
Harris, a global vertical market software provider and acquirer, has joined the online recruitment space with the acquisition of Quebec-based employment website, Jobillico. With over 3 million users in Canada, Jobillico supports a network of over 5,000 employers in recruiting top talent using a digital platform that is largely developed and maintained by its Québec City…
IHire releases their latest talent survey and it has good news for job board owners; Job board usage is up. 58.9% of employers said they increased their reliance on job boards and online recruiting platforms in the past year. Further, 49.6% said they do most of their recruiting through job boards, and 23.4% said they do…
FitnessJobs.com, the 1st niche job site for the health and fitness industry, established in 1999 is for sale. Over the past 22+ years, the site has generated over 1 million dollars, as a part-time business. Included is a robust platform that syncs with Google for Jobs, imports jobs for auto-uploads, email marketing suite, job alerts, ATS,…