Looking back I should have started a cannabis job board. It was a niche worth investing in 5 years ago. Now it has several top flight job boards serving it. Lots of competition. Came across this press release today. CannabisJobs.net is the fastest-growing cannabis jobs board in the cannabis industry. Although it caters to jobs primarily…
iHire and WorkInSports have completed their post-acquisition platform integration, bringing a new WorkInSports.com site experience and enhanced solutions to job seekers and employers in the sports industry. WorkInSports became the 57th industry-focused talent community in the iHire network when the companies merged in April. WorkInSports job seekers can now access iHire-powered tools and features designed to help them find the right employment opportunities…
The team behind Recruit.net have created a sub site for finding remote jobs globally. https://remote.recruit.net According to founder Maneck Mohan, it’s an experimental AI powered search platform for remote jobs. “We’ve found that remote work is best suited for specific types of roles. We’ve identified the main remote friendly categories: Customer Support, Devops, Copywriting, Translation, Programming,…
Openly HQ launched last year as a kind of Glassdoor for sports teams. They also recently launched a jobs component. It’s touted as a ‘job review site solely for those in the sports industry’. Tampa Bay Info has a story on its founders. “We launched with this mission of providing transparency in sports, which is…
Good story over on the The Marketing Brew about a woman who started a jobs newsletter for women marketers. I love the clever name and though she hasn’t monetized it yet, it’s a good example for how to start a job business without having to buy some job board software. Lia Zneimer, who served as…
This is a member only article. In case you haven’t heard the news Ziprecruiter is going public on May 26 in a direct offering on the NYSE under the ticker symbol ZIP. The move is a way for their investors (who pumped $200M+ into the company) to get a return on their investment. This will…
Recently job site indeed made a move to give gigs on its site a dedicated space. Users can now visit gigs.indeed.com to find side jobs with Uber, Doordash etc. Julie Calli over at Recruitics explained the changes in a recent post. In it she said the reason for the change was driven by users; “In…
Employers are panicking. For many companies in the hourly worker space…retail, restaurant, hospitality….job applies have fallen off a cliff. Ziprecruiter says their job seeker activity is still down 20% from pre-covid levels. According to one of my sources CPC rates on Indeed have gone from about 50 cents per click a few months ago to…
New job boards have launched covering two specific niches. One is a standalone site while the other is part of an online resource for vets/owners. FactoryFix is a recruiting platform that connects manufacturers to vetted, skilled workers. It helps companies with hiring by providing access to a unique talent pool, vetting applicants, providing salary insights,…
Tech job board Dice has launched IntelliSearch™ Jobs and Alerts, which automatically deliver the most relevant opportunities to tech professionals based on their Dice Candidate Profile. They claim these alerts simplify the user experience for technologists by allowing them to see jobs fitting their skills and experience without performing a search, and benefits recruiters and hiring…