Hivebrite is a new community platform which just got $20 million in funding and they have a job board component built into the product. Pricing is unknown as they do not show it on site rather redirecting you to a demo request but this looks like an interesting platform. According to the story in VentureBeat;…
No job board software exists that lets you charge a monthly fee to job seekers. They are all driven by employers paying to post. But there is a desire for some entrepreneurs to build this kind of reverse job board so here’s a to actually do that using a combination of tools. Mightynetworks is a…
I’m working on a new ebook about creating content for your job board. It’s going to be a deeper dive into content creation because I am hearing from many of my readers and clients that they struggle to write it. When I opened one of my Google alerts the other day I saw a piece…
Starting a job board today? Keep in mind that there are several reason why it won’t succeed. I have seen these reasons time and time again over my 20 year job board career. My goal in this post is to give you more insight into what to watch out for as you go down the…
SeeMeHired is a new job board launched for Northern Ireland. I took a tour of the site in this 5 minute screencast with a bit of commentary.
Acquisition News SelectLeaders, the leading commercial real estate job board in the United States was acquired by BISNOW Media an all-cash transaction that closed recently. Founded in 2002, SelectLeaders Real Estate Job Network connects employers to the highest-quality talent, which results in longer-term hires for their businesses, and delivers employees the ideal next step in their…
The Smart Job Board platform which has been around for over 10 years and powers more than 400 job boards online is one of my top choices when it comes a hosted job board solution. I did a 25 minute Zoom interview with their founder Rodion Telpizov and asked him what they are planning for…
I have always used Adsense on my job boards as another source of revenue. Back when I owned AllCountyJobs I was earning $2k per month fairly regularly on traffic of 150,000 monthly visitors. These days I don’t earn that much since I only run a handful of sites that are much smaller but recently I…
UPDATE 1/9/2020 this site has been SOLD! Jobmote, a remote job board/aggregator which I have been nurturing since 2016 is up for sale. The site is profitable and relies on 3 main revenue sources for income: Adsense, Backfill, Postings. I was running a different remote site a few years back when I came upon Jobmote.com…
The end of year for job boards is always a great time to take stock of your current site and get ready for the year ahead. Traditionally the period between Christmas and New years is quite inactive for most employers so don’t expect too many sales. Instead, take the time to clean things up and…