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Private Executive Job Board Raises $6 million
There’s news of a new job board coming online. It’s a Peer-to-Peer Job Sharing Network that “Brings Transparency to Executives Using Artificial Intelligence and Crowdsourcing Techniques” according to the news release. It started as some kind of private list among C-suite executives and it just raised $6.5 million in funding. It’s nice to see a…
The new and improved Jobfairing
Are you holding a job fair soon? Many job boards have found success with offline hiring events as a way to brand themselves and make money. One of my current online businesses can certainly help you promote it. Two years ago I launched Jobfairing.com, a directory/search engine for discovering job fairs across the USA. Today…
New Job Board Commercials
Both Monster and Glassdoor have new TV campaigns. They now join ZipRecruiter and Indeed which have been advertising the hell out of every podcast, TV and radio spot they can find. This branding reminds me a little of the insurance industry TV wars between Flo and the Gecko. We’re not quite there yet, but it is…
The lack of Innovation in Major Job Boards
Over the weekend I saw the thread below in a Facebook discussion. And it got me thinking. It doesn’t surprise me that a “major” job board exec didn’t see this coming. The management of most big job boards have had their heads in the sands for a long time. If they don’t realize that employer tastes…
Start Using LinkedIn Video
Are you keeping up with current marketing trends? You should be. The newest channel you can use to get attention is LinkedIn Video. Users of the business social network can now upload video into their feed. As soon as I noticed the feature I jumped at testing it and it paid off. I started a…
Job Board News and Notes
Here’s a quick look at some new sites and launches happening in the job board industry. New Site for Design Professionals Design Milk Jobs is a new resource for design professionals, architects, artists, and other creatives looking for a fresh start or for hiring managers recruiting talent for creative and niche professions, architecture firms, and design…
Potential Job Board Revenue Driver
Guest Post: Olivia Gamber has asked me to forward this message to any interested job boards looking to add more revenue to their base. Are you looking for a way to consistently add value to your audience while also monetizing the traffic from you job board? What if you could give away high quality valuable…
Q&A with Geebo Classifieds’ Greg Collier
Some sites go under the radar in our industry but sites like Geebo.com, a classifieds competitor to Craigslist, has been around for nearly 18 years and still remains a profitable, lean team. I asked their Founder, Greg Collier a few questions about his company via email. Describe Geebo and its history. Geebo was launched in 2000 in order…
How to find free XML job feeds to use (member only)
I don’t like to start sites with no job listings so I use publicly available XML job feeds I find online to populate my sites like HRtechTalent. Using the Auto-import function in my Jobboard.io account I am pulling in 3 feeds, one for HRIS jobs, one for iCiMS jobs and one for jobs at Kronos….