Last week the news broke that WayUP a college focused job site had acquired Looksharp, one of it’s competitors in the college recruiting sector. That news is good news for all job boards but there is another aspect of the deal that deserves attention. WayUp bought Looksharp mainly because of it’s SEO rankings. According to…
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Content Marketing Tips for Job Board Owners (member only)
Every job board, whether local, niche or national, should be creating, sharing and promoting all aspects of a job search and careers. I can’t emphasize this enough. If you aren’t willing or able to crank out good content to your audience then perhaps running a job board is not for you. The more content you…
Job board revenues up 11% says SIA
With the job market tightening job boards are benefitting, according to a new report from Staffing Industry Analysts. Check out these quotes from the article. They remain an important — and evolving — tool for staffing firms. We estimate that job boards are growing at almost twice the rate of the global staffing industry. The…
Hiring for your job board? There’s a site for that
HR Tech Talent is my latest launch. After receiving many requests from job boards and HR tech companies about “if I knew anyone” to help them staff up, I thought a dedicated job site would be the best tool to send them too. The site is powered by Jobboard.io and features free listings as well…
Software Vendor Shutting Down
A longtime software provider has shut down. Searchease which was started 18 years ago is now defunct. I don’t believe they were powering many sites so its not big deal in the grand scheme of things. The do own a good domain name however so for current providers of job board software I’d recommend trying to acquire…
Here’s how to auto-publish RSS to a Facebook Group
Automating your social media is an important part of any internet business. Many have asked me for help in this area. One of the most common questions I get is about automating content to Facebook job groups. For the longest time I thought there was no way…but there is…with a catch. You can automate content…
Setting Goals for Your New Job Board
If you have plans to start a full fledged niche job board, here’s the kind of goals you should shoot for; After one year, your goal should be to have at least 5,000-10,000 users coming to your site every month. That is the minimum number of users you need to ensure that employers who post jobs will…
Popular Tech Job Board Acquired by BuySellAds
With 2017 comes the news of the first job board acquisition of the year. AuthenticJobs, a popular tech job board since 2005, has been acquired by BuySellAds, an advertising technology firm. BuySellAds was also a client, apparently having used the site to build its tech team. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. BSA’s CEO…
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Employers Want to Hire, Is Your Job Board Ready?
I’m currently working with a new client to get their job board optimized for posting jobs. As we enter a new year 40% of employers say they will be hiring full timers this year. Is your job board ready? Now is the time to go through your settings, update your pages, look at your sales…