How you display your job board pricing can affect your sales. I see too many boards that hide this info and make it hard to read. When it comes to designing this page you have to make it public (don’t require registration to see pricing) and EASY to understand. Recruiters are BUSY people, don’t make…
Author: chrisr2
New Job Board Sightings
Despite being December, traditionally one of the slowest job hunting months of the year, some job boards are making news. Here’s a quick roundup that I put together for your review. Tis the season. THEME: Job boards go global! The Seattle Times has chosen a UK provider of job board software to power their new…
What to ask before buying a job board
If you can buy an existing job board that has revenue and traffic, thats usually abetter alternative than building from scratch. Having bought and sold many job boards myself, I’ve learned what to ask before pulling the trigger. So here are 30+ questions to include in your discovery process. If you have a few more…
Job Board Software – Is there room for more?
A reader just sent in this question; Do you think there’s a business in the job board software market or it is already saturated with all kinds of job board software? My short answer is NO. I would not want to start a (traditional) job board software product today. Here’s why; The industry is very mature….
Freelance aggregator GiantGator shuts down due to cease and desist
I discovered some disappointing news recently that the niche aggregator called giantGator which crawled freelance sites such as UpWork and Elance has shut down. The founders were sent a cease and desist letter by Upwork and said they had received a “chilly reception” from many of the other sites. Their goal was to make the…
My Latest Backfill Earnings
I like to get paid for doing nothing.Thats what being an affiliate pf the major job boards can do for you. You make money while you sleep. Granted its not big money but hundreds of extra dollars in my pocket each month is free money and I’ll take it. Below is a list of my…
A reader asks…
Mike, who runs a healthcare job board wrote in to ask; I am looking for Job Board software that would offer Paid for Performance Job Posting ability rather than paid job posting slots. Any thoughts Chris? More like and Indeed, SimplyHire, ZR, J2C something we could offer all of our Staffing Agencies in our network…
A Clever Email Example from HR Tech Vendor to a Recruiter (member only)
I received an email from Greenhouse the new ATS company. I thought it was a very clever way of getting my attention as a recruiter. The subject line was “It’s Not You Its Me” and it looked just like this; Humor is a great way of getting an proespective eployer/recruiter to click on your link….
Job Descriptions 2.0 (member-only)
This is a great looking job description and it is the type of listing that I believe will be most prevalent on most job board and ATS systems in 5 years. Here’s whats great about this job description which can be found on a new site called HigherMe.com. 1. Its visual. The top header contans ACTUAL…
Madgex introduces new revenue stream for job publishers
This is interesting. Madgex, the UK based profiver of job board software is launching a new Course Board platform. They are pushing it as a new revenue stream for job boards. Essentially its a directory specifically built to list educational courses. According to the article on OnRec, “This exciting new addition to their product portfolio allows newspapers,…