I love this story. IE 7 just needs to die already. Instead of designing their job site to support older browsers like IE 7, Nursingjobs.com said screw it! Its cheaper for us to just buy new pcs for our clients so they have the latest version. Hows that for responsive web design! Read the story…
Author: chrisr2
Thoughts on going from free to paid postings (member only)
I had a consulting call this week with a new job board coming online soon in another country. The founders were newbies in the space and wondered how to get started. In order to “jumpstart” their new site this is what I told them; 1. Think longterm. Give away free postings for 1 year in…
Make more advertising revenue with Adsense Direct
Ever wanted to have your own version of adsense to sell ads on your site directly? Well if you are willing to let google take a 15% cut now you can. They just launched Adsense Direct. It is only for U.S. based publishers. (via Techcrunch) With AdSense Direct, which is currently only available in the…
Dynamic job post buttons
I think I just created what might be the first dynamic job post button in the industry. In looking for ways to encourage more postings to my new hidden job leads site, we implemented a post button that brings in the location of the page the user is on so that the message on the…
New job boards
Here are some new job boards coming on the scene… Women of STEM targets women in science, tech and math. http://jobs.thejobnetwork.com/home?affiliateid=2583 OhYouHero out of Boston aims to be craigslist/linkedin for freelancers. Thats a tough market to be in because there are oDesk and Elance dominate but I wish them luck. Not sure I like the…
Twitter ads are cheap
Twitter advertising may be just the right mix for your job board. I have started to experiment with them and find them to be effective at driving clicks to my site. And its cost effective too as you can see from the image below. They sent me a nice summary of what I spent and…
Question about pre-populating a job board (member only)
A reader asked me a good question the other day. He writes; I am planning to start my niche job board in Finland. In order to start I was thinking of going through companies’ career pages and then copy their job on my job board. My job board though would act only as a gathering…
Big colorful job post buttons
I have said in the past that your job board design needs to explicity call out employers to post jobs. You MUST make it clear and easy for them to see where to go and how much it costs. That means at least 20% of your homepage real estate needs to have messaging for employers….
Jobboard.io adds apply with Linkedin, mobile apply
The best new job board software on the market, Jobboard.io is getting better. They’ve recently added mobile apply along with Linkedin apply and the ability to create multi-jobs packages. Full disclosure: they sponsor my blog. But I wouldnt let them if I didnt believe in the product. For the Linkedin apply the job board owner…
Thinking different with premium job leads
When it comes to recruitment products I like to think different. After launching CareerCloud last year the site did not have a way for employers to promote themselves. But that changes in 2014. We’re launching something called “Premium Job Leads“. These are not job postings, rather a way to announce how many jobs your company…