I wanted to give you an update on how my latest niche job board is doing. http://uavjobbank.com/ It targets a brand new niche that I recently discovered. Because the market has no existing competitors it already ranks on page 1 of google despite only being live for about 5 weeks. Check out the stats below….
Author: chrisr2
Updated job board cheatsheet (member only)
I wrote this a few years back in order to quickly summarize many of my ideas about running a job board. Here’s the list with a few updated bullet points. 1. Get an 800# for your business. This will make you look more professional in the eyes of employers. Try Onebox, Grasshopper or eVoice. 2….
Should I hire a sales person for my job board?
When I ran my local job boards I had NO sales team. Instead I relied on electronic ways to offset any lack of manpower. If you dont have the time for sales yourself here’s how you can do it without one. 1. I bought keywords on Google for my niche. Recruiters google for different job…
Job Boards: are your resumes public or private?
With the advent of sites like Linkedin, Github, Behance and others that contain publicly available profiles, job boards face a conundrum since they typically have private only resume search. But they need to evolve with the times. The trend now is making your job seeker “profiles” open to search engines so candidates can be found. I believe…
Should you buy or build your job board software? (member only)
I get this question a lot. What software should I use? Well it depends. If you are just looking to create a simple site to test the market you are better off BUYING. There are plenty off the shelf options…webJobs, SmartJobBoard, Jobmount, Forcefinder, Jobtarget, Adicio, etc. But if you want to be able to customize…
New niche job market: Drones & UAV’s
I read an article recently that predicts the civilian UAV industry is posed to explode in the next few years when the FAA opens up airspace to unmanned aerial vehicles, aka drones. So I see opportunity and just launched two job boards to take advantage of this trend. UAVjobbank.com JobsinDrones.com Each is powered by Jobamatic….
Use content marketing to drive traffic to your job board
There are many “cheap” ways to get job seeker traffic to your job board. One is content marketing. This involves writing, lots of writing. Yes it includes a blog (which every job board should have) but it also means other pieices of content such as podcasts, videos and ebooks. When I started my network of…
Awesome new job board software platform
Job board software hasn’t been too exciting lately. The vendors have pretty much stayed staus quo over the past few years since the industry is a mature one. But Jobboard.io is on the scence with an affordable hosted solution that is mobile ready, integrates with backfill and has a great design/user interface. According to their…
The Recruitment Technology Landscape map
My friends at Headhunter Labs in NYC put together this handy map of the online recruiting industry. Download it here as pdf. Talent Acquisition Technology Ecosystem (.pdf) Use it as a handy guide to see who the players are in all phases of the hiring process from video interviewing to ATS to resume builders. Its…
Whats new in online recruiting
The CareerXroads sources of hire study is out and once again job boards place in the top 3 behind referrals and company career sites. Job board market-share dropped off a little as more and more tools come on the scene to find talent. I didnt see any major trends in the study so its pretty…