So this is my last post for the year. My next will be on Jan 3rd or 4th. In the meantime think about 2013 and how you can make your job board better. Recently 2 very different job boards were acquired: Jobcircle and Behance. Jobcircle is a more traditional job board company. Behance is not.
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New WordPress job site theme: JobEngine
I was recently alerted to a new wordpress theme for a job board. Its called JobEngine. According to its creator, “JobEngine – a Jobboard wordpress theme which is designed based on the needs of Job recruiter, and job hunter.” It does have a mobile friendly version which is essential for job boards today. http://enginethemes.com/
Should I build a Reverse Job Board?
A member wants to know if he should build a site that makes candidates pay. I wrote about it in the past here. These are called ‘reverse job boards’. I’m currently researching building a job board website for tradesmen (builders, plumbers etc). This would be different to your normal job board site in that it’s…
Whats a job domain name worth? (member only)
Last year I was approached by people who owned the domain employment.com. They wanted me to run it. I declined, but what shocked me the most from those conversations was how much they paid for the domain. $1 million. (actually they said ‘seven figures’ so I’m guessing around that number) That’s crazy I thought to…
Another job board gets bought (member only)
This week Jobcircle was acquired by Beyond.com. http://www.ere.net/2012/12/10/beyond-com-buys-jobcircle-will-grow-job-fair-business/ Jobcircle.com is a well established board that serves the mid-atlantic region around Philadelphia-Baltimore. In addition to their job postings they have some innovative services such as Rezrocket and Voiceblast (read about those here). I dont know how much they bought it for but I’d guess between 2x-3x…
How to get free press as a job board
Getting free press for a job board can be a great traffic boost. But you need to give the press a reason to write about you. Whether its an online blog or a newspaper, all roads lead to more traffic. For example, my former company, AllCountyJobs.com, puts out a monthly jobs report from its flagship…
Remember these marketing tips (member only)
I was listening to this podcast on mixergy with the founder of Lookcraft. In it he talks about how he markets his company with a lot of great email and landing page tips. I think a lot of what he says can be applied to job board use. For instance with landing pages he says…
Musings of a job board consultant (member only)
Well with December here things (aka sales) will soon be slowing at job boards around the world. This time of year always brings a slowdown as HR budgets have been depleted and recruiting slows to a crawl. And as we enter a new year I cant help but think that job boards are under more…
Your job board customer service
Part of my success at running job boards over the years has been good customer service. Even though the business is mostly an online-transactional one, a personal touch goes a long way towards getting/keeping a client. The first thing I will tell is respond quickly to your emails. Employers and recruiters are BUSY people and…
What a facebook job board should be (member only)
So as you know from my post on Monday the facebook job board was a flop. So I thought I’d write about what I would do if I were them. But this post is just for you premium readers, Facebook will have to pay me to get my advice!