If you are starting a new job board (or any website) you absolutely NEED a professional logo. There’s just no excuse for NOT having one. Services like 99designs.com are an awesome way to get one for around $500 bucks. Last week I posted a project to get a new logo for what will hopefully be…
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Two quick tips for design and sales (premium)
Here are two quick tips that may help you and your job board. These are simple ideas that are easy to implement. 1. Rotate Your Logo: did you ever notice how often Google changes their logo to reflect a holiday or commemorate some big event? While I was at JobCircle last week I noticed their…
Sources of Hires study: Job Boards at 20%
CareerXroads is out with their annual sources of hire study. Job boards represent 20% of all hires last year. Once again we see the value job boards provide. Hoo-waa! Check out their slideshare about the study. 2012 CareerXroads Source of Hire: Channels of Influence View more PowerPoint from CareerXroads
Quick tips for creating job board content (premium)
I mentioned yesterday that content was king. The more you have, the more you publish in your niche, the more SEO traffic you will get. Check out these job boards and how they approach content: http://www.collegerecruiter.com/blog/ http://www.snagajob.com/resources/find-jobs/ The sites above write content that is relevant, timely and interesting. Your job board should do the same….
Thoughts on some new job startups (free)
I ran into a couple of new job startups that caught my eye and wanted to provide some commentary on these ideas. First up is a site uniquely called JobsnoteSteve.com. Not your average job board name but I like the play on words. Its creative. The site itself is built on Indeed.com’s API but it’s…
Carfax for careers?
Here’s another revenue opportunity for job board operators. This one is called CV Certify, a self-described ‘carfax for careers’ run by TJ Radtke. I asked TJ a few questions about this new service. 1. What is cvcertify? CVCertify is like Carfax for Careers. We help companies find qualified candidates faster and cheaper. And we help…
Multiple revenue streams (premium)
In the golden days of job boards you could get away with just making money on job postings. Not anymore. Here’s a list of other revenue ideas.
Social media and job boards (free)
Glassdoor is now letting its users connect with social networks like facebook. ERE has a writeup on it. They join a growing number of businesses trying to open up your job search in order to uncover connections at companies you may want to work for such as Branchout, Beknown, Jibe, Gethired, etc. SimplyHired has been…
When employers call (premium)
Even though I have a large job board network I dont get many phone calls. I put my company’s phone number on every page of every site to encourage that they call but the truth is job boards are mainly an online transactional business. The phone number gives them piece of mind. They trust sites…
All the sites I use to stay on top of the job board industry (free)
I keep a close eye on the online recruiting space. There are obvious ways to do that such as google alerts for “new job boards“, but here is a list of sites that I visit each week to make sure I’m on top of this ever changing industry. 1. JobBoarders (I founded this site in…