I stumbled across worktree.com the other day. Its one of the original job board directories that actually charges users. I remember seeing this site over 10 years ago. Its a remarkable feat that they are still in business. They must have a nice revenue stream of paying users to still be around. Anyway you can…
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How much can you make with backfill? (premium)
Backfill is a great supplemental revenue source for job boards. A few years ago CollegeRecruiter.com switched their entire site to showcase Indeed.com backfill. Their president tells me it makes a great revenue stream for a site with hundreds of thousands of page views. So I asked my contact at Indeed what you can expect to…
Job board news & notes for January (free)
Hello job boarders, here’s some tidbits from the online recruiting world that caught my eye. 1. Jobing bought another company. They acquired phoenix based Blogic which helps companies transform sites with wordpress functionality. Could Jobing be creating some kind of job board wordpress platform? hmmm. The founder of Blogic started a job board called OrangeSlyce…
A backlink checker (premium)
I was looking for a free backlink tool and came across this one. Other than the annoying popup ads that come with it, you get a nice report with the sites that link to you including their anchor text. http://www.backlinkwatch.com/ For more SEO tips click here.
2012 hiring predictions (free)
Just did some research for y’all about the 2012 hiring outlook. Overall it looks slightly stronger than last year. My boards were up around 20% from 2010 and I expect about the same as we enter this year. A recent survey of economists by the Associated Press says to expect an avg of 175,000 new…
How to restart a used job board (premium)
Throughout the years I’ve bought various job boards and relaunched them in order to turn them around. The most recent ones were four dot net sites—longislandjobs.net, philadelphiajobs.net, baltimorejobs.net and washingtondcjobs.net. They were all using some basic job board software so I initially put them on Jobamatic (pre-Google PANDA) and watched their traffic soar. But then…
Surefire way to get backlinks (premium)
Getting backlinks is a time proven way to rank higher in google. You can ask for them but you wont always get one. So when faced with this situation I usually refer to plan b, Paying for them. Now our friends at the search giant dont like it when you pay for links but they…
New survey has good news for job boards
There is a myth that has been pervasive in online recruiting that job boards are old news. But those of us who run them know the truth. Job boards will be around for many years to come. Yesterday on TLNT they published a story about a new survey that paints a rosy picture for the…
New wordpress job board theme: JobJockey
Joining the ranks of Jobpress and JobRoller, a new wordpress theme for job boards is out. Its called JobJockey. Price is $69 which is the cheapest of the 3 templates. It doesn’t appear to support backfill from the aggregators but its a nice looking template. View their demo.
How many applications is enough (premium)
Ever wondered how many job applications a typical job should get? I got this question recently and my answer is that it varies greatly depending on the kind of job it is. My guess is between 20-200. But the more entry-level a job is the more applies it tends to get. An entry level marketing…