I was on Mixergy the other day when i started watching his interview with a guy from 37signals. They are selling their $17,000 per month site Sortfolio which is kind of like a job board profile site for web design firms. Its a very interesting conversation that talks about their other job board for techies…
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The hardest thing about running free job boards
I wrote a post on RecruiitngBlogs yesterday about how crappy jobs are getting on our old friend Craigs site. It got me thinking about free job boards. I have one called GreenJobsFree.com which I started almost 2 years ago. Its grown into a small niche board that I use to attract original jobs.
The reverse job board (premium)
Ever hear of a reverse job board? We’re talking about a site where job seekers create profiles for themselves. Think “Job Wanted“. It may be a good way to create a site with original content rather than aggregating duplicate jobs. Plus there is a business model. A new site that caters to WordPress professionals has…
The Freemium Job Board (free)
Most job boards are either free or paid. But very few offer a ‘freemium‘ model where some things are free and some products are paid for. As things get more “free-er” (and more people will expect free) I think a freemium model is a good way to go for some job boards. You could offer…
Job board insider (free)
Here are some interesting new items from the job board world that caught my attention. ACQUISITION ALERT: CareerBuilder Acquires JobsCentral in Singapore: CHICAGO, May 5, 2011 /PRNewswire/ — CareerBuilder continues an aggressive expansion into markets around the globe with its latest acquisition of JobsCentral, a leading job board in Singapore that also has a fast-growing presence in Malaysia. ……
Job board software update (free)
I like to check up on the software vendors from time to time to see whats new. I think a few may be going into the deadpool. JobBoardsHQ: is a hosted solution that looked promising and was started out of India. But their twitter stream is outdated and my email to them went unanswered. I…
Job board tidbits (free)
Random stuff in the news. Sales are up on the big boys. My sales are up too about 15% over last year. I’m planning a long overdue job board roundtable discussion for next month, stay tuned A caregiver job board just got a boatload of venture capital, SitterCity received $22 million I mentioned this before…
Job Board Sales Strategies (premium)
So you want to run a job board? Well be prepared to be in it for the long haul. Online job sites are not a get rich quick business. They take time to build and grow. To be successful, you must nurture it and have long time horizon for results.Like many small businesses, the vast…
Job Board insider (free)
Just some quick news and notes from the job board industry. If you have news or want to suggest a topic for this blog please let me know. Send in your job board questions! I’m starting to take the wraps off my latest project. More details to come but you can see it here. There…
Buy vs build (premium)
Should you build a job board business from scratch or just buy an existing one? Here’s what I think.