Every job board should have a reason to post jobs on it. For niche and regional sites that reason is self explanatory. The rise of local and niche job boards over the past 5 years is no accident. They work, and that reason is all about the focus and quality results they deliver. The reason…
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Google job board product?
I just received an update about the upcoming IAEWS congress that takes place in a few weeks. In it was this message: After over a year of testing, Google is about to announce a new product that can significantly ramp up revenues for job boards. And, where have they chosen to unveil it? At the…
A job board with wordpress (premium)
Here’s a pretty cool way to create a job board with a wordpress blog. The one downside is that is does not allow backfill from the job search engines, but its a nice piece of job board software.
Dont get into these industries (free)
HuffPost has a slideshow about 10 job markets that will never come back. So these are not job boards niches you should be getting into. The industries are: Construction, Automotive Manufacturing, Realtors, Pharmaceuticals, Newspapers, Airlines, Big Telecom, State/local Govt jobs, Mechanics/Repair, Bank Tellers.
Expectations: The Long Haul (premium)
Job boards are not a get rich quick scheme. Here’s my advice on what expectations you need to have in this business.
New job board software: jobboardspro
Another self-installed software for job boards is out. This one is called Job Boards Pro. Price is $195. According to the site: “A solution designed for your needs built with our wide variety of objects and layouts. Web based application written in PHP and using the MySQL database” You can test it; Front Page Administrator…
How long will it take to rank (premium)
A little commentary on how long it will take you to rank on google.
How I use video to promote my boards (premium)
Video should be a part of every job boards promotional toolbox. Some examples of the way I use it are below.
How not to launch a job board (premium)
Recently on the Job Boarders blog, this post appeared announcing the launch of laborny.jobs. Its a new site powered by JobCentral and the new dot jobs domain. However they appear to have overhyped its usefulness.
Q&A with Madgex (free)
I asked Alastair Digby from Uk based Madgex to tell us more about their job board software. 1. What is the history of Madgex? Madgex has been supplying job boards and resume database solutions to the UK market for the past 10 years. In that time Madgex has established themself as the UK’s leading job…