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How to position your niche job board
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…
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.