On the recent investor call held by Ziprecruiter there was a lot of talk about how layoffs will affect their business going forward. On one hand revenue is going to slow down, but on the other hand, job seeker activity will go up. Its part of life for any job board. So it makes sense…
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Job Board Owner Talks Marketing Her Niche Site
Big Shoes Network is a niche community that hosts jobs and internships in advertising, communications, digital, graphic design, marketing, media, PR, social media, web design and development. Key markets include: Milwaukee, Madison, Green Bay, Kenosha – Chicago, Northern IL – Minneapolis and all points in between in Illinois, Minnesota and Wisconsin. The site also provides…
Job Board News Roundup
JobGet Adds Industry Vet to Exec Team JobGet, the mobile app for hourly workers, announced that Dan Sapir has joined the company as General Manager of Enterprise. Since announcing its Series B in June, JobGet has been busy hiring a superstar team to deliver on its vision of becoming the home of the hourly workforce….
Another skills-based matching platform
UnifyWork announced the launch of its “workforce intelligence” (aka skills matching) platform targeting the Cleveland job market. We are seeing a numbing of matching platforms try to take hold in online recruiting. Few however have made any traction in terms of scale. A matching tool doesn’t rely on resumes but rather assessments or entering skills….
Indeed’s Traffic
I was reading Indeed’s parent company’s financial results recently and came across some interesting numbers about their web traffic. These numbers are global. I’m not sure if they include Glassdoor. The info below has been excerpted from their statement. What is the latest update on Unique Visitor traffic to Indeed? The number of monthly Unique…
Interview with Talent.com Founder
Check out this podcast interview with Talent.com co-founder Lucas Martinez to hear how he built this global job aggregator. Part of being a good job board owner is learning from others. So do yourself a favor and give it a listen.
New Job Boards for Dallas Legal Community, QA Careers, Public Health
A new custom built job board has launched that serves both a regional and niche focus. These types of private board always focus on quality not quantity. I tried to find out if it was free or paid but that info is behind a login. A web design agency made the site. -CR Six Dallas-area legal…
AtlasJobs Gets $2.5M Seed Funding
AtlasJobs, a map based job search site just picked up some seed funding. I happened to interview them at HR Tech Conference in September. PRESS RELEASE: Pod today announced the closure of a $2.5M funding round for its AtlasJobs HR-Tech SaaS platform. AtlasJobs, launched in Q2 2022, was developed alongside corporations who are focused on building sustainable talent…
Trends: Salaries on Job Descriptions
In case you haven’t noticed a number of states are now requiring employers to post salaries on all job postings. Even Indeed has adjusted their jobs to offer ranges of salary when none is listed on the job. Here’s what the new California law states; California currently prohibits employers from asking applicants about their salary…
Remote job board seeks funding
The remote job board market is a highly competitive one these days. LifeShack, a remote & hybrid work job site, says they are “raising $5.7M” to accelerate growth on their job search platform. So basically they put out a press release stating they WANT to raise money. With 31% of the workforce already working in…