Well its that time of year again. Time to start the planning for Job Board Con, my virtual event for job board owners, employees and prospective entrepreneurs. Last years format worked out perfectly so I’ll be doing the same this year; Six 30 minute sessions (various topics) from 1 to 4pm ET A one hour…
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Ziprecruiter Warns Job Publishers
Zip recruiter Publishing is warning job boards to step up their traffic game else risk being ousted from its partner network. The message below was sent out recently. Zip has been quiet lately on the publisher front, they don’t seem to be pushing it all now that their main site is so well known. I…
The end of the Facebook Job Board?
In a surprise announcement last month, Facebook says it plans to shut down its Jobs Marketplace everywhere except the U.S. and Canada in February 2022. ATS vendors and job boards will also no longer have access or support to its APIs either, a service that fed jobs into the marketplace from outside publishers. My buddy…
Regional Canadian Job Board Acquired
CareerBeacon a regional job board that serves the Atlantic part of Canada (i.e. New Foundland) has been acquired by Alongside, a Moncton-based human resource technology company. The news comes from the Recruitment Flex podcast. Listen to the news below. You can also read about it on the CareerBeacon site here. Alongside has plans to expand…
2022 Job Market Looks Solid for Job Board Owners
U.S. employers plan to continue to bring workers in at rapid pace for the new year according to the latest anniversary edition of the ManpowerGroup Employment Outlook Survey of more than 6,000 employers. Hiring intentions strengthen by 26 percentage points from Q1 2021 and remain higher than pre-pandemic for the second consecutive quarter. This is…
New Oilfield Job Board Launches
Niche job boards are popping up everywhere due to the main challenge of hiring in this difficult labor market. The latest to hit the market is this oilfield job board for the midwest. The site appears to be some sort of WordPress job board theme. Rainmakers Media Group is behind a new regional oilfield job board aimed…
Do we need another employer review site?
I don’t envy Jobsage, a new employer review site. They have an uphill climb ahead if they plan on taking on the likes on Indeed and Glassdoor. It’s hard for me to imagine the web needs another review site. Glassdoor and Indeed OWN this space plus employers dont really like them. Jobsage is going to…
New Job Board Launches for Security Jobs
Ttpster, LLC, a veteran owned small business based out of Arlington, Virginia, has launched TtpsterJobs (www.ttpsterjobs.com), a job board created exclusively for the security industry. It is built upon the Jobboard.io platform. According to the press release; After decades of working in the security industry, Ttpster [pronounced “Tip-ster”], founder and CEO, Kevin O’Neill sought to…
SmartJobBoard adds Appcast Backfill Option
The team at SmartJobBoard is constantly improving their product suite. They seem to launch something new quarterly and are still the best game in town for job board software. They recently announced an integration with Appcast that make it easier for job board owners to populate their job database with full listings direct from the…
Poached Launches Poached Shifts for Hospitality Staffing
Poached, a jobs marketplace for the hospitality industry, has launched a new service called Poached Shifts. Any job marketplace needs to evolve over time so this seems like a good move for the Poached team. Poached aims to solve the industry’s competitive labor market and high employee turnover by providing hospitality employers the flexibility of…