Type: Tech job board for Raleigh The Raleigh, NC tech scene has a new recruiting tool. Three Triangle organizations are seeking to address the mismatch in the tech talent and labor markets in the Triangle, and have together launched a collaborative job board. The organizations, Leadership Triangle, American Underground, and Raleigh Founded, announced the platform earlier…
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Joe Stubblebine: Lensa.com Interview
Joe Stubblebine is the Chief Revenue Officer at Lensa a U.S. job aggregator. He started the mid-Atlantic job board JobCircle back in the late 90s and has been in this space ever since. I caught up with him over Zoom recently. Want more video like this? Subscribe to my YouTube channel.
Reminding Employers You Exist
One of the more common responses to my newsletter marketing strategy I tell my clients is that you have to talk to your employers on a regular basis. Whether that is once a month or once a week is up to you, but the main point is to REMIND them that you exist. Sounds kinda…
Guard Your Domains
A recent job board client of mine told me a cautionary tale of getting his job board domain stolen…and it cost him $17,000 to get it back. Apparently he had it registered with Blue Host, a somewhat popular WordPress hosting company when his account was hacked and the domain was transferred to another entity. He…
Integrating with ATS Vendors
Purpose Jobs, the Midwest’s largest startup and tech community, has announced that its job matching platform now integrates with applicant tracking systems (ATS) Greenhouse, Lever and Workable. These kind of integrations are an excellent way for job marketplaces to gain new users for free. A number of ATS vendors have internal marketplaces to which job…
Breaking: Dice.com Owner Invests in Employer Brand Marketplace
New press release… DHI Group, Inc. the leading provider of AI-powered technology-focused career marketplaces, today announced a $3 million investment in The Muse, a values-based career destination for the next gen workforce to search for jobs and research companies & careers. The investment will be used to support the expansion of The Muse’s product development and sales efforts to meet the…
Dental Job Board adds Screening to Reduce Unconscious Bias in Hiring
DentalPost, a niche dental job board, has launched a new screening tool called SmartView, which helps dental employers expand their candidate pool and find better matches by reducing personal bias in the initial screening process. Few niche job boards offer such capability so this is a great move in my opinion. The site says SmartView “helps…
RightHire wants to help Job Boards evolve beyond job postings
This is a guest post written by RightHire. According to CareerBuilder, over the past ten years more than 70% of job searches started on Google. In the past, large job boards such as Indeed and Monster, have capitalized on SEO to generate traffic from job applicant Google searches. However, Google for Jobs now makes it…
The Grind of the Job Board Business
I’ve seen it way too often in my 20 years advising job board businesses. Too often job board owners get complacent with their site and think traffic and sales will last forever. But this is far from the truth. I’ve said it a thousands times. Anyone can start a job board but few have the…
Can a resume builder succeed at scale?
Member only content. Recently an online resume building tool got millions in venture capital. But I question whether its money well spent. Resume templates are a dime a dozen if you search online for them. Which is why the $3 million that a company named Hiration just got a bit bewildering from an investment standpoint….