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…
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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….
Canadian Employment Site Jobillico Acquired
Harris, a global vertical market software provider and acquirer, has joined the online recruitment space with the acquisition of Quebec-based employment website, Jobillico. With over 3 million users in Canada, Jobillico supports a network of over 5,000 employers in recruiting top talent using a digital platform that is largely developed and maintained by its Québec City…
Job Board News & Notes
IHire releases their latest talent survey and it has good news for job board owners; Job board usage is up. 58.9% of employers said they increased their reliance on job boards and online recruiting platforms in the past year. Further, 49.6% said they do most of their recruiting through job boards, and 23.4% said they do…
Fitness Job Board For Sale
FitnessJobs.com, the 1st niche job site for the health and fitness industry, established in 1999 is for sale. Over the past 22+ years, the site has generated over 1 million dollars, as a part-time business. Included is a robust platform that syncs with Google for Jobs, imports jobs for auto-uploads, email marketing suite, job alerts, ATS,…
How to Generate Leads for Your Job Board
This is a member only post. Generating leads is the life blood for any job board business. Fortunately leads are everywhere if you know where to look. The primary place I have always gotten leads is from… Other Job Boards! Job boards are gold mine for who is hiring right now. You need to sift…