It’s getting harder and harder to find a niche that offers potential to a new job board but I believe I have found one. Manufacturing. In the past couple of years a number of “blue collar” sites and marketplaces have begun to get traction. For example; Jobcase got $100 million in funding for its blue…
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BankTalentHQ: the Interview
Most associations do a poor job at running and marketing their job boards. And that is not surprising to me since most of them have no knowledge of internet marketing techniques. But BankTalentHQ.com, a niche banking job board is the opposite. They push out blog and podcasts on a regular basis and just celebrated their…
New Job Board Software Alert: Niceboard
Niceboard is a new, less costly job board software option. Pricing options range from $29 per month to $79. A $99 setup feee is required. LINK: https://niceboard.co The $49 middle option features unlimited job postings. Backfill is provided by Adzuna. Key features include; Blogging platform Customizable themes Google for Jobs integration US-based support team Display…
Job Board Headlines
The Org Launches New Jobs Platform The Org, a professional community backed by Sequoia and Founders Fund offering businesses a platform to create a free, public organizational chart with the goal of making their organization more transparent, today announced the launch of their new Jobs platform. This new platform allows companies to list open roles directly within their public…
Domain Alert: AIjobs.com For Sale
The domain AIjobs.com is up for sale on Flippa. https://flippa.com/10712176-aijobs-com If you are thinking about starting a job board from scratch a good domain name brings instant credibility to your business. AIjobs.com is one of those domains. Though there are many tech boards, but I don’t know of any specifically that focus on this niche….
Job Boards Getting Funded
Last year was another banner year for HR technology software. That includes a few job communities that I wanted to highlight. A new generation of job platforms are emerging and its exciting to see them innovate and advance how companies recruit talent. Here’s a look at who got funding in 2020 and my take on…
Reverse job boards taking off?
Member only content. I started seeing ads on Facebook for RemotePRjobs.com so I clicked it. Lo and behold they are curating a jobs email that they charge $17 a month for. This sort of biz model works great for jobs that are harder to get and location less (aka remote). And you don’t even need…
Indeed Launches Resume Service (so should you)
Last week, Indeed launched Resume Services by Indeed, which includes the following services: Instant Resume Report (free), Resume Review by a professional resume writer ($19), and Resume Rewrite by a professional resume writer ($89). Read more about Resume Services by Indeed here. If you run a job board you should too. The quickest way to do…
How to buy and setup a premium jobs domain
Member Only Content. On a recent podcast job board owner and domainer Peter Askew, talked about how to set up a job board on a premium job domain. A premium domain is something like cooljobs.com which he started in March 2020. A two domain that combines a niche + the word ‘jobs’ is what I…
How TradeHounds Got Traction
On my podcast ” Rec Tech” I had the opportunity to interview one of the cofounders of Trade Hounds a job market and community for construction workers. They are an app focused platform with profiles and jobs. He told me one of the best things they ever did for marketing was through sending members stickers…