Last week SJB came out with a feature that has been longed for among job board startups. The ability to make a private, membership based site where you can charge job seekers for access. That’s now a reality. But what makes for a good member only job board? Over the years I have received many…
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Quick Tip: Resume Reminders
If your job board has a resume database, it’s a good idea to remind those candidates that they should update it from time to time. I recently saw this email reminder sent out to Jobs in The US users and its a great example of how to remind your seekers. It gives them a reason…
One job board at a time (member only)
I had a consulting call last week with a client who was thinking about starting a niche job board AND a career advice site that would help promote the job board. They were going to launch both sites at once and wanted to know if I thought they should just put all the content on…
Reader Q&A: Attracting Students
A reader asked me about how to attract students to his job board. Q – How do you manage to get emails from students and future graduates? Currently, I’m doing a search on Linkedin, I manage to get registrations by direct contact in Linkedin. But I’m curious if there are other ways to get future…
Admin Panel Refresh by SmartJobBoard
Job board cloud software company SmartJobBoard (one of my sponsors) has released some minor design and database changes. Watch the quick screencast to learn more.
Job Matching & A.I. Platform Seeks Buyer
Beeya was started in 2017 and is now looking to sell their technology platform. Interested parties should contact Ladan Davia at ldavia@beeya.com Beeya company overview Beeya is a meta – search engine for jobs that uses AI and Machine Learning to provide job seekers with accurate matches to open job listings. If a user makes…
Reader Q&A: Resume Site
Q – Hi Chris, I’m looking to launch a job board, which involves a niche that I really like. I would like to know your opinion about creating a campaign involving a landing page to recruit new leads who would be interested in having your resume attached to my website. Recalling that I am developing…
How long before your job board breaks even?
A reader sent me the following question recently. Q – I have been doing research on supplemental income for sometime now and job boards have sparked my interest. I have been watching your YouTube videos and came across one where you noted that a job board is not a good source of income for at…
Space Jobs – the Job Board
Space Capital, an early-stage venture capital firm focused on the Space economy, today announced the official launch of Space Talent (www.spacetalent.org), an online portal for careers in the space industry and its broader ecosystem. According to their press release; “Space Talent addresses a critical need in the industry right now and is a top priority…
Local Job Board Founder, Mac Prichard
What’s a successful local job board? One need only ask Mac Prichard who runs MacsList.org, a local job resource for the Pacific Northwest. I Zoomed him recently and asked him to share his story. TOPICS: Give the viewers a short history of your business You’ve really built a community not just a job board, talk…