Someone asked me the other day what I would do to Monster.com if I ran it. It was a good question that got me thinking. As the pandemic continues to shred the job market, Monster and the other major job boards are suffering and/or laying off staff. Now would be a good time to think…
Two international based job boards have just received funding. One in Europe, the other based in Vietnam. Investors across the globe are realizing that online job marketplaces are a solid investment. With job seeker activity rising, so are entrepreneurs looking to capitalize on that need. ZENJOBS Gets $30 Million (from TechCrunch) Berlin -based recruitment startup, Zenjob, which…
Surfacing more jobs for job seekers is always a good idea to generate more pages views, applies and boost your time on site. That’s why I was pleased to see that new feature in the latest JobBoard.io update. You can read more about how it works on their blog post. It is their 2nd update…
A UK Startup Job Board Has Been Acquired London-based recruitment software company Alvius, announced that it has acquired UK Startup Jobs for an undisclosed sum. Founded in 2011, UK Startup Jobs is a job board with a community of 10,000 job seekers, headquartered in Edinburgh. The job board specialises in advertising a wide range of…
Loyal reader and founder of Ranchwork.com Peter Askew, tipped me off to a very interesting article about the rise of niche job boards. Andreesen Horowitz, one of the worlds most famous venture capital firms says now is the time to start building ‘verticalized job marketplaces‘ AKA niche job boards. In a blog post on their…
Sometimes when prospective job board owners call me about wanting to start a site they get too obsessed with customizing the look and feel of the templates that come with cloud platforms like Smart Job Board and Jobboard.io. I cringe a little when they ask if I can help them create some “cool” designs that…
If you have been thinking about selling your job board there are probably people who would want to buy it right now. A number of people have been contacting me lately to see if I know of any on the market. I have helped a number of job sites to find a buyer in the…
I think chatbots are a good tactic to use on most web sites as another channel for engagement, customer service and marketing. Perhaps not if you only run your board on the side, but if you work on it full time consider adding a chatbot to the mix. Here’s a list of them. The job…
New Site for Nursing Jobs NurseEarth.com is one of my clients job boards that just launched which I helped configure and launch. The company is a staffing agency for nurses and was looking to add a job board to the mix. Check it out. Search Remotely Launches Remote Jobs Platform Search Remotely has launched a…
A number of recruitment sites and vendors are offering free tools and services in response to the current pandemic. In times like this, I think these are solid moves by vendors to stay relevant and do their part to help employers. Your job board may want to follow this example and think about how you…