Video platform Vimeo just realized job boards make sense. They have launched their own hiring marketplace for members of the platform. It is free to find or post jobs. According to the press release; The platform now offers a “For Hire” marketplace that provides anyone looking to produce high-quality video with a simple, effective way…
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Job Board Funding News
Its a good time to be a job board. VCs are falling in love with all kinds of them. Tons of new marketplaces are getting some serious funding. neuvoo Raised $53 Million (CA) to expand Globally Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec (CDPQ), a long-term institutional investor, is announcing an equity investment of CA$53 million…
My Interview with neuvoo’s VP of U.S. Operations
New audio just out with Michael O’Dell who runs US operations for Montreal based neuvoo. They just raised $53 M (CA) in a new round of funding. Listen in!
Job Matching Seems to be the New Job Board
A number of new job platforms are getting funded and ‘job matching’ seems to be their key ingredient. Last week Incredible Health which helps match Nurses to Hospitals received $15 million in funding from some top silicon valley VC firms like Andreessen Horowitz. Various outlets including Techcrunch and VentureBeat covered the story. Here’s how VB…
Jobboard.io Pushes Out an Update
The team behind Jobboard.io one of my top software providers announced a few updates to their platform last week. Here’s a preview of what they did.
Cannabis Jobs Still Hot
Another company is entering the cannabis job market. This time an HR firm is launching an app for cannabis jobs featuring live video interviews. Progressive human resources firm, Faces Human Capital Management, fosters the unique legal cannabis industry’s community through new recruiting platform, which provides geo-located job listings, live video functionality and instant data sharing….
RightHire Wants to Help Job Boards Evolve
I have been saying this for years: Job boards need to evolve beyond simple job postings. RightHire, an assessment tool out of Northern Virginia wants to help you do just that. Read on… According to CareerBuilder, over the past ten years more than 70% of job searches started on Google. In the past, large job…
Jobcase Adds Local Job Site for West Virginia
Jobcase and the Discover the Real West Virginia Foundation (DRWV) – an organization dedicated to diversifying and enabling West Virginia’s economic growth and success, and – have announced the soft launch of DiscoverWVJobs.com, a new public-private collaboration to support workers and job seekers in West Virginia. The platform will provide improved access to career info, and directly…
Joblift is the newest aggregator on the scene
If you are looking for a new place to send your jobs and buy traffic, Germany based Joblift just picked up another big round of funding. They raised ($17 million U.S.) in a Series B funding round, according to German online magazine Gründerszene. Job boards should click here for their partnership page. You can buy traffic on a…
Day In the Life of a Job Board Marketer
Recently a site I was mentoring asked me to piece together what a typical marketing person should be doing throughout the day. I thought it was a good suggestion and decided to put it into a blog post. For the purposes of this post we’ll start the day at 8am and end at 5pm. These…