Goodbye Resume, tilr Makes Recruiting Automatic For companies that need positions filled immediately, scouring job boards and conducting interviews are setbacks they can’t afford. tilr in Cincinnati hopes to vanquish the void and give companies a competitive edge by creating a job marketplace powered by something more straightforward: artificial intelligence. tilr’s matchmaking process is designed to eliminate the…
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Green Jobs Get a Reboot
The new owner of Greenjobs.com, a premium job board domain name has relaunched the business as a new job board on the SmartJobBoard platform. I helped launch the site recently via my concierge service. Adam Yamada-Hanff, who owns the site, tells me that in addition to typical green jobs like solar, he will be adding wind…
Find Your Niche in These Fastest Growing Jobs
If you are looking to enter the job board business here is a good list of what jobs will be hot. A job site needs a strong job market to succeed so stats like these are good to have as you discover which niche you want to target. To me, I think #1 and #5 and #15 would…
Easy tactic for prospecting on LinkedIn (member only)
One of the ways I have found LinkedIn to useful for prospecting is not InMails. Inmails get almost no response when i try to pitch a prospective employer so I have turned to other ways to get their attention. First I try to connect with as many recruiters and talent acquisition leaders as possible. I…
New Free job board platform has launched
We have a new entrant in the job board software market. It’s called Job Board Fire. It is completely free to use and makes money through a 10% rev share component. Below is a quick screencast from my Youtube channel. If they keep iterating they have a chance to succeed, but may need to charge…
Technical.ly is a Job Match Making Site for the Mid-Atlantic Region
Just spotted: Technical.ly Match beta, a double opt-in direct placement service that “fits the needs of today’s workforce and promises to deliver only quality results to both sides of the process.” It is targeted for Mid-Atlantic states like Pennsylvania, Delaware and Maryland. In a stealth pilot, the site claims more than 2,000 Technical.ly readers from seven states…
Another Freelance Job Market Set to Enter U.S.
WorkGenius, an AI-based freelancing platform that enables enterprise clients to staff projects around the globe, has just extended its series A funding to a total of $10M. The company is set to enter the U.S. freelance market joining the ranks of Upwork which just went public. The additional funding will be used to grow the…
Google Jobs TV Spot
I caught this ad on TV for Veterans Day last week. Google is promoting their job search feature for veterans. I wonder if this means that Google will be entering the TV recruiting wars alongside Indeed and Ziprecruiter as they try to build the Google Jobs brand?
Q& A with RussMedia Solutions – European Job Board Software Provider
RussMedia Solutions is an international company that offers job software services for online businesses. From what I can tell they seem to offer a good value and they tell me they are flexible when it comes to customizing packages and platforms to their clients’ needs. They are not a big player yet, but may be worth…
Next Gen Job Boards Getting Funding
There are a variety of what I would call ‘next generation’ type job boards getting funded across the globe. Many of them are built around matching technology and other features for helping candidates find the right fit. Below is a roundup of the latest tools receiving funding, many of which are coming from other countries. BoostMe360 –…