Are you looking to drive more targeted job seekers to your client’s jobs? Hire a Sourcer. Bring on someone to do candidate reach out and send them links to the jobs they may be qualified for. An ongoing effort like this can serve to make your employers happy and maintain a steady stream of applies….
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This niche board just launched a beautiful new redesign
I have said for many years that a well designed job board goes a long way towards helping your sales and gaining new users. Recently the folks at niche job board CoolWorks, which features adventure/outdoor type jobs around the USA underwent a redesign and I thought it was a great example of job board web design….
New Upsell: Add Audio to your Job Listings
I am launching a new service that other job boards can use to upsell their customers and make more money. Audio Jobcasts The idea is to provide a short interview with the person posting the job in order to get more information and give that job a “voice” The audio, which I host with Soundcloud,…
GreatHires.co Founder Talks About the Interview Experience
On my Rec Tech Podcast I talk to various job boards and HR tech vendors. Last week I chatted with Ray Tenenbaun the founder of GreatHires which is an innovative interview management tool designed to make the candidate experience better. Its a very practical tool so if you are building something for HR people or…
From my video archives: best days for job posting sales
Recorded back in 2010, this quick tip about when employers typically post jobs is still rather true today. Job board sales follow the schedules of the HR/recruiters who use them…9am-5pm. Avoid pitching them on monday mornings at all costs.
Smart Job Board introduces Recurring Billing
Smart Job Board is the first platform provider, to my knowledge, that now offers recurring billing options for employers. They made the announcement on their blog last week. Recurring revenue is great for job boards (or any internet business). Helps to maintain steady income so think about ways to integrate it into your product mix….
Amplify your Content with my Social Media Content Ring
I am looking for a few job boards to team up with me in what I call a “social media content ring“. The goal is to help each participant to increase views on their blog content by having each member of the ring auto publish the other’s content. I am already working with a number…
Hear about this new college career site
I recently had the chance to speak with Jim Milton of Portfolium. It is a next gen job board focusing on college student portfolios instead of resumes or profiles like LinkedIn is. I thought you might find it interesting to hear how they tackle the job market.
New WordPress Plugin for Jobs2Careers
If you own a blog and want to add job listings to it there are a number of plugins to do that. But most of those only backfill from Indeed. But no more. Pete Metz, owner of SkiptheDrive, has changed that. He developed a WordPress plugin that lets you search and browse listings from Jobs2Careers,…
Feature Your Site on this Job Board Directory
The CareerCloud directory of job boards and other career tools is now open for featured listings. For a one-time yearly fee of $197 your job board will be featured and highlighted in it’s category and the Tools homepage. In addition you site will receive; Listing on top of your competitors with a screenshot and highlight. Logo…