Since the start of August I have made nearly $2k selling job postings & packages on my national board, CareerCloud.com. I started a job board on it back in the spring of this year and also syndicate jobs to Jobs2Careers and other aggregators. I basically pitch it as an alternative to Ziprecruiter. To get those…
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New Job Board Launch: Women Who Code
There has been a renewed interest in women this past year when it comes to the job market. I now count at least 9 women targeted job boards online. The latest to launch has 2 niches in 1, Women Who Code. WWC is an international non-profit that empowers women to achieve success in technology. They…
Seeking investors
I am working with an investor who is in process of buying an established online job site company based in the U.S. He is looking for another investor to come in on the deal (must have $1 million to invest). It’s a rare opportunity to get into the online recruiting space with a growing company….
My thoughts on Monster being acquired
In case you haven’t heard Randstad just bought Monster. Click to read my take.
Hear how these guys built a job search app
On my RecTech Podcast I talk to innovative companies doing interesting things in the job search space. In this 20 minute interview with Mike Seidle from WorkHere, a new location based job search app you can hear how they built it and get some advice about how to build yours.
Coding your own job board? Use these design guidelines
If you are about to code your own job board board rather than using an existing solution here are my basic guidelines to ensure you do it right. You need to think about serving 2 audiences—job seeker and employer. I hope you find these tips/examples useful. a) Make it mobile friendly. Your site should render…
For Sale: Local Midwestern Job Board Business Nearing 1 Million in Sales
NEW LISTING! A local job board based in a U.S. midwestern state is looking to sell their online recruitment business so the owner can retire. They have retained me to help them find a buyer. This is your chance to own a profitable, well established local job board in a state with low unemployment and…
JobMount releases new template
Updates are coming fast and furious from the job board platform industry. After recent updates by both Jobboard.io and Smart Job Board, Job Mount has just released a new version. According to their email… Aspen Technology Labs’ JobMount team announces the release of a new-age job board design platform. This fresh, responsive and fully featured…
Different types of Upsells
I wanted to do a post around upselling products on your job board. Upsells are ways to increase your revenue by adding on features to a typical job listing or other product on your site. Here are 5 ways to increase your revenue. Featured the job on your home page. Charge extra to do that. For…
ZipRecruiter now powering Patch job listings
After SimplyHired was shutdown that left a gaping hole in their partner program that powered jobs on many other sites like those of Patch.com the local news service. Their sites had no jobs for a few days but I just checked and ZipRecruiter is now their backfill of choice.