There are a lot of remote job boards online today. And I have counseled folks not to start one because of all the competition that exists. But there are room for certain types of remote sites. Aggregators. I approached my friends at Aspen Tech Labs about leveraging their jobs index combined with their JobMount software…
Ever since Twitter, AKA ‘X‘ is under new ownership, its usefulness for job board traffic seems to have waned and a new announcement is essentially killing one of my strategies for using it as a marketing channel. Up until now I have been using a tool called DLVR.it to automatically post ALL my jobs via…
Culinary Agents launches HospitalityCareerPaths.com, a new platform with career insights as well as exclusive pay, benefits and skills data. The site also features career paths and advice from over 500 industry leaders in diverse roles to help aspiring, new, and seasoned workers navigate career growth. “Over the years, we’ve shared compensation insights on a case-by-case…
There was an article on TechCrunch last week about how LinkedIn’s “Services Marketplace” aka freelance directory, now has 10 million users and is growing by leaps and bounds. It’s supposed to be a direct response to the growing trend of freelancing and the increasing demand for flexible work arrangements. But if you dig deep into…
Job boards can be targeted by scammers looking to dupe unsuspecting job seekers. In this post I’ll talk about how to spot and prevent these spammers from ever reaching you. But first here’s a couple of recent studies to see what these spammers are up to… A new report from Heimdal reveals key insights into the growing…
JBoard founder Marty Aghajanyan just announced a long awaited update to the job board software platform known as JBoard. It’s a new drag and drop website builder so you can really customize the look and feel of your job board. Most job board platforms are very templated in that they all look like each other…
I recently helped a staffing pro in the financial services industry launch WholesalerJobs.com, a niche board dedicated to financial “wholesale” jobs which are essentially financial sales positions. He has been a recruiter in this sector for many years and has a big network of these pros at the ready. A job board made sense for…
Back in the spring the Google search engine had a major update change affecting many sites including job boards. I had a client that lost MORE THAN HALF of its search traffic. You can see the drop below… The drop off from March to April was dramatic. That downward trend continued through the summer until…
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4dayweek.io is a great niche success story in the job board world. Started by Scottish developer Phil McParlane, the site has attracted a massive email list that serves up content and jobs for those seeking a four day work week. Full Interview Transcript I have one question of interest. I’m kind of new to the…