In the past month so we’ve seen an uptick in acquisitions in the job board space. iHire acquired WorkinSports, Biospace acquired MedReps and Jobcase, the hourly job network just made its first big acquisition. They acquired Upward.net (which previously had acquired Proven.com). From the press release… Jobcase, already serving more than 110 million registered members…
Last week I zoomed with Andrew Stetsenko the founder of Relocate.me a unique global job board serving the tech space that’s been around for a few years now. The site is successful, profitable and growing.
Virtual Vocations is helping remote professionals take their careers to the next level with the launch of its new Remote Career Center. According to Virtual Vocations CEO Laura Spawn, the launch of the Remote Career Center comes as part of a continued effort to bring valuable, constructive resources to jobseekers and professionals looking to prioritize…
Job boards are in the apply business. Your job, so to speak, is to drive applies to your paying customers. Without that activity you won’t be in business for long. The standard for how a page handles the apply button has changed. No longer is just having the button on the bottom acceptable. Now you…
Most associations do a poor job at running and marketing their job boards. And that is not surprising to me since most of them have no knowledge of internet marketing techniques. But BankTalentHQ.com, a niche banking job board is the opposite. They push out blog and podcasts on a regular basis and just celebrated their…
Member only content. I started seeing ads on Facebook for RemotePRjobs.com so I clicked it. Lo and behold they are curating a jobs email that they charge $17 a month for. This sort of biz model works great for jobs that are harder to get and location less (aka remote). And you don’t even need…
Member Only Content. On a recent podcast job board owner and domainer Peter Askew, talked about how to set up a job board on a premium job domain. A premium domain is something like cooljobs.com which he started in March 2020. A two domain that combines a niche + the word ‘jobs’ is what I…
On my podcast ” Rec Tech” I had the opportunity to interview one of the cofounders of Trade Hounds a job market and community for construction workers. They are an app focused platform with profiles and jobs. He told me one of the best things they ever did for marketing was through sending members stickers…
In this member only article I’ll discuss the characteristics of a successful job board owner. One of the most common questions people ask me is about what goes into starting a successful job board. Running this type of business requires a certain skill set. If you dont have these skills or don’t have the resources…
Q – “I am extremely torn in knowing if a white label jobboard is value for money or if designing your own jobboard is the answer. I know you have paid advertisers on your site, but just wondered if you could create or have a video about if white labels are actually best. I’m torn…