As more companies list work from home or remote listings, the current generally accepted XML schema for handling this jobs not been standardized. Though a few companies are trying. A reader wrote in to me to ask; What are job boards doing today to ensure that when they’re distributing jobs to publishers, that the publisher knows…
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The Definition of Gig for Jobsearch Classification
Recently job site indeed made a move to give gigs on its site a dedicated space. Users can now visit gigs.indeed.com to find side jobs with Uber, Doordash etc. Julie Calli over at Recruitics explained the changes in a recent post. In it she said the reason for the change was driven by users; “In…
Job Seekers are Scarce
Employers are panicking. For many companies in the hourly worker space…retail, restaurant, hospitality….job applies have fallen off a cliff. Ziprecruiter says their job seeker activity is still down 20% from pre-covid levels. According to one of my sources CPC rates on Indeed have gone from about 50 cents per click a few months ago to…
Job Board Acquisitions picking up
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…
Interview with Relocate.me Founder
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.
Career Advice Content
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…
Increasing Your Applies
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…
BankTalentHQ: the Interview
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…
How to buy and setup a premium jobs domain
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…
How TradeHounds Got Traction
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…