Last Friday was a somber day at ZipRecruiter based in Santa Monica, California. The company reportedly let go nearly 500 of its 1,600 employees. Former employees mentioned the news on LinkedIn through various posts. It affected all departments even engineering. As the economy goes, so does the success of job boards. The vast majority of…
In the span of a few short weeks the job market has turned upside down and the world is facing a global recession. These are trying times for anyone in the HR world. I have been through these boom cycles many times before. It seems like every ten years or so we are faced with…
Open source spreadsheets are having a moment. When online retailer Wayfair recently announced layoffs a recruiter at the company created a spreadsheet on Google Drive that she made public with the names and contact information of those laid off. It went viral and many people were able to land jobs because of its creation. Then…
One of the more common issues I hear from job board owners is their struggle to create content. My latest ebook offer some solutions. Loading…
A company that once had over 100 employees in the job board space has shuttered, I learned recently. EmploymentGuide was a longtime job newspaper publisher and website that for many years lived off blue collar listings. The site (employmentguide.com) has been taken offline and rumor has it the owner is looking to sell the domain….
A few weeks ago I launched my latest endeavor, a freelance job marketplace called HR Lancers. It is an open marketplace designed to be the ‘Upwork for HR‘ by allowing freelance HR pros and independent recruiters and sourcers to find contract, remote and project based work. All with little to no fees unlike the major…
No job board software exists that lets you charge a monthly fee to job seekers. They are all driven by employers paying to post. But there is a desire for some entrepreneurs to build this kind of reverse job board so here’s a to actually do that using a combination of tools. Mightynetworks is a…
I’m working on a new ebook about creating content for your job board. It’s going to be a deeper dive into content creation because I am hearing from many of my readers and clients that they struggle to write it. When I opened one of my Google alerts the other day I saw a piece…
Starting a job board today? Keep in mind that there are several reason why it won’t succeed. I have seen these reasons time and time again over my 20 year job board career. My goal in this post is to give you more insight into what to watch out for as you go down the…
The end of year for job boards is always a great time to take stock of your current site and get ready for the year ahead. Traditionally the period between Christmas and New years is quite inactive for most employers so don’t expect too many sales. Instead, take the time to clean things up and…