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How This Job Board Got 110k Email Subscribers
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…
Featured Job Board: 4dayweek.io
This niche job board wants to help people earn the same while working less. There’s a novel concept! Here’s the story of 4dayweek.io founded by Phil McParlane. 1. When did you start your job board? The job board launched in December 2020 during the height of the pandemic. The initial launch of my site (called 28hrworkweek.com) contained…
Buy vs Build: Job Board Software
I can’t count how many times over the years that a client calls me with the news that they have spent 6 months building a job board form scratch and the thing doesn’t work. Had they called me sooner I might have saved them a lot of time, money and aggravation. There are over 20…
Thoughts on the CareerBuilder/Monster Merger
So last week two old job boards finally got hitched; “Randstad, a staffing company, is merging its job board Monster with CareerBuilder to create a larger job board. This merger will combine their resources and allow them to better serve both employers and job seekers in the evolving job market. The new company will be…
WriteSea will help you monetize your job seekers!
When it comes to the job hunt, job seekers are now more comfortable paying for career tools like resume services. A new funded startup called WriteSea is helping job boards to monetize their job seeker traffic through a white labeled solution. I have signed on to be a brand ambassador program to help introduce them…
More Layoffs for indeed
The national job advertising market is taking its toll on the big job board companies. Indeed announced last week that it it laying off 1,000 people mainly in the U.S.. The cuts will come from R&D and go to market teams. At this point we have likely seen the peak of Indeed’s power in our…
Local Texas Job Board For Sale
A long running local job board serving a certain section of Texas is up for sale. Deets below, email me if you are interested in talking with the owner. Since its been around for a while the domain has some value along with the data. Might be a good opportunity for someone based in Texas….
Someone Needs to build a Certified Skills Database
There’s been a lot of talk in the HR world about ‘skills based hiring‘. Essentially what that means is companies hire people based NOT on college degrees, but their actual quantifiable skills they have earned. Problem is there is no central database of verified skills. A resume is just what a candidate wants it to…
Dissecting Content Strategy with Remote Work Junkie
Content marketing is the life blood for any niche job board today. You must use and master it to build community and traffic. I recently came across a LinkedIn post from Todd Kunsman who runs the site RemoteWorkJunkie.com; So I asked him to come on my Youtube channel and talk about his content marketing strategy.