WorkGenius, an AI-based freelancing platform that enables enterprise clients to staff projects around the globe, has just extended its series A funding to a total of $10M. The company is set to enter the U.S. freelance market joining the ranks of Upwork which just went public. The additional funding will be used to grow the…
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Next Gen Job Boards Getting Funding
There are a variety of what I would call ‘next generation’ type job boards getting funded across the globe. Many of them are built around matching technology and other features for helping candidates find the right fit. Below is a roundup of the latest tools receiving funding, many of which are coming from other countries. BoostMe360 –…
New Site Launch: WallStreetCareers.com
Staffing agencies are waking up to the fact that job boards offer another source of revenue and are beginning to launch more of their own job boards. Case in point is the newly launched WallStreetCareers.com. I just helped the owner, himself a financial recruiter, launch the site on the Jobboard.io platform. Through my concierge service…
Startup Job Board Market Heating Up Overseas
Job boards are big in Europe and there’s been a little feeding frenzy lately, specifically with two startup job boards. Adzuna Acquires Work in Startups. “Adzuna has acquired the number one UK tech startup job board Work In Startups! This is another important step towards Adzuna’s goal of helping to match people to better, more fulfilling jobs…
The Internet Marketing Challenge
I have held a number of calls with a variety of job startups recently and one thing is still clear to me. Most of them are underestimating the marketing challenge before them. The internet recruiting landscape is more competitive ever. Not only are there thousands of traditional job sites there are hundreds of new recruiting…
CollegeRecruiter offering Backfill too
I mentioned the other week about Recruitology’s new backfill offering and also got news that College Recruiter has a somewhat similar, original backfill partnership opportunity. They recently migrated our job distribution from Joveo to Clickcast/Appcast in part because Clickcast provides us with the ability to build our own private exchange. CEO Steven Rothberg says this; College…
The Video-only Job Board
Last week I discovered a new startup called Goldi.com, the first ever video only job board. It was created by an executive recruiter out of New York City. Companies post job videos and candidates apply via video only. It has an app AND website version which is key. I’ve been waiting for someone to create such…
Recruitology Now Offering Original Backfill with Competitive Pricing
Recruitology, which powers digital recruitment classifieds for hundreds of media outlets, ranging from small local publications to large media properties like the LA Times and the NY Daily News is now offering original backfill to participating job boards. They have thousands of local job listings from small and medium employers looking to advertise locally and…
Job Boards in the news
JOBADX LAUNCHES SWITCHBOARD JobAdx, the programatic ad solution has just launched Switchboard, our Inventory Management system at the recent TAtech event. It’s an SSP that allows users to manage multiple feeds from one platform and additionally applies our programmatic technology to those feeds – whether or not those feeds are coming from JobAdx itself. In our industry,…
Stop Making Video Resume Apps
I Just read about ‘PYNOT’ which uses video for job seekers so they can “stand out”. Its yet another video resume app. PYNOT stands for (Put Your Name Out There), out of Utah, the startup has an iphone app and website. Job seekers can browse the website or app for relevant job positions and apply with a 60-second video,…