My post last week about various publisher earnings stirred up quite a frezy. The voices behind J2C chimed in with some additional details about their own publisher program. “Compared to the three backfills you tested, J2C’s EPCs would be significantly higher without any transparency issues”, says Nick Roarty from J2C. He sent me their deck…
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Help Your Clients Help Themselves (member only)
I like job boards that make it easy to manage my jobs and candidates. As a recruiter my day to day job is filled from top to bottom so they easier you make my like the better. What does the management part of your site look like for employers? Its it user freiendly? Here’s an…
Resumes Want to be Free
I like Indeed’s resume platform. It’s super easy to search and source candidates. And its essentially free for most companies. If you sponsor jobs they throw it in for free. Otherwise its just a dollar to contact any candidate via email. And for job seekers its a great way of being discovered since the resume…
Every job board homepage needs to have these (member only)
In my opinion there are 6 things every good job board needs to have on its homepage. In this video for Premium Members only I’ll tell you exactly what those are. [flv]https://www.jobboardsecrets.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/mmjb-6things.flv[/flv] From my video archives. Created in 2009 but still relevant today!
Job headlines not job titles
Job titles need a makeover. If a job description is an ad for a job…..if its supposed to sell you on working for that company why dont they grab you? Because they’re not headlines. Headlines are written so they grab your attention. Which is why job titles need to follow suit. Take a look at…
More than just a job posting
In addition to running this blog I have a new full time gig as Director of Digital Recruiting for a cruise line company here in Connecticut. My position allows me to try a lot of job boards and influence the direction for all of our recruitment marketing. This week I tried posting on a bunch…
Job board revenue streams (other than jobs)
In the golden days of job boards you could get away with just making money on job postings. Not anymore. Here’s a list of other revenue ideas that will help you add to the bottom line. Multiple revenue streams will help your business stay aflot in good times and bad. Today’s job board NEEDS multiple revenue…
Job board news update
Hey job board peeps, here’s the latest tidbits from the job board world. Enjoy the reading. * SecurityClearedJobs.com moves to Madgex Platform http://www.onrec.com/news/news-archive/securityclearedjobscom-moves-to-madgex-platform * DentalPost launches Candidate Matching feature http://www.dentistryiq.com/articles/2015/01/dentalpost-launches-candidate-matching-feature.html * Talenetic partners with Indeed http://www.recruiter.co.uk/news/2015/01/talenetic-partners-with-indeed/ * Trucking Unlimited Acquires TruckDrivingJobs.com for $800,000 https://globenewswire.com/news-release/2014/12/03/688371/10110853/en/Trucking-Unlimited-Acquires-TruckDrivingJobs-com-for-800-000.html * AuthenticJobs launches AuthenticPros.com as a new talent directory. Great example…
Should you add resumes to your job board? (member only)
If I were adding a resume database to my site today, I’d follow the Indeed model. Let job seekers upload their resume. Make it a “public” profile so search engines can crawl them, and charge for access to the candidates contact details. Indeed charges 1 dollar to message anyone on their system. Today its about…
How can I monetize these job board domains? (member only)
A reader asks: I have around 20 job domain names related to some countries such as; qatarjob.com dubaijob.com bahrainjobs.com uaejobs.com omanjob.com kuwaitjob.com jordanjobs.com How can I monetize these? My response: These are great domains in bad job markets. Your best bet would be to setup a WordPress job board theme and give away postings for…