UnifyWork announced the launch of its “workforce intelligence” (aka skills matching) platform targeting the Cleveland job market. We are seeing a numbing of matching platforms try to take hold in online recruiting. Few however have made any traction in terms of scale. A matching tool doesn’t rely on resumes but rather assessments or entering skills….
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Indeed: Now with MORE Traffic
If you thought Indeed was already big enough in the industry get ready for another big move. After years of shunning Google for Jobs, the job search giant is now allowing their jobs to be indexed by the search engine. This means yet MORE traffic for a job board thats already getting something like 63…
Skillsets You Need to Run a Job Board
With many of my clients being solopreneurs it’s important to have a wide variety of skill sets in order to run a successful job marketplace. But many do not, so if you fall into that category you’ll need to learn them or hire for them. Make no mistake, running a job board is like running…
REPLAY: Job Board Business Meetup
I gathered together some of my clients and other job board owners for a one hour discussion over zoom. Here’s a transcript of the discussion; Speaker 1 (00:11):Hello, Brian Fox. Speaker 2 (00:13):Hello, Chris Russell. Speaker 1 (00:15):All right, Brian Ws there. He’s from Ryan Fox, Speaker 2 (00:23):Chicago. Speaker 1 (00:25):Your job board is…
Multiple URLs for the same job?
A reader asks; Wondering if you were aware of, or have views on Job Boards setting up different URLs for the same job? I’m aware of a couple of major Job Boards in the UK that are generating different URLs for the same job. So for a job posted for a Python developer in Swindon,…
How to Vet Employers on Your Job Board
A reader asks: I was wondering if you could give me a brief description on how job boards verify that a employer is legitimate, and do job boards require documents from employers, as well as what would be the easiest way to verify if a business is registered? I answer: So there is a problem…
Job Seekers Want Texting
Nexxt, the talent marketplace recently announced the results of a national survey of more than 3,100 job seekers which revealed how important cell phones are as part of their daily lives and how text messaging plays a key role in the job search process. There are 300 million cell phones in use in the United…
Rule #1 of Job Board Fight Club
I came across a press release last week for a new niche job board. So I couldn’t help but to take a look. Problem is it broke my #1 rule of launching a job board. Watch to find out.
How Task Rabbit Got It’s Start
Part of being a good job board entrepreneur is studying how other marketplaces came to be. I am always drawn to the origin stories of sites like Craigslist, Ziprecruiter and others in our space. These stories offer valuable tips and trick for anyone building a two-sided marketplace. TaskRabit is another interesting story to note. On…
Job Board News Bytes: Adzuna, Maryland Jobs, Auto Careers, Climate Pros
Adzuna, the smarter job search engine, is pleased to announce the acquisition of leading US enterprise job search engine Getwork. The Getwork team, led by President Brad Squibb, will work alongside the 100-person strong Adzuna business, bringing together decades of job search expertise and accelerating Adzuna’s growth in North America. The acquisition will combine the quality…