I am constantly on the lookout for new ways entrepreneurs are trying to connect employers and job seekers. Recently two new marketplaces for sales professionals have come to light. Both have funding. First up is Bravado, a “professional network for B2B sales“, just announced $26 million in Series B funding led by Tiger Global. The round…
I see a lot of new job board owners who are not familiar with Google Analytics and the stats it tracks. But you need to understand the key metrics that make job boards work. So consider this a primer for what you need to know and keep up with on a monthly basis. Google Analytics…
RemoteOk is one of those awesome success stories in the job board world that few people know about. Launched in 2015 its run by one guy form what I hear. But what’s really col about this site is they they publish their financials on the internet for all to see. Just go to: https://remoteok.com/open Its…
I spoke to a blogger last week who was thinking about adding a job board to his site. My answer to him was NO don’t do it. Unless he is able to niche down his audience. You see, general job advice blogs are not good candidates to add a job board. They have nothing to…
Here’s the recording from last months job board happy hour with my job board friends.
I saw this news recently and wanted to write about the prospects of local job boards. This is a JBS members only post. I’m proud to announce today’s launch of Lookout Santa Cruz’s new Job Board, hosted and run by the Lookout’s Community & Commerce team. This Job Board is made by Santa Cruz County…
This is a member only post. Its getting harder to find niches that aren’t served already by multiple job boards. Job boards are now 25+ years old so there’s been ample time to find opportunities that need more online recruiting platforms. But that doesn’t mean you can’t find the right niche. I have written extensively…
In a surprise announcement last month, Facebook says it plans to shut down its Jobs Marketplace everywhere except the U.S. and Canada in February 2022. ATS vendors and job boards will also no longer have access or support to its APIs either, a service that fed jobs into the marketplace from outside publishers. My buddy…
I don’t envy Jobsage, a new employer review site. They have an uphill climb ahead if they plan on taking on the likes on Indeed and Glassdoor. It’s hard for me to imagine the web needs another review site. Glassdoor and Indeed OWN this space plus employers dont really like them. Jobsage is going to…
In the past year or two a number of diversity job boards have launched targeting certain underrepresented groups. Employers are definitely increasing their advertising spend with these types of sites. I found this story about the site Black Tech Talent in the Minnesota newspaper recently. (blacktechtalent.org) Minnesota Cup finalist Black Tech Talent matches tech professionals…