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…
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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,…
Health eCareers Extends Reach with New Partnership
Health eCareers is expanding its brand through a new partnership with KevinMD.com. Founded in 2004 by practicing, board-certified internal medicine physician Kevin Pho, MD, this high-traffic website reaches thousands of providers daily and receives more than 3 million monthly page views. As social media’s leading physician voice, KevinMD.com has more than 250,000 followers on Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn and reaches…
When an ATS Buys a Job Board
While at the HR Tech show last week I came across a bit of surprising news. A big applicant tracking vendor bought a job board company. Cornerstone acquired Santa Monica based Workpop for an undisclosed amount and plans to roll it up into a new product line called ‘Cornerstone Frontline’. To be fair, Workpop is more…
Shaq Has a Job Board (sort of)
Last week it was announced that NBA star Shaquille O’Neal has invested in an Atlanta jobs app called ‘Steady’. The company just raised $9 million from investors including Shaq who will also be an ambassador to the company. It’s more like a way to make extra money rather than a traditional job site. They see…