Now that they are the biggest job site in the world, Indeed.com no longer needs help from other sites to promote their jobs. At least that’s the message I got after reading their missive that was sent to all affiliate publishers last week. My inbox blew up soon after as clients and other industry pros pinged…
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News and Notes from the Job Board World
Here’s a quick roundup of job board news and notes that have crossed my desk. Indeed. I have heard that as of March 31st they will no longer be accepting sponsored jobs from job boards any longer. Sites that advertise with them now will be grandfathered in. No new job boards will be accepted. This…
Another place to list your job board
On top of my job board directory on CareerCloud I just discovered another place to list your job board for free. Its called SimplyCareer and they have a nice looking directory. Get listed here. As a job board owner you should be constantly seeking out other sites to get listed on. It’s an important SEO…
How to Increase Job Alert Signups
While talking to the team at UK based Talenetic last week I learned of a great way that one of their customers, TopEngineer.com boosted their job alert signups by 19%. Check out this screencast. They placed the box after every 10 listings. Smart move. If you have the ability to insert more subscribe boxes into…
Reach 9,000 Job Seekers Through Email
I have an email list of job seekers that I have built up via CareerCloud over the years. Would you like to reach them in a single email blast? For $199 I will email your message to them. These are job seekers all across the country so it is a US based audience. If you have…
Career advice site with 40k monthly uniques for sale
I have a career site up for auction on Flippa. Take a look if you are interested in acquiring a career advice/job board with strong SEO rankings, multiple revenue streams and highly unique content. The Buy It Now price is $79k.
Job board SEO makes a comeback
Last week the news broke that WayUP a college focused job site had acquired Looksharp, one of it’s competitors in the college recruiting sector. That news is good news for all job boards but there is another aspect of the deal that deserves attention. WayUp bought Looksharp mainly because of it’s SEO rankings. According to…
Job board revenues up 11% says SIA
With the job market tightening job boards are benefitting, according to a new report from Staffing Industry Analysts. Check out these quotes from the article. They remain an important — and evolving — tool for staffing firms. We estimate that job boards are growing at almost twice the rate of the global staffing industry. The…
Hiring for your job board? There’s a site for that
HR Tech Talent is my latest launch. After receiving many requests from job boards and HR tech companies about “if I knew anyone” to help them staff up, I thought a dedicated job site would be the best tool to send them too. The site is powered by Jobboard.io and features free listings as well…
Software Vendor Shutting Down
A longtime software provider has shut down. Searchease which was started 18 years ago is now defunct. I don’t believe they were powering many sites so its not big deal in the grand scheme of things. The do own a good domain name however so for current providers of job board software I’d recommend trying to acquire…