If your job board hasn’t upgraded its platform in the past 5 years, you might be a red neck. I have seen it time and time again as I speak to many job board owners each week. They are being held back by their platforms because they haven’t kept up with technology. Part of that…
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M&A is really heating up in the RecTech space
The past 30 days has seen unprecedented acquisition activity in the online recruiting world. First it was SimplyHired, then Linkedin, then Jobr and now this. A job board company is buying an HCM provider. Last week Snagajob, the hourly job marketplace, acquired PeopleMatter, a provider of human capital management software also focused on managing hourly workforces….
Going Hyper Local with Your Job Board
I’ve gotten a few calls lately from prospective job board owners thinking about starting a local job board focused on a certain niche. I call this a “Hyper-Local” job board. Niche + Location. It’s a good idea but only in certain circumstances. a) The city/state or region you are targeting should be big enough to…
Quick Lead Gen Tip
Recently on Facebook I decided to look for job related hashtags to find leads for one of my clients. In this case I am looking for people posting #javajobs – once found, I simply write a short personalized comment and provide a link. Give something like this a try. It may or may or may…
Q&A with Smart Job Board
I asked Rodion Telpizov the developer of Smart Job Board a few questions over email. The company is based overseas in Kyrgyzstan. They have a new version out with new pricing. 1. What is the history of SJB? When did you start the company and why? I launched Smartjobboard back in 2008. At that time,…
JobMonkey: the Interview
Head over to my RecTech Media site to hear my latest podcast with job board founder Matt Lucas of JobMonkey.com. Its a great conversation and you will definitely learn a few things from this job board veteran.
I bet every job board wishes they had a rap video like this
WayUp, the job board for college students, got some students at NJIT to record a rap video touting their site. Excellent piece of Guerilla marketing that I had to share.
Thoughts on Content Marketing
At a recent conference I was speaking to one job startup founder about content marketing. He was lamenting on his marketing challenges and asked me for some advice. “Are you doing any content marketing?” I asked. “Some“, he said. “Buts its very time consuming and I’m not very good at it“. Yes thats right. There…
Indeed’s Value Gives Clue to Job Board Valuations
A few years back Indeed.com was bought by a Japanese firm Recruit Co. for a reported billion dollars. I’m not sure anyone ever pinged the exact number at the time but this blog post from one of their investors, Fred Wilson, says it was $1.4 billion to be exact. My favorite example of this is…
Ebook: How to Select, Setup and Launch Your Job Board
My latest ebook is specifically for newbies. If you have never worked on a job board before you need to read this first before you do anything. This 20 page ebook which I have been writing for the past few weeks is a primer for getting started in the job board industry. You can read an excerpt below…