Some job boards and new tech in the news for the job search market. 1. PhysEmp.com, one of the nations first physician job boards and mobile app innovators, recently launched Job Search by PhysEmp.coma new mobile app that helps doctors search for jobs on the go. This is the 5th generation of the app and…
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Minimalist heaven: Governmentjobs.com
A relative of mine was job hunting and came across Governmentjobs.com and showed it to me. I was immediately struck by the simplicity of the design. Its a minimalist’s dream design. I love the placement of the Employer callout, cant miss it. The simple flat design is clean and familiar. According the the company info…
August doldrums
I was on vacation last week. Generally I take off the first week of august which reminds me of the traffic levels for any job board. If you run any kind of website you know that traffic ebbs and flows each month. In my past experience running job boards, August was always the 2nd slowest…
Gerry Crispin interview on latest sources of hire study
There’s a lot of job board talk in this video interview with Gerry Crispin on the latest sources of hire study that his consulting firm, CareerXroads publishes each year. Following up on last weeks post check out this great interview as he breaks down the study even further. [youtube]http://youtu.be/mXmLHyXhMss[/youtube]
Job boards account for 15% of all hires in latest survey
The new Sources of Hire study is out. You whats hot? Sourcing is. Referrals, company career sites and job boards were all down from last year. Read the article. Job boards accounted for 15.1% last year. CareerXroads puts out this study each year and foes a great job with it. I think the respondents are…
Lessons on starting a job search content company
Ever heard of The Muse? its a job search content site that pumps out 40 articles per week and sells profile pages to employers. In this episode of TWIST with Jason Calacanis, the co founder Katherine Mnshew talks about jobs and the career space. If you run any kind of job search business its a…
My list of the top 15 national job boards
Here’s my list of the top 15 National job boards. This list is NOT ranked by traffic, rather by my knowledge of the job board industry, their popularity among job seekers and number of jobs in their respective databases. None of these are niche sites. They contain listings from all industries across the USA. 1….
Job boards in the news
Here’s a look at whats happening in the job board world. [youtube]http://youtu.be/mjrCye350HA[/youtube]
4 Most common mistakes starting a job board
Once of my recent clients asked me this question and I wanted to put this down “on paper” while its still fresh. Newbies in this industry often underestimate the time and effort required to make a job board sustainable. Starting a job board is easy but maintaining/growing it is the hard part. So here are…
I wish I owned this job board
There is an awesome niche job board that I would love to own. Its an example of a job board done right from start to finish. http://www.authenticjobs.com/ AJ has been around for a few years (since ’05) and I just love how simple it is, how professional it looks and the results it delivers. As…