Random stuff in the news. Sales are up on the big boys. My sales are up too about 15% over last year. I’m planning a long overdue job board roundtable discussion for next month, stay tuned A caregiver job board just got a boatload of venture capital, SitterCity received $22 million I mentioned this before…
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Job Board insider (free)
Just some quick news and notes from the job board industry. If you have news or want to suggest a topic for this blog please let me know. Send in your job board questions! I’m starting to take the wraps off my latest project. More details to come but you can see it here. There…
Job board tidbits (free)
Some things that caught my attention that you should know about. Indeed wrote a blog post about their recent attempts to clean up the quality of ‘sources’. Read it here then read their FAQ for job boards. Tweetmyjobs.com was acquired earlier this year. No word on price but you can read about it here. More…
The other aggregators (free)
You all know about Indeed & SimplyHired but there are a growing number of other sources to broadcast your jobs too. Recently I have begun using some of these other job search engines to get traffic. Here’s the skinny; JuJu – the number 3 aggregator also know as (job-search-engine.com). Based in NYC. TopUSAJobs – a…
Apps are the new websites (free)
I think apps are the new websites. As mobile devices become more prevalent it will be important to offer these users of smartphones and tablets a good user experience. The best way to do that is through an app. An app gives your users easy access to your site/content. If you haven’t thought about transitioning…
New job boards (free)
The beginning of the year is usually a busy time for job board launches. Here are some of the most recent ones I’ve seen with a little bit of commentary. JOBCRANK – “JobCrank.com, is a national job board that specializes in helping recruiters, small businesses, and individuals connect with future employees or freelance contractors. JobCrank.com…
Positioning your job board (free)
Every job board should have a reason to post jobs on it. For niche and regional sites that reason is self explanatory. The rise of local and niche job boards over the past 5 years is no accident. They work, and that reason is all about the focus and quality results they deliver. The reason…
Your page loading times count (free)
If you are building your own job board from scratch be sure to keep your pages as light as possible so they load quickly. Faster loading sites will gain more trust from google. Here’s the proof. A new service called yottaa.com lets you test your sites effectiveness in search engine friendly terms. Try it here….
Job board owner interview
Sometimes I check out the Mixergy podcasts out out by Andrew Warner. Its a podcast series about entrepreneurs/startups. Recently he had on the founder of Wall Street Oasis, an online community for wall street types. In the interview he reveals that they only get about 10% of their revenue from job postings. Just 10%! The…
Make your own job aggregator
Want to setup your own aggregator? Here’s a script called JobGeni that lets you tap into Indeed, SimplyHired and also lets you add other RSS job feeds. Its a self-installed job software. There are no job postings so you could only make money with Adsense. Cost is $199. JobGeni is a PHP Job Search Engine…