WordPress plugim company Appthemes has published a new job board software plugin called JobRoller. It is available for $69 – $199 depending on the version you get. It has a pretty solid interface which these plugins all seem to do well at. But there is no support for backfill and the only payment option appears…
Category: Free Content
Creating a hub for your multiple job boards (free)
If you have more than 1 job board you should have a hub site that helps promote them. Since I run more than 30 niche & local job boards, my hub is AllCountyJobs.com. I have spent this week redesigning and tweaking its pages to be more search engine friendly and to showcase the sites for…
Job board hours (free)
Running a job board? Expect to keep fairly standard business hours. Generally you’ll do most of your business between the hours of 9am and 6pm. That is when most recruiters, HR people and business owners post their jobs. The weekends will bring a job or two but don’t expect much activity. Tuesdays are probably the…
Dont get into these industries (free)
HuffPost has a slideshow about 10 job markets that will never come back. So these are not job boards niches you should be getting into. The industries are: Construction, Automotive Manufacturing, Realtors, Pharmaceuticals, Newspapers, Airlines, Big Telecom, State/local Govt jobs, Mechanics/Repair, Bank Tellers.
New job board software: jobboardspro
Another self-installed software for job boards is out. This one is called Job Boards Pro. Price is $195. According to the site: “A solution designed for your needs built with our wide variety of objects and layouts. Web based application written in PHP and using the MySQL database” You can test it; Front Page Administrator…
Q&A with Madgex (free)
I asked Alastair Digby from Uk based Madgex to tell us more about their job board software. 1. What is the history of Madgex? Madgex has been supplying job boards and resume database solutions to the UK market for the past 10 years. In that time Madgex has established themself as the UK’s leading job…
Preventing competition (free)
JOB BOARD TIP: When starting a new job board one of my favorite things to do is buy up as many similar domain name combinations as the domain I am launching with. Doing so allows you to slow down or prevent others from entering your space. Even if the domain is owned by someone else,…
This Week in Startups
Last friday I had the privilege of being on my favorite podcast, This Week In Startups with Jason Calacanis. If you don’t know this show, you should. Its a great resource for startups and entrepreneurs. I have learned many tips and tricks by subscribing. You can get it on audio or in video format. This…
Best day for job board sales? (free)
Chris talks about the best days of the week for job board sales.
JuJu now offering publisher option
The 3rd largest job search engine, Juju.com has a new publisher program similar to what SimplyHired and Indeed have available. You can backfill your site and earn money on the clicks you generate. For job board owners this is good news. More competition means more options and potential for making more money. If you are…