Trying to figure out what to charge for job postings can be a trick business. Here’s some advice for how to price your job board offerings. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3myU7bk9b6c[/youtube]
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Job board software (episode 7)
Here’s a quick look (7 min) at the types of job board software and the major vendors. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lITQAQ9cWDU[/youtube] Sites mentioned in this screencast: Jobamatic Beyond Jobthread Jobcoin Jobtarget Adicio Boxwood Joobsbox Jamit OSIRecruiter Jobbex webJobs
SEO Link Building tip #1 (episode 4)
Getting relevant inbound links from other sites is critical to your job boards search engine optimization (SEO). One of the tricks I’ve used with success is commenting on relevant blog posts. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QHsvoHVivFI[/youtube] Caution: don’t go overboard with this technique or you’ll run risk of it being seen as spam. Be sure to add a good…
How I got started in job boards (episode 3)
Here’s an 8 minute video of my history with jobs boards and how I started AllCountyJobs.com. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UKxoo-Emj7I[/youtube]
Job boards rank 4th in survey for getting hires
Think job boards are dying? Think again. Challenger, Gray & Christmas, the outplacement firm, just released results from a new survey of HR executives, asking them to rate the effectiveness of various job search methods on a scale of 1 (least effective) to 5 (most effective). The results show that networking both offline and online…
Dice staying relevant
Recently IT niche job board Dice.com announced the launch of Dice Learning a search engine for techies to find and complete technical training. I think its a good example of the evolution we’ll be seeing from job sites in the coming years. They need to stay relevant and additional service like Dice’s offering will be…
How to promote the value proposition of niche job boards
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. When starting my AllCountyJobs.com network I used the following quotes in my marketing materials. Forrester Research: “Local Sites Matter. Geography is more important to job seekers…
The future of job boards
Gerry Crispin is an amiable guy. He is one of the gurus of online recruiting and nary a conference goes by that he is not attending or speaking at. I first came to know him from the CareerXroadsconsulting firm that he and his partner run. They used to publish a book of job board listings but…