This is a general call to action post for all job board software vendors. As the job board space gets more crowded it’s important for them to keep iterating on their platforms and keep adding features to streamline the user experience while helping boards attract more traffic. So here are some things I would like…
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Job board software platforms and vendor updates.
SmartJobBoard Gets More Customizable
Smart Job Board has long had a page builder for their homepage layout, where you can easily manage content. Now it is available for Pricing and custom pages in their latest update. Here’s what the email notification says; This new addition will not only ease up DIY designing but will also allow you to: -Create different landing pages, for example…
Job Board Software Pricing Update (hosted versions)
A reader alerted me that Smart Job Board upped their prices a bit so I thought I would do a quick recap of the top “off the shelf” software products. These products are all hosted in the cloud and are self-configurable. I recommend them for beginners who want to get started quickly. These are the…
ZipRecruiter Acquires Popular Job Board Software Vendor
Jobboard.io, the popular job board software platform started by Christian Malpeli more than 5 years ago has been acquired by ZipRecruiter. The news came via email to JobBoard.io clients yesterday. Terms of the deal are not disclosed. I was able to reach both ZipRecruiter and Christian Malpeli, for comment on the news. What are the…
What Job Board Software Vendors Need to Do Next
In case you hadn’t noticed there are big changes happening in the job board world. Now that Facebook and Google are in the game, the market is even more crowded and they are putting pressure on boards of all sizes and shapes. Things are changing at a rapid pace. This new trend will certainly begin to…
JobMount Now Offers Career Sites as a Product
Sites powered by JobMount can now offer branded career sites as part of their offering. This news comes on the heels of Indeed’s recent career site announcement. According to Valerii Verbovetskyi, from Aspen Tech Labs which owns JobMount, “Corporate career site pages are a preferred choice for candidate job searches & applications. Job boards can…
Interview with Smart Job Board Founder
At this weekend’s TA Tech event in Chicago I go the chance to meet Rodion Telpizov the founder of Smart Job Board, one of my recommended vendors and a sponsor of this blog. He flew 20 hours from his native country and gave me the scoop on some upcoming features. Be sure to listen to…
Thoughts on Replatforming Your Job Board
I have helped a lot of job boards over the years to move to a new software platform. “Replatforming” as its called, involves a good deal of planning and data extraction so it’s not to be taken lightly. You need to do it carefully otherwise you risk losing a great deal of traffic and sales….
Tracking Applies
As a job board owner your number one goal should be driving enough quality applications to your customers jobs. If you fail in this task your employers won’t come back. Therefore you need to be able to track the number of applies overall and for each job. A lot of the job board software in…
Smart Job Board introduces Recurring Billing
Smart Job Board is the first platform provider, to my knowledge, that now offers recurring billing options for employers. They made the announcement on their blog last week. Recurring revenue is great for job boards (or any internet business). Helps to maintain steady income so think about ways to integrate it into your product mix….