This week Jobcircle was acquired by Beyond.com. http://www.ere.net/2012/12/10/beyond-com-buys-jobcircle-will-grow-job-fair-business/ Jobcircle.com is a well established board that serves the mid-atlantic region around Philadelphia-Baltimore. In addition to their job postings they have some innovative services such as Rezrocket and Voiceblast (read about those here). I dont know how much they bought it for but I’d guess between 2x-3x…
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What a facebook job board should be (member only)
So as you know from my post on Monday the facebook job board was a flop. So I thought I’d write about what I would do if I were them. But this post is just for you premium readers, Facebook will have to pay me to get my advice!
A job board takeover (member only)
Last month I bought back JobsinSocialMedia.com. Its a community of over 2,000 social media professionals with a job board on the back end. I built it in 2009 with the help of an intern and we sold it for $2k about 6 months after we launched it. I bought it back for over $10k. I…
5 Things you should be adding to your job board (member only)
I think a lot about the future of job boards. As the online recruiting landscape shifts to new tools and technology, these new tools (social, video, etc) are eating away at the job board marketshare. Now employers have more tools than ever to find talent. So its more important for your site to evolve into…
From job board to email blast (premium)
I did a conference call with the owner of a new site called Jobcity.com. He wanted to know if his site was good enough to be successful. Part of my job as a consultant is to give my clients honest advice about what they are proposing. So sometime I counsel them not to go forward….
Questions to ask yourself BEFORE you start a job board (premium members)
Ok so you want to launch a job board. Copngrats. But before you undertake this project better ask yourself a few questions. What are your short & long term goals for the site? You need to set your expectations. In the short term it probably wont make any money but it will suck up a…
How to monetize a job seeker (premium)
I have said many times before that job seekers don’t pay for shit. They’re cheap and dont have a lot of extra income. However I believe mobile offers a new opportunity to change that truth. Particularly the iOS platform from Apple. Apple users are much more likely to buy an app as opposed to Android…
Listen to one of my consulting calls (premium subscribers only)
From time to time I like to record my consulting calls with other job board owners. So here is a 35 minute piece of audio with Dan Besana who runs aidboard.com and 2 country sites puesto.com.mx and puesto.com.co Download MP3 aibboard.com audio
Multiple Revenue Streams
Every new Job board needs multiple revenue streams. You can no longer rely on just job postings to earn income. You need to think of additional ways to add to the bottom line. For example I still own twenty different niche job sites such as Parttimehires.com and Weekendjobhunt.com. These are Jobamatic sites which mean they…
Making money from job seekers: can it be done? (premium)
I see a lot of attempts in the past few years from people trying to make money off job seekers by creating career advice and other products. Sites like Career Brander, Career Successions, Career Shift have popped up offering comprehensive job search/advice services. So there are a lot of these kind of sites that have been launched over the…