A reader asks; What do you think of ATS combined with a job board as a way to differentiate? Do you have any reading on ATS market? Its an interesting question to ponder. As the job board market matures, job boards are looking for ways to stand out and employers are looking for more features…
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5 Basic job board questions answered (member only)
I tend to get a lot of the same questions asked by my consulting clients. So I have the answers “down pat” as they say. Here’s a quick burst of some of the most common job board Q&A. The questions below come from a recent client. 1. Which job board software is best for a…
I like how this job board customized their header (member only)
This new sports betting job board just launched on the Jobboard.io platform and I like how they designed the header to integrate the ads. Just make your logo the same height as the ad block and use CSS or a <table> to align them in your header. This site should also make the ad in…
How to monetize job related domains from scratch (member only)
Do you have a job related domain thats just sitting there doing nothing? Well, you have the chance to monetize it with a job board if you do it correctly. Many times I get consulting clients looking to do make some money off their job related domains. Here are my general guidelines for doing this…
Get more free traffic with these tactics (member only)
Here are 5 things you can do to immediately get more traffic. 1. Step up your social media. Hire intern for $10/hr, and instruct them to post throughout the day on facebook, twitter and google plus. Share articles related to your niche and general job search advice articles. Scour youtube for funny videos about work/office/jobs…
Is your job board adding connections? (member only)
I was posting a job on Insternships.com the other day and noticed a feature that is becoming more prevalent on job boards—-the ability to to see who you are connected to. This is a feature that is growing in popularity so if you run a job board software company you’ll be better off by getting…
An easy way to improve the effectiveness and share-ability of your job postings (member only)
The web is becoming a more visual place. Just look at whats happening on social media. Linkedin, twitter, instagram and facebook are all about VISUALS. The reason is simple. Pictures make people happy. Pictures are more engaging than a plain old text tweet or a Facebook status update. Linkedin is really going visual, have you…
3 next generation job boards (member only)
If you want to know where the job board market is headed look no further than these 3 sites. To me they are where things are going. Meaning a more VISUAL job experience including behind the scenes looks at companies. These 3 sites are leading with pictures not job listings. The job listings are just…
Improving your apply ratio for employers (member only)
Is your job board apply ratio going down threatening to devalue your site in the eyes of employers using you? Consider this question I got from a reader. I have long used our website as a blog to highlight jobs. We push content of many different kinds. Have found that increasingly candidates are not crazy…
Thoughts on aggregating jobs (member only)
Lately a lot of talk in the job board industry has been around aggregation. Linkedin will be going it. So will Monster. Aggregating jobs is becoming commonplace. So what is a niche job board supposed to do? I think job boards need to start adding their own aggregation. Its a feature employers are beginning to…