Only a few job board software platforms allow you to charge seekers for access to jobs. Job Boardly is now one of them thanks to the new feature recently launched. Co-founder Kyle Davidson sent me a demo recording which you can watch below. Accord to Davidson: “We found that on average paywall job boards make more…
Job board software does a good job today letting you showcase jobs on your homepage but what about profiles and resumes? Niche boards are great at curating a talent pool of same skill candidates but today’s current crop of software mostly hides resumes and profiles. This is an old way of thinking about job seeker…
A question I often get is if you should build your own job board instead using off the shelf software. My answer is generally no, you shouldn’t build. Unless… If you have a very specific type of job board in mind with features you don’t typically find on existing software you will need to build…
Last week I learned that HiringOpps, a job board software platform is closing up operations in the U.S. Their homepage now just features a login screen, seemingly to allow any existing clients to access their data. So what does this mean for the future of job board software? Job board software has come and gone…
In case you haven’t noticed the world of online recruiting is a vastly different one from whence job boards first emerged. The sheer amount of ways to recruit online, from sourcing tools to aggregators, has created a vast ocean of choices for employers to find talent. This means that if your recruiting tool, whatever purpose it serves,…
Platform provider SmartJobBoard has made some enhancements to their employer dashboard and admin section. Here’s a quick screencast of the new changes.
RussMedia Solutions is an international company that offers job software services for online businesses. From what I can tell they seem to offer a good value and they tell me they are flexible when it comes to customizing packages and platforms to their clients’ needs. They are not a big player yet, but may be worth…
Recently at TA Tech Europe in Dublin I met Martin Lenz from Jobiqo, a software vendor based in Austria. I asked him to give me a update on their platform which competes with higher end players such as Madgex, Webscribble, CareerLeaf and others. They have been around since 2011. Most of their sites are spread around…
At TA Tech Europe last week I got to meet Peter White (Jobboard.io) and we had a quick chat about how he got the job, their latest feature release and more. Enjoy the audio. Here’s my video picture montage from the event.
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…