Here are some job boards in the news along with some commentary by yours truly… * FlexJobs buys T-Jobs (read article): I have admired FlexJobs for a long time, its a great niche and the founder Sarah Fell has done a great job marketing in this sought after niche. Flexjobs is one of the few…
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One job board acquired, another one expands (free)
Well, finally some good news on the job board front. 6FigureJobs, the first ever $100k job board has been acquired by California based Callidus Software for an unknown sum. According to my sources, 6FigureJobs was in decline but still has a huge database of candidates that seems to be very valuable to Callidus. Read the…
More ways to go mobile and new job sites (free)
Want to make your site mobile? check out JQUERY, it lets you create a mobile site with an online wizard. You can see an example on my wind power job board located at m.jobsinwindpower.com NEW JOB BOARDS Remarkablehire.com is some kind of sourcing/matching tool to recruit IT and Engineers. They got an article in the…
Job board news and notes (free)
Some things that caught my eye last week that job board owners should pay attention to. * Google is going to start penalizing sites that are “over-optimized“. http://searchengineland.com/too-much-seo-google%E2%80%99s-working-on-an-%E2%80%9Cover-optimization%E2%80%9D-penalty-for-that-115627 * Want to get into the job board software business? Xpanded Media is selling their classified software business. https://flippa.com/134350-classifieds-software-company-for-sale-established-profitable-business * Health care job board for sale. http://flippa.com/auctions/2707765/site…
Job board news & notes for January (free)
Hello job boarders, here’s some tidbits from the online recruiting world that caught my eye. 1. Jobing bought another company. They acquired phoenix based Blogic which helps companies transform sites with wordpress functionality. Could Jobing be creating some kind of job board wordpress platform? hmmm. The founder of Blogic started a job board called OrangeSlyce…
Job board news & notes (free)
* SimplyHired adds BusinessInsider to their list of Jobamatic partners. They now power more than 25,000 niche job boards. * MarketingRockstar.net, a job board for event marketing professionals was recently sold at auction for $5,500. The site claimed revenue of around $300 per month. * Mobile recruiting is on the rise. Is your job board…
Job Boards in the news
Here’s some news about job boards that crossed my desk recently. OneWire is a financial version of LinkedIn for Wall Street Manhattan-based OneWire, an online financial services venture, allows both recruiters to post highly detailed job listings and job seekers to apply for positions. Founders Brin McCagg and Skiddy von Stade have raised $30 million…
Job board insider (free)
Some recent job boards in the news… * I discovered a new word press plug to create job board functionality. http://vandelaydesign.com/blog/wordpress/job-board-with-gravity-forms/ * ResumeBear has created a new simplified apply process using their resume profile service. http://resumebear.com/jobs/search The simple and easy applying process is what separates ResumeBear from other Job Boards. Pick the Job Post, choose…
Job board news (free)
BIG NEWS! Monster.com Blocks Indeed.com and SimplyHired.com from their Jobs http://www.glennlist.com/?p=1208 ACQUISITIONS Incisive Media, a leading B2B information provider serving the financial and professional services markets globally, has acquired Web Recruitment Services Ltd, the owners of two successful job boards JobsinRisk.com and JobsinCredit.com. JobsInRisk.com will join the existing collection of Risk products at Incisive Media…
New job boards online (free)
Here are some new job boards that came online recently. ThePortlander – a news site launches job listings. It offers an interesting pricing structure along with a simple clean look and feel: “Regular listings are active for 14 days and cost just $9.99. Featured listings are visually called out on the site and are active…