Recently I write about the value of showcasing resumes on your job board homepage. A reader emailed me about it; I’m currently including resume access in my paid packages, never really considered that it could be beneficial to showcase resumes to all visitors to my site. Would you offer this feature regardless of whether employers…
If your job board has a resume database, it’s a good idea to remind those candidates that they should update it from time to time. I recently saw this email reminder sent out to Jobs in The US users and its a great example of how to remind your seekers. It gives them a reason…
Job boards are considered “old school” recruiting by many people. And that description is fairly accurate for most sites out there that haven’t changed over the years. I’ve seen 10 year job boards that looked exactly like they did 10 years ago. There is a certain perception there that will be hard to shake. If…
If I were adding a resume database to my site today, I’d follow the Indeed model. Let job seekers upload their resume. Make it a “public” profile so search engines can crawl them, and charge for access to the candidates contact details. Indeed charges 1 dollar to message anyone on their system. Today its about…