How to NOT make money with a job board
It's been a while since I took a look at how you can screw up your job board, so I thought it was time to revisit the subject of how to not make money with a job board. After all,…
Why don’t employment sites have these features? Curious minds want to know
As noted in previous posts, I've been thinking lately about what makes employment sites good - or not. Below are a few questions to that effect - and yes, some employment sites have these features, but most do not. Maybe…
The perfect job board: some random thoughts
What is the perfect job board? Talk to job seekers about looking for jobs, and you get an earful. Talk to employers about finding candidates, and you get another earful. Both sides are looking for each other, and both sides…
A thousand flowers bloom: new job sites, everywhere you look
It's hard to believe that we are in the dog days of summer, at least judging from the number of new job sites I'm seeing. Granted, some of these have been around in alpha or beta for a while, some…
Your job board is not only a web site – get used to it
Back in the olden days, a person built a web site, did various things to attract visitors (ads, blimps, billboards, TV - you name it), and then monetized those visitors. The web was all about driving traffic to a web…
Do I have to write about the Facebook job board? Well, yes, I do
Given the name of my business, I guess it is my destiny to write about the news reports that there may soon be a Facebook job board. Why is Facebook considering a Facebook job board? Let's lay out the pluses:…
You have dozens of job board questions – I have (a few) answers
Sometimes, job board questions pop up - particularly if you're doing a webinar! A few weeks back I was lucky enough to host a webinar (sponsored by RealMatch). I talked about the various and sundry challenges facing job boards in…
Spidering jobs – a necessity, luxury, or neither?
Getting jobs from an employer and onto a job board has been a challenge from the earliest days of the industry. Initially, the only way to do so was manually - the employer filled out a web form and submitted…
More mobile apps for job search: Android apps for job boards
A few months back I examined 7 Android apps for job boards - in fact, I even liked a few! As mobile apps continue to spread throughout the job search universe, I thought it would be useful to take a…
Predictive assessments and data analytics- the next frontier in the job board revolution
(Note: today's guest post is by Dr. Charles Handler, of RocketHire; his firm focuses on employee testing and predictive assessments.) Job boards have served a very important function over the past fifteen years. Try to remember what your job searches…