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Chris Russell 
How to find a web designer for your job board
One of my clients asked me recently if I had any good recommendations for a web designer to redesign her job board. I do all my own designs so I didnt really have a good answer for her. But if I ever nee…
Wed, 02/24/2010 - 13:44
New job board software released
I was recently alerted to some new job board software. Its called Job Boards HQ and it is a hosted solution that is fairly inexpensive. Pricing ranges from $7 a month to $57 a month for various levels. There is a free trial going on until June according to the site. Read more...
Thu, 02/11/2010 - 11:24
How To Make Money with Job Boards (recap)
Well if you haven't joined my membership site for job board owners, here's what you've been missing. I have tons of content on SEO, Critiques of other boards, Marketing, Job Board software and much more. I publish at least 2 posts per week chock full of ideas and advice I've learned over 10 years working in this business. …
Tue, 02/09/2010 - 10:38
And then there were 2: Monster buys Hotjobs
Well, well well. The big 3 are now the big 2. Monster is buying Hotjobs. For us niche job boaders this is good for us. One less national site to compete with. Overall I think the bigger that Monster becomes the harder it is for them to compete with the small niche sites. But in the short term its a good acquisition for the boys in Maynard to expand their brand. Here's the press release: Monster to Acquire HotJobs Business and Enter into Multi-year TrafficAgreement with Yahoo! N…
Wed, 02/03/2010 - 17:32
Go Niche or Go Home (video)
On last weeks Recruiting Animal show I apparently touched on something which a lot of people liked. That niche is the future of job boards. So here's a quick video on the subject. After you watch it. Consider becoming a member of Job Board Secrets and let me help you make your job board better.
Thu, 01/21/2010 - 08:30
SimplyHired goes social
Got some interesting news in my email box today. SimplyHired is making job search results much more social with highlighted Linkedin contacts and better sharing options. Simply Hired's Who Do I Know® feature is the first integration with LinkedIn in the industry that instantly delivers an in-line view of your professional connections with potential employers. To activate the LinkedIn feature, click the "Who Do I Know" button at the to…
Tue, 01/19/2010 - 10:00
eQuest Internet Job Posting Results for 2009
Here are some interesting findings from equest about the growth of job boards, free ones also. Seems like the trends of the past few years are continuing. CR The Following Is the First in a Series of Reports That Will Be Published by eQuest; Below Is a Brief U.S. Overview of That Report SAN RAMON, CA--(Marketwire - January 12, 2010) - eQuest announced today the findings of its statistical reporting on job advertisements on the Internet for 2009. Monster and CareerBuilder Still Pref…...
Wed, 01/13/2010 - 18:49
Job Board Show today at noon EST
I and a few other job board pros will be guests today on the Recruiting Animal show...talkin' job boards! Call To Talk: 646-652-2754. You can hear the show but can't be heard until the host opens your microphone. A landline and handset work best. You can also listen online by visiting http://www.blogtalkradio.com/animal If you miss it visit www.RecruiterRadio.com…
Wed, 01/13/2010 - 09:34
introducing RECRUITER RADIO
I got tired of the slow servers on blogtalk radio so I created my own version with all your favorite recruiters shows. Its called Recruiter Radio, powered by the Ning platform. Think of it as a "dashboard" for all the popular shows targeted towards recruiters and HR folks. …
Tue, 01/12/2010 - 09:58
Job boards can now add JobRadio to your sites
If you manage or publish websites or blogs and would like to embed the JobRadio.FM player, just contact us. Tell us who you are and what your web address is and we’ll send you the code (flash) to embed the player you see below. It will stream our station on demand and works on any webpage. codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=9,0,28,0" width="210" height="164" title="Job Radio Player"> …
Thu, 12/31/2009 - 14:56
Hound.com = Spammer
Last week one of my sites which accepts free postings started getting irrelevant job postings from another job board. That job board is called Hound.com and this is my public plea to end the spam! I have rejected all their postings so far (40 and counting) and emailed them to stop but the jobs keep coming. So I am now forced to call them out publicly. …
Wed, 12/16/2009 - 11:06
Q&A with JobSearchPage.com
Angelo Zucaro is a former Indeed sales exec who now runs a new aggregator/niche board directory called JobSearchPage.com. I recently had an email exchange with him about his new venture. W…
Tue, 12/15/2009 - 13:35
Job Boarders: time to throw out 2009
Hey there job boarders, here are my thoughts as we head into next year. Learn more about Making Money with Job Boards, my premium podcast & membership site.
Wed, 12/09/2009 - 09:30
more thoughts on job post pricing
Here are some additional thoughts on job board pricing. See more of my free videos at Jobboardsecrets.com
Fri, 12/04/2009 - 10:56
Discussion on job boards (UK)
Bill Boorman a recruiter in the UK has a show on Blogtalk and recently he held a show on jobboards: RIP? You can listen to it here. Its an interesting discussion by the brits.…
Mon, 11/30/2009 - 16:53



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