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May, 2010Boulder Internet companies and tech startup resources
Boulder has been getting some good press recently which encouraged me to create this list of Boulder Internet companies and entrepreneurial resources. Feel free to e-mail suggestions to eric at justjobs dot com. Boulder startup resources BoulderJobs.org and MileHighTechJobs.com NewTech – meetup & networking group StartupGuru – incubator TechStars – mentorship and seed stage fund [...]
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Nov, 2009Job boards with dictionary domain names
If you could afford a domain name for your job board that contained a single dictionary word, your category keyword or some related keyword, would you do it? These folks did: care.com caterer.com climber.com experience.com idealist.org Judging by compete.com traffic graphs, it’s a relatively high flying group… Know of any others?
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May, 2009Top 100 job site niches – 2009
Looking for the 2011 guide to the top 100 US job board niches? This is the 2009 guide. For each top employment category it lists the top 3 or 4 niche job sites. But first, begin with The complete job search guide – how to land a job at a great company and make sure you [...]
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Aug, 2008Top 5 launch tips for starting a job board on the right foot
1. Offer unique value Choose a niche that is poorly served that you can dominate very quickly. Bells and whistles do not qualify on their own unless you are planning to spend tens of millions of dollars at a very minimum. 2. The right domain Does it contain your keywords? Is it short, easy to [...]
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Aug, 2008Choosing the best job board name
Some say the domain name isn’t important… just look at Google with its gibberish name! In my experience, the name is important. So, if you are starting a job board, I think this list of job board domain types will be useful for you. These are all the prefixes, postfixes and conjunctions I came across [...]
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Jul, 2008Social networking job boards — fools gold or earthquake for recruiting world?
Years ago, I got very excited about networking and we filed for a patent that described a ‘brilliant’ way of integrating social networking into a job board. But when we started implementing the idea it went nowhere and I became disillusioned. Recently new software platforms have proven that the networking idea was not at fault, [...]
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Jul, 2008Job boards owned by public companies
There was a time, believe it or not, when we thought LatPro might raise $10 million in venture capital and head for an IPO shortly thereafter, lol. Today, I don’t envy the public companies and am glad we didn’t raise the money. Here is a list of those less fortunate job board companies who call [...]
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Jul, 2008Job board software providers list
Job board experts agree that running a job board is getting more difficult as time goes by — but launching a board is easier than ever. In a couple of hours, without even pulling out your credit card you can create a reasonably functional and good-looking website with today’s social networking tools or blog software. [...]
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Jun, 2008Top 100 job board niches
Here is the 2011 guide to the top 100 US job board niches. Keep reading if you are looking for the ’08 guide — for each employment niche it lists the top 3 or 4 niche job boards. But first, start here with The complete job search guide – how to land a job at a [...]
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Jun, 2008Job board?
A reasonably sophisticated friend (working on his Ph.D.) admitted to me recently that he has never heard of Monster or CareerBuilder.com and that got me thinking about the word ‘job board’ — how many people actually know it? I’ve been working in the job board industry for 11 years and come to realize ‘job board’ [...]
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Jun, 2008Let's start a job board — what could go wrong?
I love the job board business but could never have imagined the roller coaster ride that it is… sometimes talking to other job board people is just good therapy, because many of these things or some variation on them will happen to everyone sooner or later. This morning, I started this list in frustration after [...]
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May, 2008How to fail in business on the internet
Inspired by Sahar’s how to ruin your health, here’s my advice for how to fail in business on the Internet: 10. Write long e-mails, click more, faster. Most people read carefully and repetitive strain injuries do not happen to entrepreneurs. 9. Think about nothing but your business as long as you are awake. Do that [...]
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May, 2008Free job boards
The free classifieds and free job boards have fascinated me for years, perhaps because back when I was starting LatPro, the hottest thing around was headhunter.net. It was growing like wildfire and was perfectly free. Times have changed a lot since then and there is a whole new crop of free job boards — here’s [...]
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May, 2008Job board widgets
A job widget is a tool used by a job board to display its jobs or search box on other web sites. It’s basically a banner, button or skyscraper with customized content which is of course job ads. But if a picture is worth a thousand words, look to the right for the LatPro widget [...]
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Apr, 2008Job boards with vc funding
You can still start up a job board in the spare bedroom and work like the devil. But, venture capital firms have been backing job boards for years and with the right pedigree or a prior success in an employment related business, VC money might be waiting for you. Venture-backed job boards may also benefit [...]
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Apr, 2008Big shots start their own job boards
As the job board industry blossoms and matures from a few big generalist boards to a niche job board for almost every demographic and industry, it’s only natural that employees of the large boards are spreading their wings and running their own boards: Jobvite.com appointed Dan Finnigan, former head of HotJobs, as CEO in July [...]
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Apr, 2008Recent job board launches
The past few years have been big ones for the Job Board industry. They saw the launch of scads of new job boards in large and niche markets. This year seems to be following suit. Here are some of the most recent new job boards hitting the market. January 2010 AllCNCJobs.com for CNC Manufacturing from [...]
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Feb, 2008Job board acquisitions – the list
It feels like job board acquisitions in the US are accelerating. The two primary buyers seem to be Jobing.com and onTargetJobs.com (see interview with oTJ founder and chairman) but other contenders may include Dice, JobServe and Jupiter Media. More recently, Internet Brands has entered the ring. Kennedy Information has also recently compiled a report entitled [...]
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Mar, 2007Inspirational movies for business leaders
I especially enjoy sports and coaching movies because they often provide a great metaphor for business life whether you are in the job board business or any other. First the motivational movies and then pick-me-up list for those days when your business gives you the blues! Motivational Coach Carter Samuel L. Jackson plays the titular, [...]
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Oct, 2006Top job search engines
Vertical job search engines have hit the job board world like a tornado – there has been heated discussion about the future of job search engines (also known variously as job aggregators and job metasearch sites) but this is the only list that I am aware of. First, the top 10 (North American) and traffic [...]
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Sep, 2006My favorites tools and media
basecamp is a phenomenal project management and collaboration tool. clicktale.com is an alternative to focus groups drupal.org is a great publishing system and powers this website. google reader is great for reading rss feeds. editpadlite makes an editor far better than the windows version. npr.org is radio that speaks for itself, no? ooVoo.com does videoconferencing [...]
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