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Boulder Internet companies and tech startup resources

May 19, 2010

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 [...]

Job boards with dictionary domain names

November 16, 2009

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?

Top 100 job site niches – 2009

May 26, 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. This report excludes: job sites that lack top Google rankings sites with high Google rankings but low credibility, authenticity or integrity. sites [...]

Top 5 launch tips for starting a job board on the right foot

August 13, 2008

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 [...]

Choosing the best job board name

August 2, 2008

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 [...]

Social networking job boards — fools gold or earthquake for recruiting world?

July 28, 2008

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, [...]

Job boards owned by public companies

July 24, 2008

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 [...]

Job board software providers list

July 12, 2008

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. [...]

Top 100 job board niches

June 18, 2008

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. This report excludes: job boards that lack top Google rankings boards with with high Google rankings but [...]

Job board?

June 17, 2008

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’ [...]

Let's start a job board — what could go wrong?

June 5, 2008

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 [...]

How to fail in business on the internet

May 30, 2008

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 [...]

Free job boards

May 19, 2008

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 [...]

Job board widgets

May 13, 2008

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 [...]

Job boards with vc funding

April 23, 2008

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 [...]

Big shots start their own job boards

April 22, 2008

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 [...]

Recent job board launches

April 21, 2008

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 [...]

Job board acquisitions – the list

February 27, 2008

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 [...]

Inspirational movies for business leaders

March 25, 2007

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, [...]

Top job search engines

October 5, 2006

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 [...]

My favorites tools and media

September 12, 2006

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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