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Niche Job Boards: Turning Bad Habits into New Year’s Resolutions and Hires

Monday, December 17th, 2007

Many of us make all kinds of professional resolutions on Jan. 1, but by the end of the month, they mainly fall to the wayside. How can we make our resolutions stick?  One way is by creating new (better) habits.  And fortunately, there are some common Niche Job Board advertising, posting and sourcing bad habits […]

Employers Niche Job Board Wish List

Thursday, December 6th, 2007

The Twelve Days of Christmas is a famous Christmas carol known for listing 12 curious gifts. I created the following ‘Online Recruiting’ parody for Employers, Recruiters and Hiring Managers regarding recruiting and hiring gifts that could make the 2008 Hiring Outlook bright:
On the 1st day of Christmas my true love gave to me, a Hire […]

Niche Job Board Outlook 2008: NoStateIncomeTaxJobs.com is Moving on Up

Wednesday, November 28th, 2007

I am on cloud 9 about NoStateIncomeTaxJobs.com of late.  Why all the glee?  Well, we have doubled our daily unique visitors for the last 2 months.  And you may recall this past September, I blogged about my joy over our Alexa ranking moving from 7 million to 960,000 in 21 days.  Now, just over 2 […]

Online Recruiting Trends: Do Not Post Your Job Openings On Niche Job Boards Until You Ask Yourself These 5 Questions

Monday, November 19th, 2007

1.      Do your job opportunities appeal to the target audience of the Niche Job Board?  If your job description was written and used for local newspapers, general job boards or your own job board….dump it.  Now take the time to modify it to make it appeal to the job seekers you want […]

Niche Job Board Trends 2008: What’s The Appeal for Employers-Part 2 of 2

Friday, November 9th, 2007

Employers, recruiters and Human Resources professionals have many options today when it comes to their online recruiting strategies, including their own websites.  They also use one-stop shop general job boards to cast wide nets online.  So why will professionals with staffing needs, big and small, continue to advertise their job openings on Niche Job Boards […]

Niche Job Board Trends 2008: What’s The Appeal for Job Seekers-Part 1 of 2

Friday, November 2nd, 2007

Why do job seekers continue to post their resumes for free on Niche Job Boards when there are huge general job boards out there with all-purpose appeal?  Well, there are 3 things Niche Job Boards do for job seekers that general job boards don’t:
 
1.       Niche Job Boards at least attempt to assist job seekers in their […]

8 Reasons Niche Job Boards Do Not Work And How To Fix It

Thursday, October 4th, 2007

I’m tired of hiding it. I’m going to let you all in on a little company dilemma.  We are facing the weirdest situation as a startup niche job board: we are receiving positive feedback about the idea for NoStateIncomeTaxJobs.com and we are generating steady, increasing traffic.
Yeah!
However, at the same time, I am hearing […]

…A Rose By Any Other Name Would…Still Be A Long Domain Name

Thursday, September 27th, 2007

 NoStateIncomeTaxJobs.com.  I know, I know.  NoStateIncomeTaxJobs.com is a rather long domain name-to read, to say, to key.  There are days my fingers cramp after typing in my own website name. I considered my options.  A majority of the ‘short’ domain names were long gone.  The few available were expensive.  This start-up is privately self- funded.  […]

8 Business Lessons For Success From My 8-Year Old Instructor

Monday, September 24th, 2007

Our 8 year old son loves to bowl.  So my husband and I make every effort to take him to the bowling alley once a week.  If you have read our story, you know I shamelessly bragged about his high score so far: 165 this past summer.  On Saturday morning, I watched him bowl. I […]

Go Ahead…Make a Mountain Out of a Mole Hill Today

Monday, September 17th, 2007

As a start-up, things will obviously take time to ramp up.  So when activity, any activity, occurs, it’s cause for a celebration around here.  Someone is interested in reading my blog this week? Yeah!  A new job seeker registered today? Yes! Our Alexa ranking actually moved from 7 million + to 960,000 in 21 days […]

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