One of the points we always push when it comes to sourcing is to use multiple channels that still includes online job boards. In fact we use them during our sourcing efforts, however if you talk to other recruiters you will probably hear that running ads on the boards will only get you active job seekers (the unemployed). We find that at least half of the salespeople that respond to our ads are currently working or what other recruiters call passive job seekers. So the one thing we are always looking for are niche job boards to try out. What we are finding is that the niche job boards deliver on their… Read More
Continue Reading50,000 Job Boards
Honestly, that is the number of online job boards according to Peter Weddle in this Wall Street Journal article. I had no idea. Some perspective from the article: About 2,000 new job boards have launched annually since 2000, and there are currently about 50,000, says Peter Weddle, chief executive officer of Weddle’s, a publisher of guides to job boards. Of these, about 30% are general job sites while 70% specialize in a particular niche, he adds. And the two big boards: Still, the nation’s largest job boards saw fluctuations in traffic over the past year. For example, Monster.com had 11,317,000 unique visitors last month, about 9% less than for the… Read More
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