{"id":1666,"date":"2008-07-17T09:59:55","date_gmt":"2008-07-17T14:59:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/2008\/07\/the-migration-to-niche-job-boards\/"},"modified":"2008-07-17T09:58:07","modified_gmt":"2008-07-17T14:58:07","slug":"the-migration-to-niche-job-boards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/2008\/07\/the-migration-to-niche-job-boards\/","title":{"rendered":"The Migration To Niche Job Boards"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>One of the points we always push when it comes to sourcing is to use multiple channels that still includes online job boards.\u00a0\u00a0In 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).\u00a0 We find\u00a0that at least half of the salespeople that respond to our ads are currently working or what other recruiters call <em>passive job seekers<\/em>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>So the one thing we are always looking for are niche job boards to try out.\u00a0 What we are finding is that the niche job boards deliver on their marketing promise\u00a0to provide better qualified candidates than the big boards.\u00a0 Even the big boards are trying to segment their space and create a\u00a0quasi-niche approach.\u00a0 <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.foxbusiness.com\/story\/markets\/industries\/media\/careerbuildercom-launches-workinretailcom-connect-retail-employers-job-seekers\/\">Fox Business<\/a> had an article on CareerBuilder.com&#8217;s attempt to develop a new niche site in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.workinretail.com\/\">WorkInRetail.com<\/a>.\u00a0 Here is what the Managing Director had to say (emphasis is mine):<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;WorkInRetail.com will help retailers compete more effectively with other industries for qualified talent and make the talent acquisition process much more efficient for retailers,&#8221; said Ben Jablow, Managing Director of WorkInRetail.com. &#8220;<strong>Many job seekers are only aware of a few of the available retail positions<\/strong>, but in reality there are so many different types of retail jobs from finance to human resources to web development to market research to loss prevention. WorkInRetail.com will help elevate the profile of retail employment by educating job seekers about the long-term, diverse career opportunities that exist in retail.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The big job boards are\u00a0difficult to maneuver to find the jobs that\u00a0are of greatest interest.\u00a0\u00a0The aforementioned job board is\u00a0a site that we will probably never use, but hopefully this will eliminate the clutter you encounter when you look for sales positions on CareerBuilder.\u00a0 If you have ever\u00a0searched for a sales position on the big boards, you\u00a0know how cluttered the results are with retail positions instead of B2B inside and outside sales positions.\u00a0 I think the niche approach is\u00a0a smart, needed move by CareerBuilder.com.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One of the points we always push when it comes to sourcing is to use multiple channels that still includes online job boards.\u00a0\u00a0In 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).\u00a0 We find\u00a0that at least half of the salespeople that respond to our ads are currently working or what other recruiters call passive job seekers.\u00a0 So the one thing we are always looking for are niche job boards to try out.\u00a0 What we are finding is that the niche job boards deliver on their&hellip; <a class=\"read-more\" href=\"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/2008\/07\/the-migration-to-niche-job-boards\/\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"bgseo_title":"","bgseo_description":"","bgseo_robots_index":"","bgseo_robots_follow":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[26,2,15],"tags":[337,874,875,336,873],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5Oho-qS","jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1666"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1666"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1666\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1666"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1666"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1666"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}<!-- WP Super Cache is installed but broken. 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