Job Boarders Roundtable #1 (podcast)

This is the first of what I hope will be a quarterly series of podcasts on the issues facing the job board industry. Enjoy.

Participants: Yaz Dalal (vault), Eric Shannon (latpro), Chris Campbell (indeed), Ethan Bloomfield (jobtarget), and me (allcountyjobs).

Timeline

3:50: the economy, eric shannon starts us off

6:24: "2002 - 2007 may be the golden age for job boards"

7:18: chris campbell on the economy

9:55: ethan bloomfield on the economy

11:45: ethan "only the strong will survive"

12:30: yaz on the economy

14:00: yaz: we have a lot of maturing to do

16:30: is content worth it?

17:30: pricing pressure trends

21:20: will the big 3 lose mkt share in '09?

23:56: yaz on monster's future

25:09: chris russell's biggest gripe about monster

25:50: yaz: the job seeker experience has not changed

26:20 c campbell on why indeed's algorithm helps the user experience

29:00: monsters home page not relevant

32:06: c russell: monster's #1 customer is the shareholder

32:44: yaz: monster is still a 1.4 billion dollar company

32:38: cost saving strategies

34:52: cutting back on conferences?

36:08: what is your board doing with social media?

37:40: eric thinks twitter is a time waster

40:50: russell on facebook advertising

41:00: final thoughts from campbell

45:20: 'job board' is a relative term these days

47:44: role of social media in recruiting in future

49:20: final thoughts

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Comment by moses on October 24, 2009 at 10:22pm: chris this is moses newsome here with www.vlitzo.com and i just wanted to let you know im new to the jobboard industry my site just launch three weeks ago and i wanted to thankyou for this podcast it was very informative. I am hiring a sales staff to take care of calling hr directors and making sales, i hired a seo company to do online and offline promotion and i am doing a email blast campaign and last but least i am using social networking sites like facbook, twitter and ofcourse your site jobboarders. Do you have any other suggestions for a newbie like me?

Comment by Art Koff on January 18, 2009 at 11:48am: Kelly,
I couldn't agree with you more. I also think there will be more international communication across sites as these different models move forward. To that end I am already in conversation with major employment entities in AU regarding expanding RetiredBrains down under. If you are interested in being part of these conversations please contact me directly via artkoff@rcn.com

Comment by Kelly Magowan on January 17, 2009 at 11:27pm: I am one of the founders of Six Figures, www.sixfigures.com.au and Executive Job Site in Australia and have just listened to your podcast. Thank you. It was great to hear the stories and perspectives from those running different job site models in the US that have been established players for some years and are doing exciting things.

I think that we will continue to see job boards in all sorts of forms evolve. Art has said generalist sites in the near future will not charge for job ads, they will however charge for the resume mining and will find other services and ways to charge the advertisers for branding, landing pages and so on.
I believe as we enter the age of personalization and customization we will need to continue to offer job seekers and advertiser’s different models and that generalist sites, niche site, social media and so on will all play a valuable role.

Kelly Magowan
CEO
www.sixfigures.com.au

Comment by Jason C. Blais on January 16, 2009 at 5:54pm: good stuff! Thanks Jobboarders for facilitating this! It's interesting to hear everyone's views on the contracting job board market. I've blogged on this previously, the link is below. However, to offer a contrary view, I did speak with Peter Weddle about two weeks ago, and he's still projecting growth in the number of job boards. it will be interesting to see how this works out. While I'm a bit biased, it looks more and more like regionally focused job boards have the greatest chance for sustaining their growth...

http://recruitingfrontlines.blogspot.com/2008/11/2008-job-boards-vs-2007-realtor.html

Comment by Nick Way on January 6, 2009 at 4:55pm: Very interesting pod cast, thanks guys.

Really appreciate you all taking the time out to share your views.

Looking forward to seeing what monster come up with on Saturday! :)

Best regards

Comment by Art Koff on January 5, 2009 at 3:40pm: Teena,

I assume you are aware that you can set an "alert" so that any job
which comes into our system that is a match for your clients credentials
and geographic preference will be sent to them by email.

Most of the jobs are for older boomers and seniors but
there are also a number of positions for mid level professionals,
executives and managers.

There is no charge to post a resume which can be searched
by employers via our database and no charge to search for
a job or set an alert.

Art Koff
Founder/CEO
RetiredBrains.com

Comment by Teena Rose on January 5, 2009 at 3:11pm: Bravo! Thanks for the podcast Chris. It was very informative and insightful ... and I'm looking forward to future casts. My primary business involves working with jobseekers, therefore, I find keeping a watchful eye on the much expected changes being made to job boards is very helpful to me providing value to clients.

Thanks again, Chris.

Regards,
Teena Rose
http://www.teenarose.com

Comment by Art Koff on January 5, 2009 at 10:46am: It is my belief that in the relatively near future the big boards will no longer charge for postings. They will earn their revenue through their data base. When this happens it will change how the smaller boards operate and many will go out of business,

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