Eric Shannon's Blog (34)

Meet onTargetjobs.com founder & chairman Allen Paschal

onTargetjobs.com has nine niche job board acquisitions under its belt now, the most recent valued at $100 million. Come read Allen Paschal's comments on the job board industry.

Added by Eric Shannon on June 23, 2008 at 9:38am — No Comments

guide to the top 100 US job board niches

Just published a guide to the top 100 US job board niches in 2008. For each employment niche it lists the top 3 or 4 niche job boards. Very interested to hear feedback about niche job boards from active recruiters...

Added by Eric Shannon on June 18, 2008 at 2:22pm — 2 Comments

ever meet somebody that doesn't know what a job board is?

friend of mine has never heard of monster.com or careerbuilder.com -- and it turns out job board is not in the dictionary Wikipedia. So here's how I would do it. Definition of a job board, history types and examples.

Added by Eric Shannon on June 17, 2008 at 9:52pm — No Comments

CareerAdviceBlogs.com launch

our career advice blogs website went live a couple days ago - suggestions?

-- Eric

Added by Eric Shannon on June 11, 2008 at 8:26pm — 2 Comments

If you have ever thought about starting a job board....

you might think "what could go wrong?" -- well, I've been running latpro.com now for 11 years and here is what has gone wrong from time to time.

it's not actually a complete list, as some things are just not easily discussed in public -- but it's pretty close to complete I think.

Added by Eric Shannon on June 7, 2008 at 10:42am — 1 Comment

don't worry, be crappy (but start now)

starting a website? Make it crappy but start now. Great comments from Jason Calacanis about this!

Added by Eric Shannon on June 2, 2008 at 5:17pm — No Comments

how to fail in business on the Internet

got so fed up with Bank of America today, it finally motivated me to catalog my top 10 errors in business... these are mostly my regrets and a few just empathy for others I have worked with in business.

hope you will enjoy these!

Added by Eric Shannon on May 30, 2008 at 5:08pm — 1 Comment

list of free but reputable job boards

I'm building a list of free job boards... please let me know if I'm missing any important boards, thanks!

Added by Eric Shannon on May 19, 2008 at 8:48pm — No Comments

Internet recruiting news.com has been redesigned

check out internet recruiting news

I used to use logo works and spend $350 on a logo -- this was done in Croatia for a lot less using guru.com and I am no less pleased with the outcome!

Added by Eric Shannon on May 15, 2008 at 12:44pm — No Comments

job widgets

I started a list of job widgets but have relatively few. Can anyone point me to some others?

Added by Eric Shannon on May 13, 2008 at 6:53pm — No Comments

Can't afford to hire locally

not hiring remotely was the most costly mistake I ever made in business. If the best person for the job is in Iowa, why was I hiring somebody in Florida who I'd end up firing six weeks later?

Added by Eric Shannon on May 8, 2008 at 5:35pm — No Comments

thought-provoking interview with Recruiting Nevada's Doug Geinzer

interesting commentary on the job board scene, diversity recruiting and things to come

Added by Eric Shannon on May 1, 2008 at 12:38pm — No Comments

just launched InternetRecruitingNews.com

launched a new website today that aggregates Internet recruiting news (and opinions of course) so please have a look at InternetRecruitingNews.com.

Added by Eric Shannon on April 25, 2008 at 12:02pm — 8 Comments

do you post jobs to craigslist?

what's your experience using craigslist for recruiting? i'm trying to figure out what the rise of free classifieds means for job boards.

my own experience with craigslist has been very mixed. but then so have results from various job boards i've used....

Added by Eric Shannon on April 13, 2008 at 4:19pm — 1 Comment