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here is a list of reasons for blogging ...and I'm looking for job boards with blogs

the other day, I had an interesting conversation with some job boarders and when I asked them how I can improve my blog, they said 'transparency'. They wanted to know why I blog -- so here it is

it has been more then five years since I attended SHRM and I have to say after looking at Chris's photos, the change is stunning. The amount of money that job boards are pouring into displays is really phenomenal. our team attends every year with our little booth and yet I still wonder how worthwhile it is to spend on those magnificent over-the-top booths. how much are the big players spending? Chris, thank you so much for the slideshow -- it's a real eye-opener.

onTargetjobs.com recently made its ninth and largest job board acquisition for around $100 million -- read founder Allen Paschal's advice for job board owners and comments on the industry etc.

this report took more than a hundred hours to complete and I believe many of you will find it useful. Not sure I would have done it had I known how much time it would take: the top 100 job board niches and analysis

did you know the word job board is not in the dictionary or Wikipedia?

I read a blog post this morning that got me thinking about how our choices about pricing, customer service, quality and monetization all impact our growth and vulnerability to competition. It's about creating more value than we capture.

our career advice blogs website is just a couple days old - suggestions? probably would be good to add a drop-down showing all the feeds. Just realized that because there are so many, it's difficult to know which feeds are included... -- Eric

I started blogging at Internet Inc. a couple years ago, but there are no links from LatPro.com to my blog. So we finally decided to launch a LatPro blog called Hispanic jobs. We are still experimenting and trying to figure out what to write about... thinking it should be more about Hispanic demographics and content of interest to employers rather than jobseekers. What are your thoughts about what a job board blog should focus on? This text was transcr… Continue

our database server crashed twice this morning after recent upgrades. Instead of tearing my hair out, I made this list of all the other things that have gone wrong at one time or another -- thought this might be fun, therapeutic or helpful for others in some way...

letting off a little steam today - got so fed up with Bank of America today, I had to catalog my top 10 errors in business...

here is a list of tips for building your credibility I put together after reviewing hundreds of job boards. suggestions for more?

How do you launch a new job board or website? Once it is designed and built, you have a problem -- no links, no Google PR rank, and no visitors. Even with the best content, traffic does not happen magically. my thoughts and experiences with search engine optimization and link building.

I am putting together a list of reputable free job boards - what have I missed? TIA

Meet job board king and inventor of the CPC job board model Don Firth

check out Internet recruiting news I used to use logo works and spend $350 on a logo -- this was done in Croatia for less than half using guru.com

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

how to protect your job board from seo hacking

Not hiring remotely was the most costly mistake I ever made in business

in the Hispanic category, we have two or three. In diversity, there are too many to count. How many competitors are in your niche(s)? have you seen the number of competitors changing much recently?