http://job-board-engine.net Membership Site for Recruiters - SEO, Job Boards, Increased Candidate Flow Sat, 03 Jan 2009 12:52:56 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Lists are a great way to bring traffic to your blog… but why do they work?  Well, it is quite simple, people are impatient and they don’t want to waste time.  When someone reads the title of your blog article they evaluate it very quickly to make a value assessment.  ... http://job-board-engine.net/2008/12/09/how-to-attract-readers-with-lists/ So you took my advice and you decided to blog instead of using a static website (or maybe in conjunction with one.)  But now you are thinking to yourself - “What the heck do I write?” Don’t worry that’s pretty normal.  Fortunately you’ve got the Internet to help you. As I ... http://job-board-engine.net/2008/12/08/make-your-blog-sizzle/ Sunday is a day of rest… and this Sunday is a very special one.  Today is the second Sunday of Advent (and the first Sunday of Advent in December). Advent is the season in the Christian church where we wait and prepare for the celebration of the birth of Jesus Christ.  ... http://job-board-engine.net/2008/12/07/sunday-is-a-day-of-rest-jbe-24-days-of-christmas-presents-day-7/ I hate to work on the weekends… it makes me think that all I do is work.  So I’m not doing it.  My present for today (Saturday) was actually to myself.  I took the day off and watched my favorite football team beat their hated rivals in a series that ... http://job-board-engine.net/2008/12/06/all-work-and-no-play-makes-you-dull-jbe-24-days-of-christmas-presents-day-6/ That’s what I said, you shouldn’t have a website. You should have a blog instead. Now that you’ve found a web host for your business / recruiter website you have just one question - "What the heck do I put up on my website?"  My very best suggestion is is that you ... http://job-board-engine.net/2008/12/05/7-reasons-recruiters-should-not-have-a-website-jbe-24-days-of-christmas-presents-day-5/ There are only two ways to have your website optimized so that it ranks well in search engines.  The first way, you can do it yourself.  It take lots of study and many hours of research to find out what your strategy should be before you even start the implementation ... http://job-board-engine.net/2008/12/04/jbe-24-days-of-christmas-presents-day-4-the-big-%e2%80%9cno-no%e2%80%9d-of-seo-and-how-to-not-get-burned/ Where to Host Your Recruiting Website There are innumerable places on the web to host a website, far too many for me to make reviews of all of them; so I won’t.  Having worked with numerous hosting companies over the past decade, I have some personal preferences based on my own ... http://job-board-engine.net/2008/12/03/jbe-24-days-of-christmas-presents-day-3-where-to-host-your-recruiting-website/ It seems simple enough when you read it “Attract Candidates with Your Recruiting Website” but why are their so many recruiters that don’t even think about it? Many of the clients that we first start working with are in one of two camps [as I alluded to yesterday] - either they ... http://job-board-engine.net/2008/12/02/jbe-24-days-of-christmas-presents-day-2-attract-candidates-with-your-recruiting-website/ Now that most of the technical work and tweaking with the Job Board Engine sales site, the Job Board Engine membership site, and the underpinning software of the job board engine itself is mostly complete I thought that I would spend the next few weeks on a series of articles ... http://job-board-engine.net/2008/12/01/jbe-24-days-of-christmas-presents-day-1-why-recruiters-need-a-real-website/ From all of us at the Job Board Engine to all of you, have a safe and Happy Thanksgiving! If you haven’t checked it out before, here is a link to a GREAT recipe for cooking the perfect turkey. Enjoy.  Go Cowboys! http://job-board-engine.net/2008/11/27/happy-thanksgiving/