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What defines a niche board is Targeted Reach.  Either geographically, by category of job disciplines, or as is the case of Showbizjobs…both.

Greater word-of-mouth within networks.  This is evidenced by a high percentage of ‘natural’ traffic (55% in the case of Showbizjobs) meaning people are aware of the site brand enough to enter and visit ‘www.showbizjobs.com’ directly over half of the time.

Saying to a friend “You should go over to Showbizjobs” has an underground, grass-roots feel to it over saying “Check out this job I and one million others saw on Monster”.  People know there is competition for jobs, and niche boards present a smaller, deeper pond to candidates who hate swimming in the ocean.

This lends to spontaneous discussions about a particular job posting within social media and networks.  The viral nature of social sites springboards the existing word-of-mouth attributes of how Showbizjobs is found.

We are a true job board, not a bulletin board or job posting distribution machine.  Our goal is to attract ‘A’ talent to client companies who have current and future staff needs.  This means our content is genuine, from the source, posted by recruiters who know what they need.  There is a large difference between this model and peer-postings found on social sites, free sites, Craigslist, and integration sites.

Search tools don’t have to be extravagant.  Regardless of the size of a job site (boards or company listings) candidates want to narrow their path.  There is a false belief out there that a one-field ‘keyword’ search is the silver bullet to direct talent to job listings.  This is the antithesis of what should be happening.  As job boards go, the larger the list of industries, locations, and job titles represented, the more homogenous a keyword search becomes, not the opposite.

While we have keyword searches it is always as a filter against target region and job category.  This has not changed on our site in over 14 years because it is simple and it works.  Job sites and applicant response systems seem to forget there is a human on the other end of the experience, and one who is becoming more impatient with non-intuitive systems.  They want an iPhone experience, not rotary-dial methods of inviting you to learn more about them.

Two more things then I’m done.

Showbizjobs is 40% less expensive than alternative candidate sources.  This number becomes even lower for clients who can make package commitments.  You should ask a few…you’d be surprised.

Lastly…we answer our phone.  Our clients don’t interface with business development reps or call centers, they talk (or email if they prefer) with the proprietor.  This is a massive comfort for busy recruiters, HR executives, and hiring managers who just need talent, not red tape.

If you are considering how to allocate what certainly may be narrowed budget resources for next year, consider loading-up on niche boards.  Consider what Showbizjobs can do for generating talented candidates at efficient prices.

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