Guides
Build a job board the right way
Plain-English playbooks for launching a job board on WordPress, starting a profitable niche board, and deciding between self-hosted and SaaS.
How to create a job board website on WordPress
A complete, step-by-step guide: pick your approach, install the plugin, set up listings and dashboards, take applications, and monetize, all on your own site.
Read the guideHow to hire employees
The whole process in order: decide the role, price it, write the advert, put it where people look, and get through the replies without losing a fortnight.
Read the guideNiche job boards: 21 that work, and how to start your own
Twenty-one live boards and the line each one drew, then the playbook: pick a niche, win the first employers and candidates, and monetize on a board you own.
Read the guideHow to write a job description
It has to convince a person to apply and carry the fields that make the role eligible for Google's job results. Most advice covers the first and ignores the second.
Read the guideAI resume screening, honestly
What it actually does, where it fails, and how to run it without handing a hiring decision to a model.
Read the guideA job board your members fill themselves
The openings already exist inside your group. A board where members post their own company's roles turns that into the reason people come back.
Read the guideHow to post a job on WordPress
The fastest route for a single opening, and the setup that holds up once you're hiring more than once a quarter.
Read the guideFree job posting sites, and what free actually costs you
Five kinds of free, what each one wants in return, and the channel none of these lists mention because nobody sells it.
Read the guideA hosted ATS, or a pipeline you run yourself
Application capture and stage-based screening on your own infrastructure versus a hosted ATS. An honest look at what each side gives up.
Read the guideStop reading. Start building.
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