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What Do Candidates Search Most For?
- Location, Culture, Salary
- Shorter, faster application process
- Genuine opportunity
- Industry Leaders
Job Board Best Practices and Visibility Tips
- Enter a short and explicit title with a detailed job summary.
- Promote and sell the job and your organization.
- Avoid these because they degrade job visibility:
- Job type: Do not use the terms, temporary or part-time.
- Job titles: Do not use titles like coding ninja.
- Job post frequency: Do not spam boards with identical jobs.
- Job location: Post the job to the actual location and not to multiple random locations.
- Pay type: Do not mention commission only.
- Long applications.
- Grammar and spelling errors.
Recruiting Tools
- Using Free and Paid Job Boards
- Create a Candidate from Active Recruiting
- Format Job Posts to Attract More Applicants
Free Postings
- Free Indeed
- Free LinkedIn Limited
- Free Glassdoor
- Internal Job Board
- Gravity - Referral Program
- ZipRecruiter
- Local, Industry, University, Newspaper, etc. via Tracking Links
Paid Postings:
- Via these Marketplaces:
- Monster
- CareerBuilder
- Glassdoor
- CareerCast
- JobTarget
- Indeed Sponsored
- Paid LinkedIn Postings via Tracking Links
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Updated: July 3rd, 2025 3099 views 0 likes