ITJobCafe Launches New Version

ITjobcafe is a popular niche site focused on helping employers recruit tech talent. Launched in 2008, the Atlanta based job board was found by Chand Akkineni. The site currently connects connects 100,000 + active Job seekers with 7000+ employers.

I asked Chand a few questions over email about his experience running an IT job board.

What inspired you to start the site?

At that time and even now, Portals like DICE, Monster, Careerbuilder were charging a lot of money for job posting and resume searches. We wanted to create an economical portal solution for small and medium enterprises.

How many resumes does the site have to search through?

Over 100,000 resumes and growing.

How are you different from Dice?

Subscribing employers can leverage our Job distribution network which is bigger than DICE’s organic DB. We distribute your jobs to 20 sites including Indeed and SimplyHired. We also give employers access to ITIQ  - our Skill assessment tool. We distribute a valuable newsletter fortnightly. We also offer skype integration.

What trends do you see happening in the IT market?

With low unemployment rate in IT, there will be a continued demand for resources/job seekers resulting in rates increase. I see more recruiters using social networkings sites as well. New technologies will continue to evolve thus creating a sustained demand for consulting into the foreseeable future.

What have you learned about IT recruiting since starting the site?

Since we started, we’ve seen the ups and downs of the job market. It’s finally back to where it was in 2007. More employers are relying upon third party recruiters/head hunters to fill their critical needs. Job seekers are now able to gather more information about potential employers. Both recruiters and job seekers have never been more empowered than they are today.

What are the main features you offer on the site?

• Distribution of your jobs to major job aggregators -

• Indeed.com, Simplyhired, ZipRecruiter and Social Networking Sites.

• Get Profiles matching your jobs within 10 sec.

• Get unlimited resume alerts in your inbox

• Profiles in ITJobCafe are mostly current and active

• Search our resume database free of cost

• Pay only after preview of the resume

• Communicate with the Job Seeker directly through skype integrated network from ITJobCafe.

• Attractive subscription packages to contact/download suitable resumes from $5

• Attractive premier job subscription packages ranging from $149

• Schedule tests to Job Seekers on IT Skills through a secure online test ITIQ for $10

The job board recently launched a new mobile friendly design. The enhanced platform will yield results for both job seekers and recruiters quickly and accurately thus saving time and money specially for hiring managers.

Another feather in the cap is the online skill assessment test – ITIQ. It is a unique service that will help assess candidate's’ skill levels in their area of IT expertise prior to being hired. This offers tremendous benefits to recruiters in terms of time and hiring costs. Candidates too can determine their skill level and present the score on their resume or during an interview or take action to improve.

What strikes me most as to why employers should use ITjobcafe is the job distribution. For $149 you pay one price for multiple sites. That is a tremendous value to any recruiting budget. You’d pay hundreds more in order to do that yourself. Sounds like a bargain to me :-)

Let me introduce your product to 10,000 Recruiters

Part of what I do as a consultant in the online recruiting industry is to raise awareness of my clients among recruiters and employers. Over the years I have amassed a strong network of followers who like what I share and write. I’ve also built several email lists and groups of recruiters that I can quickly get your name in front of. Think of me as your brand evangelist. I help both job boards and other types of recruiting tech companies who want to target recruiters and employers.

So I’m now offering a simple, affordable public relations product to do just that.

It’s called “PR Boost“.

Using my various channels and lists I will personally introduce your site/service to a minimum of 10,000 recruiters and HR professionals.

Your PR Boost starts with a custom written article which I’ll be publishing on my LinkedIn Pulse account. Like this this one I wrote for TaxJobs.

From there I will share it across various groups on Facebook and LI that target recruiters. Then I’ll email it to a variety of opt-in email lists which I’ve been curating for many years online.

All of this happens over the course of two weeks to maximize exposure and raise awareness of your brand.

Benefits of a service like this include;

• SEO boost: I will end up getting you several back links from related websites that will help increase your Google ranking.
• Traffic: My PR efforts will result in more quality, employer traffic coming to your landing page or site.
• Branding/Awareness: Introducing your name to a large group of recruiters/employers will help establish you in the marketplace. This is particularly useful for new vendors who are not well known yet.

So if you are ready to get started just contact me.

RecTech Podcast: Clinch.io

I got a demo of Clinch recently. Clinch is a new recruitment marketing tool for employers and today I'll be speaking with Shane Gray, their VP of Sales & Marketing based in Dublin where the firm is headquartered.

I chatted with Clinch.io's Shane Gray recently via Skype to get his take on their new recruitment marketing tool based in Dublin Ireland. The tool helps employers get better at content and design by offering a drag and drop interface as well as some other cool features that help you connect with more candidates. Screenshots below.