Job board software by use case

A job board means something different depending on who is running it. An association is funding a member benefit, a venture fund is running a service that must never charge anyone, and a staffing agency is building a candidate funnel that has to disappear into an ATS.

Each page below covers how that audience actually makes money from a board, the objection they raise before buying, a real board of that shape to look at, and where Kardow is the wrong answer for them.

• Associations A career centre as a member benefit, with member and non-member pricing and invoices your finance team will accept. Read
• VC firms A portfolio-wide talent network that makes no money on purpose, and is judged on founder outcomes instead. Read
• Staffing agencies A candidate acquisition channel that feeds the ATS you already run, rather than a second system to maintain. Read
• Newsletters New inventory to sell to the sponsors you already have, plus a reason for readers to visit between sends. Read
• Communities Revenue that members welcome instead of tolerate, because the thing you are selling is access to them and they benefit from it. Read
• Education A careers service board where students are verified, employers are approved, and the outcome data belongs to the institution. Read
• Nonprofits A sector board where posting is free for the organisations you exist to serve and paid for the ones that can afford it. Read
• Chambers of commerce A local jobs board attached to a member directory, where the whole thing ranks for the place name. Read
• Regional job boards A board covering one place properly, which is the one thing national boards are structurally bad at. Read
• Accelerators A cross-cohort hiring board that keeps working after demo day, when the companies need it most. Read