1. The 2014 IAEWS – Job Board Doctor Global Benchmark Survey
Where Are We Now & Where Are We Likely to Be in 2017
David Lewis
CEO AllCountyJobs.com & Survey Co-Chair
Jeff Dickey-Chasins
Job Board Doctor & Survey Co-Chair
Sponsors: eQuest, Brazen Careerist, RealMatch
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2. Thank You to Our Sponsors
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3. Survey Overview
The 2014 Survey is a year-long initiative that will feature a Webinar and White Paper on the results later in the year. 
Both will be announced in the member newsletter and on Jobboarders.com and will be open to IAEWS Members and non- Members alike.
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4. Survey Background Conducted since 2010 Global in scope
197 respondents worldwide
Distributed during February-March 2014
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Job Board Doctor
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5. Where?
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6. What kind?
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7. Niche dominates
74% of respondents represented some type of niche site (geo, occupation, industry, or affinity)
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8. How much traffic?
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9. Lots of paid jobs
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10. Lots of resumes
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11. Aggregator use still common
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12. More using PPC & organic
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14. Highest conversion for traffic to applications…
Direct marketing
SEO
SEM
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15. Why do clients renew?
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17. Company size is going up
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18. Surprise!
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19. The industry is going mobile
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21. Top threats in 2014? LinkedIn (51%)
Lingering effects of the recession (37%)
Indeed and other aggregators (35%)
Growth in ‘free’ job sites (30%)
Commoditization of job postings (28%)
Negative perception of job boards by prospects/clients (28%)
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22. To-do list
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23. The future looks bright!
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24. Key Findings Commentary
Biggest Challenge – New Competitors
Revenue Expectations for 2014 – 40% expect revenues to increase by 16% or more
Better than 60% use home grown tech
80% are blogging
31% are offering access to career counseling
94% offer Job Alerts…but only 13% offer this via Text
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25. Plans for Next 12 Months Upping the game with Social Media features
Increase SEO efforts
Adding New Products
Tech Modifications
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26. Job Board Doctor provides consulting services for job boards and career sites in the following areas:
Short & long-range planning
Product development & launch
Sales & marketing
Strategic analysis
Social media & content creation
Site & user interface analysis
Phone:
Twitter: JobBoardDoctor
Web:
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27. 2014 IAEWS Spring Congress For more information, visit:
The IAEWS is the trade association for the global online employment services industry. Collectively, its members power or operate over 60,000 sites worldwide.
Membership in the association conveys a number of benefits, including:
The right to post the Member icon, signifying a site’s commitment to the association’s Code of Ethics, the only such standard on the Web;
Access to propriety research on the industry, job seekers and employers via Webinars, a biweekly newsletter and print publications;
Networking and peer-to-peer dialogue at twice-yearly IAEWS Congresses;
The opportunity to create and/or participate in Member Working Groups on key topics related to the industry;
And much more!
For more information, visit:
EmploymentWebSites.org
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