Job Board

4 Tips For Starting A Successful Job Board (2024)

Pat Walls

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Updated: July 23rd, 2023

Want to start your own job board? Here are some tips you should know:

Learn more about starting a job board:

Where to start?

-> How much does it cost to start a job board?
-> Pros and cons of a job board

Need inspiration?

-> Other job board success stories
-> Marketing ideas for a job board

Other resources

We've interviewed thousands of successful founders at Starter Story and asked what advice they would give to entrepreneurs who are just getting started.

Here's the best advice we discovered for starting a job board:

#1: Joe Masilotti, founder of RailsDevs:

We chatted with with Joe, founder of RailsDevs ($10K/month). In our interview, Joe says:

I focus 100% on the developers. Everything in RailsDevs marketing is about a better experience getting hired. By growing the number of developers on the site it makes the platform more attractive to paying businesses.

Additionally:

Most of RailsDevs growth can be attributed to building in public on Twitter. Almost every day I tweet about a new feature, something I learned, or a problem I’m working through. This has helped build an audience.

Further:

As a developer, it’s fun to build new things. But it’s easy to build something that no one wants or needs. I know firsthand – I’ve launched countless projects to crickets.