Number of Apply Clicks and Cost Per Click for Job Posting Ads

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A commonly used cliche has the buyer of advertising stating that he knows that half of his advertising is working but he just wishes that he knew which half. That cliche pre-dates the Internet as today’s marketers should and sometimes do know which of their ads is working. But even then, how do you define “working?”

One of the interesting developments since CollegeRecruiter.com went live way back in 1996 is the increased attention employers are paying to metrics so they can better understand where their money is being well spent. For 16 years we’ve heard employers say that they use niche job boards such as ours because they care more about quality than quantity yet when it came time to decide whether to renew a job posting package our sales team would invariably hear yes or no based upon how many applications the employer received from our candidates. Those employers were saying they were basing their decisions on quality but actually were basing them on quantity. Continue Reading

Looking for a Marketing Job? Job Postings for Mobile Marketers Up 120% In Two Years.

Over the past 90 days, employers and staffing firms have placed more than 4,400 job ads for marketing professionals with mobile skill sets, according to WANTED Analytics, a leading source of real-time business intelligence for the talent marketplace. The volume of job ads that include mobile criteria in the job description grew significantly over the past two years, as mobile websites and applications become a more common business strategy. Hiring demand increased 16 percent compared to the same 90-day period in 2010 and more than 120 percent versus 2009. Mobile skills now represent 10 percent of all job ads for marketing professionals. Continue Reading