Get the competitive edge with your recruiting strategy… start using Niche job boards to recruit for Accountant Jobs.

I’m going to shake things up a bit today, and post an article for employers, rather than one for job seekers. This should still be valuable to job seekers, though, as a “through the looking glass” view of how employers view you. The topic today is niche job boards- any board that ends in jobs.com, really, and why you, as an employer, should be using them as part of your recruiting strategy.

Finding a job on the Internet can be stressful and confusing for even the most qualified job seeker. As someone in the recruitment industry, you understand just how many job boards are popping up on the web daily. And you also know the struggle to understand which add value to your recruitment practices and which are not so valuable.

There are many ways to better present your company to qualified job seekers. For starters, going to where your ideal candidates are on the web shows them that you are not taking the easy way out by only using the quantity providers many employers default to. Discovering more about job seekers you feel are qualified lets them know you are serious about filling the position with someone who will excel. And you know best, a key part of selling (products, your company, whatever it may be) is making the “buyer” feel wanted and cared about.

Still not convinced that you need to post on niche job boards to fill Accounting Jobs? Here are a few reasons to consider:

1. Niche job boards narrow the number of jobs seekers have to look through to find that diamond in the rough you posted. The more generic job boards require clever searching to eliminate jobs that aren’t in the seeker’s area, industry or professional level. With fewer jobs listed, it’s easier for job seekers to find your job, even on the 15th day of posting.
2. Resume mining on niche job boards is less of a hassle than big boards. Although the quantity is lower, the quality level of the seekers is much higher making it more likely that you’ll find a great candidate.
3. If you’re thinking in terms of budget, hint hint…a vast majority of smaller, niche job sites charge a very minimal posting fee, if they charge at all.

It shouldn’t be too difficult to find niche job boards to post to by doing a simple web search. A good idea would be to look for associations related to your industry- they are as targeted as job boards come, usually don’t charge high fees, and in general have good pools of candidates. Always be on the lookout for good boards that end in jobs.com and you should have a resource stockpile in no time! Good luck, and hopefully this niche board strategy will pay off for you as it has for me when looking to fill Actuarial Jobs!

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