You need to make new hires, but with so much choice online, where is best to post your job openings and expect to find the right candidate? Niche job boards are one solution, that should allow you to attract top talent, and deliver quality candidates with experience or interest in your specific industry (updated Dec 2017). The best job search sites include not only niche job boards, but also niche communities and niche publications.  SmartRecruiters’ customers have posted over a million jobs using our online recruiting software. We’ve found that 62% of open jobs are posted to niche job sites.

The Best 50 Niche Job Sites in alphabetical order

To attract talent that is driven to work in your industry and be the best in their field, post your job openings to the appropriate niche job boards, niche job sites and publications. With SmartRecruiters free recruiting software, you can post job openings to all these sites in one click.
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Adrants

Advertising jobs from your favorite advertising website, Adrants.

AllRetailJobs.com

The #1 job board for the Retail Industry.

Artconnect

Find artists from anywhere in the world. Sort postings by city or discipline and be inspired by the boundless creativity.

Authentic Jobs

Where companies and creative professionals meet to make a better web.

Beyond.com

Beyond.com is the one career network as focused as you are!

ClearanceJobs

ClearanceJobs is the premier secure job board focused exclusively on candidates with active or current U.S. government security clearances.

CollegeRecruiter.com

Newest job posting ads from CollegeRecruiter.com, the leading job board for students searching for internships and recent grads looking for entry-level jobs.

coroflot

Design-driven companies worldwide use Coroflot to recruit outstanding creative talent.

CrunchBoard

CrunchBoard gives you access to the millions of technology and business savvy readers of TechCrunch, MobileCrunch, CrunchGear, TechCrunch IT and is one of the most popular job boards for internet and tech jobs.

Culintro

Culintro is a national restaurant organization. Members have access to the fastest growing culinary job board, culinary internships and networking opportunities.

Dice.com

Dice.com is all about celebrating tech and tech careers – advice, community and having some geeky fun.

DiversityJobs.com

DiversityJobs.com is a job search engine that finds job listings from company career pages, other job boards, newspapers and associations.

Doostang

A community of over 1 million elite professionals with inside access to thousands of jobs from top employers.

eFinancial Careers

eFinancialCareers is the leading global career site network for professionals working in the banking and finance industry.

energyfolks

Energyfolks is a growing network of energy interested students and professionals from across the world’s top universities.

FinancialJobBank

FinancialJobBank.com is the premier career site for job seekers and employers in the Accounting and Finance industry.

FlexJobs

FlexJobs is an award-winning job site for part-time or full-time flexible jobs, such as telecommuting or flextime, in 50+ categories, entry-level to executive.

Geebo

Nationwide free classifieds for housing, rentals, roommates, employment, jobs, vehicles, autos, sale.

Vercida

Vercida connects your company to a diverse array of candidates, and help employers create a work environment that’s equitable for all.

Healthcare Jobsite

HealthcareJobsite.com is the premier career site for job seekers and employers in the Healthcare industry.

HireFlyer

HireFlyer.com is the top job search website solution online.

IT Job Pro

#1 IT Job Site, ITJobPro.com is a HUB for IT Professionalism world-wide looking for employment in Information Technology.

Joblux

Luxury Brands and Retail Careers Network.

JobsInLogistics.com

The #1 Job Board for the Logistics Industry.

JobsInManufacturing

For all positions in plant management, production planning, materials management, engineering, maintenance, purchasing and logistics.

JobsInTrucks.com

The #1 Driver Job Board.

Juju

Juju.com is a job search engine, not a job board. Juju’s comprehensive search results link to thousands of employer career portals, recruiter websites, job boards, and other employment sites all over the Internet.

Krop

Creative & Tech jobs.

The Levo League

Levo League is a thriving online and offline community of young professionals, role models, and innovative companies taking Gen Y by storm.

Mashable

The Mashable job board is great for finding bloggers, consultants, designers, developers, executives, marketers, and mobile programmers.

mediabistro.com

Community, jobs, courses, news, and resources from mediabistro.com and beyond. Please note that featured jobs posted to this feed are #paid.

RecruiterMedia

Offers a smart alternative to universal employment websites with the only national, city-specific, job board on the planet!

Sales Gravy

SalesGravy.com connects top sales professionals with organizations looking for sales talent.

SalesHeads

SalesHeads.com is the premier career site for job seekers and employers in the Sales industry.

Simply Hired

We are a job search company whose goal is to make finding your next job a simple yet effective, enjoyable journey!

SnagaJob

The largest part-time and full-time hourly job resource. Check out their 4 Easy Steps to Recruiting Hourly Workers.

StackOverflowCareers

Careers 2.0 matches great programmers on Stack Overflow with great jobs.

Tech Careers

TechCareers.com is the premier career site for job seekers and employers in the IT and Engineering industries.

TechFetch

Tech jobs for top talent. Their vision is to create a global tech workforce community and empower them with opportunities to deliver global technology solutions.

TipTopJob

TipTopJob is the Generic Job Board that covers over 35 industries – search and apply for jobs online.

TweetMyJobs

Leading social and mobile job distribution network. We provide job seekers with great job matches where they want them, when they want them.

VentureBeat

The VentureBeat Job Board is great for finding people in IT, tech marketing and advertising, product management, and business development.

WayUp

Your source for the latest internship trends, tips, and access to great internship opportunities.

YouTern

YouTern connects emerging talent with dynamic start-ups, change oriented non-profits and passionate entrepreneurs – through internships!

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Sourcing talent is a science.  There may never be a time where company can say, “Accountant, Lansing Michigan,” and an accountant will just appear. But SmartRecruiters, the hiring platform, is using Big Data to predict sourcing effectiveness. How? It starts with posting over 100,000 unique jobs to over 100 job boards, publications and social networks.

SmartRecruiters measures the quantity AND quality of candidates for each job. It then aggregates this data to rank the best performing job boards for any particular position and location. Because the SmartRecruiters platform includes a full applicant tracking system, it is in the unique position to be able to measure the quality of candidates based on their progress in the hiring pipeline. The algorithm places different weighted values upon each hiring status for each candidate. So if you are hiring an intern, Craigslist may bring in more candidates, but a niche site such as, CollegeRecruiter or Youtern, usually shows up as a better performing board because a higher percentage of their candidates progress to the interview stage, and ultimately onto making hires.

While the biggest job boards, such as Monster, CareerBuilder, Indeed, and LinkedIn, continue to drive job listings, SmartRecruiters reports that 62% of job postings (across 50,000+ customers) are to niche job boards and websites. Through SmartRecruiters, businesses are also advertising jobs where candidates read, meaning publications such as Wired, communities such as 37signals, and social networks such as Facebook.

In posting thousands of jobs every week, SmartRecruiters continues to refine this algorithm. The future is: you share the job details and location, and SmartRecruiters reports how many candidates, qualified candidates, and very qualified candidates each source will produce.

Despite recent changes in the online recruiting world, many employers still rely on niche job boards to reach specific groups of candidates. These niche sites – many of which have been active for years – actively market to targeted groups of job seekers. For example, you can find sites devoted to real estate finance experts, traveling nurses, extreme sports experts, and much more.

So how can you get the most out of your investment in niche job sites? Here are some pointers:

(1.) Find the right site: There are thousands of sites devoted to every niche and sub-niche that you can imagine – the challenge is locate the best sites for your needs. Early in 2011, InternetInc’s published a good list of the top 100 niche sites – these are the best known in their industry sectors. Also ask recent hires about where they looked when searching. Finally, use search engines such as Google or Bing to learn which sites are listing the job titles that match your own positions.*

(2.) Write a compelling job ad: It’s common advice – but it’s also extremely important: write a job ad that attracts the types of candidates you want and weeds out the candidates you don’t. The good news about a niche site is that you’re reaching more targeted candidates; the bad news is that you’re competing with more employers in your sector. Often times your job ad is the best way to stand out as an ‘employer of choice.’

(3.) Don’t rely on job postings: Most niche sites offer a variety of ways to reach candidates – not just job postings. Take advantage of them! Some sites send job openings through targeted emails to specific subgroups of job seekers, or advertise jobs in the newsletters or job alerts that candidates receive. Also ask about any employer branding opportunities that are available. Many sites now offer social media promotions as well.**

Niche job boards can improve your hiring effectiveness by putting you in front of the specific candidates you want – and usually at a much lower cost per hire than the ‘big boards.’  Use them!

 

The Job Board Doctor is Jeff Dickey-Chasins. Jeff was the original marketing director for Dice.com, growing it from $7 million to $65+ million in three years. He has worked with 100+ job boards and HR-related sites over the past 20 years, in almost every sector, including finance, technology, education, health care, sales and marketing, energy, and specific geographic regions. Email contact: thedoctor@jobboarddoctor.com

*SmartRecruiters is partnered with over 100 job boards and offers the free technology to report the best performing job board, based on your job and location. Post your job to niches in one click.

**consider sharing your job openings on your company’s and/or employees’ social/professional networks too.

 

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