{"id":4125,"date":"2009-05-07T10:34:39","date_gmt":"2009-05-07T10:34:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.amitbhawani.com\/blog\/?p=4125"},"modified":"2015-05-01T21:16:30","modified_gmt":"2015-05-01T15:46:30","slug":"job-portals-make-money","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.amitbhawani.com\/blog\/job-portals-make-money\/","title":{"rendered":"How do Jobs Search Portals Make Money"},"content":{"rendered":"

I have been surfing on the web for many reasons and have always found that job portals and matrimony websites keep advertising heavily everywhere and iam unable to find out how these companies make money. Is it through the pay per click ads which they have on their websites or is it through some other medium, can you explain me – Venkatesh<\/p>\n

\"JobsAns – We have been discussing how job portals make money<\/a> and a friend asked me how can we start a small Jobs or Employment related blog or a small Jobs Board and monetize it. This is a question which has numerous answers and it depends on the way you select to monetize from your website because the options are numerous. And as your income progresses, the need to monitor, organize, and manage your finances becomes increasingly more important. In fact, a bevy of online tools can be found here<\/a>. Lets discuss on some of the well known ways of making money by building Jobs related websites.<\/p>\n

I had read somewhere recently that 88% of Naukri.com’s revenue comes from recruitment products and the balance 12% comes from their network of websites. Websites like Naukri.com were not started big initially with the plans started in a garage and then serious dedication to the project made it a hit. Read the complete article on how the CEO of InfoEdge(Naukri.com) – Sanjeev Bikhchandani made his first million<\/a><\/p>\n

Recently Info Edge had launched a new portal called First Naukri with a very small investment of 12 lakhs INR offering the Employers some special services and tools for finding employees. The portal is launched for connecting first time job seekers and campuses to potential employers. Since they have the complete backend ready with complete contacts of Employees they wont have any problems getting sales to their new ventures with the same sales teams. Lets get back to the point how these online job companies make money through their websites.<\/p>\n

You would have seen many many job portals online which keep offering you with a lot of free stuff like free registrations, free resume submissions and free email or SMS alerts, but did you ever know how these companies make money? Well its like a simple business – They try to build & gain as many members they can by doing heavy advertising and publicity online and offline and tell all these members to get members. Here are a few links which can help you understand how this system works.<\/p>\n

Check out Monster.com<\/a> Naukri.com<\/a> or CareerBuilder<\/a><\/p>\n

Now on this website you will find 2 kind of sections –
\nEmployee Section – This is where you can join as a free member and upload your professional resume and start searching for your jobs and also like your resume on this portal.
\nEmployer Section – This is where the employers search for the best employees whom they hire based on their professional skills, experiance etc.<\/p>\n

Most of these Jobs Portal make money from the Employers , once they have received a big number of employees database under their hand. Most companies sell you different kind of services which you as a employer can opt in when you are searching for talented professionals. Here are the few options they offer you –<\/p>\n