Build a niche job board — owned audience, direct employer relationships.
Indeed and LinkedIn are general job boards. A niche job board for a specific industry or role type commands premium pricing because the audience is defined. Employers pay more for targeted reach than general broadcast.
Founder or community operator who wants to build a niche job board with employer listings, candidate applications, and direct monetization
General job boards (Indeed, LinkedIn) are commodity markets. Niche job boards succeed because they serve a specific audience that employers can't easily reach at scale through general boards.
Successful niche job board models:
- Industry-specific (healthcare jobs, legal jobs, tech jobs)
- Role-specific (remote work, developer jobs, design jobs)
- Community-attached (job board for a professional community)
- Geographic-specific (local jobs in an underserved market)
Job board monetization:
- Per-posting fee ($99-$499 per listing for 30 days)
- Monthly subscription for unlimited postings
- Featured listing upgrades
- Candidate database access for employers
What makes a job board work: Audience. A job board with 10,000 relevant candidates in the inbox can charge $200/posting. A job board without an audience charges $0.
Niche job board deployed — employer job posting, candidate applications, applicant tracking, and employer billing
Employer portal
job creation, posting management, billing
Candidate application
apply with resume, LinkedIn import
Job search
full-text search, category filter, location, remote
Applicant tracking
employer reviews applications, status updates
Email alerts
candidate job alerts for saved searches
Admin dashboard
listing approval, employer management, analytics
One honest number to start.
Fixed-scope, fixed-price. The number below is the starting point — final scope is built from your brief.
Niche job board deployed — employer job posting, candidate applications, applicant tracking, and employer billing
Three steps, every time.
The same repeatable engagement on every project. No surprises, no mystery, no billable ambiguity.
Brief & discovery.
We send you questions, then get on a call. Output: a written scope with every step, feature, and integration listed.
Build & ship.
Fixed schedule, weekly reviews. No scope creep unless you change the scope — and if you do, we reprice it transparently.
Warranty & retainer.
30-day warranty on every launch. Most clients stay on a monthly retainer for ongoing features and maintenance.
Why Fixed-Price Matters Here
Job board platforms have defined employer and candidate workflows. Fixed-price from the spec.
Questions, answered.
Lightweight ATS for employers: view applications, status per applicant (reviewed, interview, offer, rejected), and email directly from the platform. Not a full ATS replacement — full ATS is a separate product category.
Yes. Confidential postings (showing only the role, not the company) are configurable per listing.
Tell Ryel about your project.
Describe what you’re building and what outcome you need. You’ll have a written, fixed-price scope within the week.