Careerbuilder is aiming for $2,000 per job posting

Tony Roy is the managing director of CareerBuilder.co.uk, at a recent conference he said he’d prefer $2,000 job postings.

If he had his way, Roy said, each postings on a job board would be $2,000 or so. He pointed out that that recruitment agencies typically charge 18 to 30 percent of first-year compensation as their fee, and print ads often cost much more than $2,000 … there’s no reason online posting rats shouldn’t go up to $2,000 over time.

Of course there was a bit of flack for Mr. Roy but he reminded the audience that online postings at one time were about $100, and now are in the $450 range.

Time to go buy shares in a jobs website or start one from scratch I think.

November 30, 2007 | Job market