EP53: Building a 6-figure Online Job Board - MacsList.org
b'Welcome back! This week\\u2019s episode is #53: Building a 6-figure Online Job Board w/ Mac Prichard, Founder of MacsList.org. \\n\\nAfter periods of unemployment, Mac final figured out how to \\u201clook for work\\u201d, something that he says are not taught in highschool or college. By learning this skill, he was able to build a business around helping other people look for work as well as helping business owners hire top talent. \\n\\n**If you only have 5-minutes, skip the the 24\\u201950\\u2019\\u2019 mark to hear Mac\\u2019s advice on how early you should start trying to cash-flow your new business**\\n\\nA common misconception is that jobs are now \\u201ctoo hard to find\\u201d and college graduates are stuck in a job market that isn\\u2019t moving. Well, I don\\u2019t buy it. I know too many Entrepreneurs looking to hire the RIGHT talent for the job instead of someone with just a college degree. We are moving out of the era of the diploma and into the Era of Experience. \\n\\nWhile working for the government, Mac found himself keeping a list of people who were looking to hire and expand their teams. You know, just a casual \\u201cHey Mac, do you know someone with XYZ skills? If so, send them my way!\\u201d. Eventually, he started creating a list of the people who would ask him if he knew someone hiring for a certain position or skillset. \\n\\nFor a long time he was paying someone about one full business day each week to manage these lists and one day it clicked...he needed to create a job board to handle both sides of this equation. Unlike other job boards, this one was quite niche and mainly served the Portland, OR area. The idea was to keep the job seekers and talent seekers very local. This helped both sides better and more quickly evaluate each other and find that great business match. While each employer received LESS applications for each position, the success rate was much higher than with the larger job boards like Monster.com. \\n\\nJoin us as Mac takes us back to the beginning of MacsList and how he\\u2019s now grown it to tens of thousands of newsletter subscribers and hundreds of successful job placements each month. \\n\\nMac\\u2019s Contact Info:\\n\\nEmail: Mac@macslist.org \\nWebsite: http://www.macslist.org/ \\nFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/macslist\\nTwitter: https://twitter.com/Macs_List\\n\\n_________________\\n\\nThis podcast is sponsored by the Exodus crypto-currency wallet for Windows, Mac and Linux. I\\u2019ve been using it for a few months now and I\\u2019ve gotta say that it\\u2019s the slickest and most user-friendly wallet i\\u2019ve ever used. \\n\\nSupports Bitcoin, Litecoin, Doge, Dash and Ethereum\\nSeemless integration with Shapeshift.io\\nEasy and convenient backups\\n\\n You can download it on their website https://www.exodus.io/. \\n\\nI should mention that the Exodus team is looking to hire a JavaScript developer who is a Cryptocurrency enthusiast. If you consider yourself a freedom-lover or libertarian who understands the impact of the current central bank bubble, then apply directly to support@exodus.io. Let help great minds work together. \\nUntil next time\\u2026.Keep Building Freedom!\\n-Ashe'