Who needs a job board?

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Every town, company, non-profit, professional association, newspaper, periodical, television station, blog and club in the world. In many cases, a specific geography or profession can use multiple sites. The purpose of a job board is usually
a) To inform members of an audience about relevant job openings or,
3 E+ k/ u6 c* Ib) To offer customers the opportunity to post job openings to a specific audience.
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) x7 a( G7 N' T' W0 XSounds logical, doesn't it? The reason that this level of simplicity is important (if somewhat obvious) is that familiarity with a particular niche is critical to success. The Employment market is different in different cultiures. So,

Adicio is successful powering a certain range of domestic American Job Boards. Their penchant for the newspaper industry shows in their range of offerings (They offer a full complement of services for housing, employment and transportation)
3 d6 C2 T/ i2 N+ w5 f% v8 W& ^+ `Boxwood Technologies are highly successful in the Association Industry. Trade and professional associations are a culture in and of themselves. A frirm like Boxwood must be able to tailor its offerings to the realities of Association Business Model and cash flow/ organizational objectives.
MonsterTrak (a subsidiary of Monster) powers a huge number of college job boards.
6 h: C- J+ ]9 T) V- F; ?) qMadgex is highly visible in European markets along with Stepstone.
$ B: U0 c4 {+ w2 [: e1 STaleo, BrassRing, Vurv and others power the websites of their corporate clients.
* R2 T$ ~5 T* L( a2 zThere are hundreds of companies offering similar services in a broad array of niches. If there are 50,000 job boards, there are probably 350 small companies powering them. The market is undifferentiated and overlapping.

1 S- M, p; T  A7 M8 \As we look further at the future of Trade and Professional Associations, the requirements for a job board (and its functionality) will become central to the discussion.