For reverse job boards

Reverse job board software

On a reverse job board, candidates are the listings: they build profiles, and employers browse your talent directory and pay for access. Cavuno ships the whole mechanic — candidate profiles with AI resume parsing, an AI-searchable talent directory, and employer-paid unlocks and contact credits — so you can run the reverse model on its own or alongside traditional job listings.

What you need from a job board

Your audience needs career opportunities. Employers want access. A job board solves both.

Candidates as the listings

Candidates build rich profiles in minutes. AI resume parsing extracts skills, experience, and education from an upload, so profiles start complete.

Employer-paid access

Sell profile unlocks and contact credits through Stripe. Employers pay to reveal redacted profiles or message candidates, and you keep 100% of the revenue.

Privacy candidates control

Every candidate chooses their own visibility: public, logged-in only, or hidden. New profiles default to hidden, so nobody is exposed without opting in.

Works pure or hybrid

Run a pure reverse board, or pair the talent directory with job listings so job inventory drives traffic while paid talent access drives revenue.

How Cavuno helps

Everything you need to launch, run, and grow your job board.

A talent directory employers actually search

Your talent directory uses the same AI-powered search as job listings — employers type a free-text query and candidates are ranked by relevance across headline, skills, experience, education, languages, and location, not just exact keywords. Set it public or employers-only, and rename it to fit your niche.

  • AI-powered candidate search
  • Public or employers-only visibility modes
  • Renamable navigation label for your niche

Charge for unlocks, contacts, or both

Choose paid messaging (open profiles, paid outreach) or paid unlocks and messaging (redacted profiles until employers spend an unlock credit). Sell plans as recurring subscriptions or one-time credit packs through Stripe checkout.

  • Profile unlock and contact credits
  • Recurring subscriptions or one-time packs
  • Stripe checkout with no revenue share

Hybrid mode solves the cold start

Pure reverse boards struggle early because candidate profiles churn as people get hired. Pairing the directory with job listings — backfilled automatically from your niche — gives candidates a reason to show up and build profiles before you charge employers a cent.

  • Job aggregation populates the board on day one
  • Job seekers convert into candidate profiles
  • Talent access plans sit beside job post plans

Get started in 3 steps

Go from zero to a live job board in minutes.

1

Set up your board

Enable candidate profiles and the talent directory, add your branding, connect a custom domain, and connect Stripe. Takes under 10 minutes.

2

Grow your candidate pool

Promote the board in your niche and let candidates build profiles and opt into visibility. Backfilled job listings give early visitors a reason to sign up before employer demand exists.

3

Charge employers for access

Create talent access plans — profile unlocks, contact credits, subscriptions, or one-time packs — once the directory has enough relevant candidates for employers to pay for.

Frequently asked questions

Common questions about running a job board for your organization.

Launch your reverse job board today

Candidate profiles, the talent directory, and talent access plans are included on every paid plan. Plans start at $29 per month.

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Starter
For solo founders launching their first board.
$29.00/month
Monthly
  • Website builder
  • Email editor
  • AI tagging & enrichment
  • Built-in blog
  • Candidate profiles + saved jobs
  • AI resume parsing
  • Charge for job posts
  • Direct messaging
  • Custom domain + SSL
  • Embeddable jobs widget
  • 300 active jobs
  • 1 team seat
  • 1K subscribers
Basic
For growing boards that need more capacity.
$139.00/month
Monthly
  • Starter's features, and:
  • 1,500 active jobs
  • 5 team seats
  • 10K subscribers
Recommended
Grow
For established boards ready to scale up.
$239.00/month
Monthly
  • Basic's features, and:
  • 5,000 active jobs
  • 10 team seats
  • 35K subscribers
Advanced
For large boards with high-volume needs.
$439.00/month
Monthly
  • Grow's features, and:
  • 15,000 active jobs
  • 25 team seats
  • Remove Cavuno branding
  • 100K subscribers
Enterprise
Custom limits, support, or revenue share.
Custom
Billed annually
  • Design a plan with:
  • Custom active jobs
  • Custom seat allocations
  • Custom subscriber limits