Job Boards just just might be a way for higher profile blogs to springboard their traffic to the next level. Citing the lay-off of so many online marketers from MarketSmart Interactive as an incentive, Marketing Pilgrim has launched it's own Job Board. To celebrate the lauch, Marketing Pilgrim is offering one free 30-day to job advertisers. As Andy Beal explains:

For many years, I’ve received emails from recruiters, asking me to recommend someone for an open position. I’ve also had many marketers contact me with their resume, asking if I know of any company hiring. Finally the light-bulb went on and, thanks to a partnership with JobThread.com, I’ve launched a job board dedicated to online marketing careers.

Helping us with the launch are jobs listings from Microsoft, iProspect, High Rankings, SEO Inc, Channel Advisor, The Rimm-Kaufman Group and Fox Interactive Media.

There’s a second part to this launch. With the laying-off of so many talented marketers from MarketSmart Interactive, I wanted to give them as much help as I can in finding a new home. So, I’m inviting any employer to post their job listing for FREE, using the coupon code “PILGRIMBETA”. The coupon is good for a single-category, 30-day listing and expires February 12th. After that it’s just $47 a listing.

If your company has any open marketing positions, please feel free to add it to the job board. If you’re looking work, or maybe a career change, browse the job listings or subscribe to the RSS feed. You’ll also find a new sidebar widget, which will keep you updated on job listings.

Indeed, it is not unheard of for a high profile blog to launch its own job board. Techcrunch currently features its own job board. After all, a job board is great way to maintain certain levels of quality, targeted traffic.

If a blog garners enough traffic to make it worth the blogger's timed to set up a job board and the advertiser's HR dollars to advertiser on it, this might be the beginning to another trend in the Web-2.0 sphere. It will be interesting, then, to see whether this does catch on, and if so, how saturated the market can become before advertisers abandon the concept or bloggers drop their rates.