I started a blog similar to this the other month, however it didn't really get very far (like most side-projects :D). The main thing I wanted to differentiate with other remote job sites are that "remote" usually means "remote in the US". I wanted it to be focussed on jobs available to Europeans, hence the name RemoteTechJobs.eu.

That was my first hurdle though, there aren't really that many remote jobs in Europe that are advertised. I think that's because companies don't really have a problem finding candidates. I spoke to a recruiter based in London and he said that most remote jobs he has get filled within hours or days rather than weeks for onsite positions.

The other thing I wanted to do was actually put some content in there that would be useful to the candidate to know what it's like to actually work at a company. The top listing on this site is as follows:

    JavaScript developer for a massive multiplayer game:  
    
    React.js;  
    Phaser;

As a potential candidate why would I even bother taking the time to reply to that? What would I even say "I've done React.js and Phaser, hire me!"? Maybe I could link to some projects on GitHub if I had something open source, but that doesn't really add up to much. Job listings work two ways, they are for you to tell candidates how great it will be to work for you, and how they won't be stuck working 80hrs/week generating Excel reports for you. This was the second hurdle though, most job listings just don't tell you enough of what it's like to work there.

In the end I abandoned the idea, but I'd still like to resurrect the idea (the site is still up). Maybe just revert to basic listings like this, but if anyone has any suggestions / feedback I'd appreciate it!

Edit: Formatting.