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By: Jobberwiki Gives You Watercooler Talk Before Getting Hired

Jobberwiki Gives You Watercooler Talk Before Getting Hired — Mon, 08 Jan 2007 22:24:18 +0000

[...] Jobberwiki launched just a few days ago and has almost no content but we think it has the potential to be useful. It is a lot like Jobster, except you don’t have to login or give any information about yourself to contribute to a posting. [...]

By: Online Job Hunt 10 Years Later - Still Sucks

Online Job Hunt 10 Years Later - Still Sucks — Mon, 08 Jan 2007 18:21:58 +0000

[...] Jobster is a start-up that is heavily funded and focusing on adding some social networking aspects to the job hunt process. Another stealth start-up looking to “revolutionize” the online job search is itzBig, which we are told is backed by an investment bank and is being run by CEO Hank Stringer (founder of Hire.com) and Chairman Jim Hammock (former CEO/Chairman of Hire.com). [...]

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By: Mark

Mark — Wed, 26 Jul 2006 02:19:34 +0000

Jobster is a glorified and mediocre email campaign tool.

For real web2.0 company that is actually doing a shitload of business in recruiting (i heard $20 mill last year profitably – more than 3x what linkedin+jobster are doing combined), check out ZoomInfo. Venrock and Vulcan funded, profitable, and will probably get bought by a search engine soon anyway.

Out
Mark

By: Techcrunch » Blog Archive » Zillow Raises Another $25 million

Techcrunch » Blog Archive » Zillow Raises Another $25 million — Tue, 25 Jul 2006 04:03:37 +0000

[...] Zillow, essentially a mashup of Google maps and historical real estate sales information, has now raised a whopping $57 million in capital. Other than supporting their 118 employees, it’s unclear what they plan to do with the money. Only time will tell. Note that Jobster, another Seattle startup, has also recently completed a large financing, bringing their total to nearly $50 million raised. Zillow [...]

By: The World Job Search by JOBSTER | DropShipArea.com

The World Job Search by JOBSTER | DropShipArea.com — Mon, 24 Jul 2006 10:07:14 +0000

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By: recruiter

recruiter — Fri, 21 Jul 2006 16:32:07 +0000

Everything Jobster says makes sense – accept for one thing. It doesn’t really work. Jobster is nothing more than a glorified job distributor that leans heavily on email as it main distribution outlet.

Initially that first email you get from the HR group is interesting, but that quickly fades. The success rate of the message being passed through to second and third level of people is minimal. Ever get emails from your training group on “tip of the day?” How much attention do you give these emails?

Recruiters find using yet another system to be cumbersome. Jobster has made some progress on ATS integration but it’s still very limited.

What kills me is that nobody is asking these guys the right questions. Ever wonder why you never hear any real results? Talk to people using the system and get their opinion.

If something doesn’t quite feel right about this 100 million dollar company then do yourself a favor and look a little closer. Rubber never meets the road and the wheels of propaganda continue to spin spin spin….

By: Kris

Kris — Thu, 20 Jul 2006 22:30:37 +0000

Real resultls? Talk to anyone who has used Jobster. Most of thier original clients did not renew. This company was built on spin and lives on spin.

By: On The Turning Away » Job Search, Socially

On The Turning Away » Job Search, Socially — Thu, 20 Jul 2006 21:16:07 +0000

[...] On a serious note, we noticed this from TechCrunch: Jobster takes more money to spread social job search. [...]

By: Leo Fish

Leo Fish — Thu, 20 Jul 2006 15:46:06 +0000

People might as well just go to craigslist……wow, money must be easy to raise iof they got that boat load…..even looks like a blog.

By: Leo Fish

Leo Fish — Thu, 20 Jul 2006 15:42:15 +0000

I like Joe’s comment the best!!!!

By: Nick Gavronsky

Nick Gavronsky — Thu, 20 Jul 2006 12:15:58 +0000

I agree with sharpshoot, they have a very strong product and it will only take some time until it is adopted by the masses.

By: Sharpshoot

Sharpshoot — Thu, 20 Jul 2006 09:07:29 +0000

Joe,

Its not that they are raising money because they need it but that investor confidence is high in Jobster. They have recurring revenues (3mill a year) an expanding market and a profitable vertical.

The fact that they can raise this sort of investment is not the sign of a floundering company but one with genuine focus and reach. Don’t just look at their interface to make a judgement, acknowledge the product.

By: e-Fuze Mobile » Jobster Pushes Web 2.0

e-Fuze Mobile » Jobster Pushes Web 2.0 — Thu, 20 Jul 2006 01:14:14 +0000

[...] Jobster has landed more funding worth $18 million USD from venture capitalists among Reed Elsevier and more. The total funding Jobster has received to date is now at $50 million. There are essentially two main players in the online job search market space, including Jobster and Monster, and of course, countless other start-ups. Jobster in a bid to better compete against the competition is going to try to be the MySpace of online Job Search, according to Jobster CEO Jason Goldberg. To do this, Jobster has introduced various new web 2.0 features last week and will continue to push web 2.0. Now, users can add comments, create profiles and utilize various RSS feeds. Now, MySpace has about 75 million registered users, and it was previously announced that MySpace will too venture into the job search market space, which could prove disastrous for the smaller companies, including Jobster. Via Jobster , Monster , Web 2.0 ShareThese icons link to social bookmarking sites where readers can share and discover new web pages. [...]

By: Joe

Joe — Thu, 20 Jul 2006 00:53:27 +0000

Fifty. Million. Dollars.

Fifty million dollars

Fifty fucking million fucking dollars.

The US sent 50 million dollars in aide to help Lebanon.

This company can barely scrape by and make a site to compete against craigslist or simplyhired.

Jesus christ.

By: Mission Creek :: Jobster takes more money to spread social job search

Mission Creek :: Jobster takes more money to spread social job search — Wed, 19 Jul 2006 23:17:21 +0000

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By: Jobster, successfully monetizing through corporations

Jobster, successfully monetizing through corporations — Wed, 19 Jul 2006 23:05:43 +0000

[...] The second thing that can really help is to show some success is actually making money off of corporations. Jobster apparently has 400 corporate customers and the average price they are paying is $5,000 per month. They are locking in 135 new customers per quarter and booked 3 million in revenues in June alone. If there is one way to draw financing to your company, this is it. This kind of thing speaks of stability, cash flow, ability to compete, and a realistic vision that can go somewhere. I’ve seen too much discussion about the features that Jobster has and whether or not they will work here/there or be accepted in international markets. To me, these are all mute points because sometimes the numbers do all the talking. Jobster obviously has an ability to sell their stuff, so as long as they don’t go completely sideways with their product then they are a definite float. [...]

By: Travis

Travis — Wed, 19 Jul 2006 22:10:02 +0000

At least if you get asked about using LinkedIn at work, you can claim that you were “networking”, not looking for a job. That would be hard sell if the traffic reports show something called “jobster.com”.

By: Brett Rice

Brett Rice — Wed, 19 Jul 2006 21:33:00 +0000

What are they going to do with this money? The HR space sucks! Customers are lowest on the budget priority list for the CEO…no matter what lip service they say and their model requires an expensive enterprise sales team to execute. For the money, I’d go to Craigslist or LinkedIn over Jobster every time.

By: Nick Gavronsky

Nick Gavronsky — Wed, 19 Jul 2006 21:23:11 +0000

I think this is a viable idea, yet I dont know how many people are going to use it. I am actually launching a site in about a month and am looking at jobster as one of my prospective partners.

By: TechCrunch Japanese アーカイブ » ソーシャルな転職探しのJobster、追加投資を確保

TechCrunch Japanese アーカイブ » ソーシャルな転職探しのJobster、追加投資を確保 — Wed, 19 Jul 2006 21:04:22 +0000

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By: Kevin

Kevin — Wed, 19 Jul 2006 20:51:00 +0000

I think linkedin is little better myself. Looks like they have alot of craigslist jobs on there…why not just goto craigslist..

By: Innovation Zen

Innovation Zen — Wed, 19 Jul 2006 20:06:31 +0000

What about companies letting their HR people and managers post job offers independently over social networks?

The “social networking job search” trend is growing, but I would be interested in the statistics behind it.