Please contact me if you’re interested in acquiring/leasing the recruiter.com domain name. Look at the WHOIS for the domain to find out how.

Best,
Ashley

until they will figure out how to get a computer to match a peron to a specific company’s opportunity, reach out to the candidate, convince them to consider the opportunity, reach out to the company and present the candidate in a compelling/relevant manner, prepare the candidate and client for all interviews, counsel both client and candidate post interviews, negotiate offers and help transition the candidate out from old employer and into new role – recruiters will stay in business.

As of now, the best technology has offered is the ability to find and organize the boatload of information available about companies and candidates. Jobster has done a decent job of creating an additional source to find more candidates and companies. It’s still up to companies and candidates to match to each other and proactively pursue each other through to closure. It’s our knowledge of the best opportunities and candidates in our specified marketplace and the ability to deliver in a timely fashion that keeps us traditional headhunters in business.

Boris
BINC – Software Search
http://www.bincsearch.com

As a “traditional web1.0 job board” we will follow these new advertising models closely and see if and how we can integrate this in our “freemium” advertising model.

Doron Vermaat

http://newchinacareer.com

I wish them the best.

A good thing about Jobster from a company perspective is that they are continuing to push the envelope from a development perspective. Although a fair number of their top developers have left the company in past 6-9 months, they are beginning to regain some traction and have seemed to reopen their doors to fresh talent. They also develop using some very cool and attractive technologies, so I can see developers slowly beginning to flow back to jobster as they continue to get their ducks in a row from a business perspective.

Boris
BINC – Software Search
http://www.bincsearch.com

This approach of payment based on applicant fee will cause Jobster to push more applicants to apply for a listing when they may otherwise not be qualified, and cause additional screening headaches for the staff who screen these resumes.

Now. it would be ideal if Jobster were to replace or manage referrals and get compensated significantly if an employee was hired and stayed on for 3 or 6 months. Maybe, they’re slowly headed that way.

Problem is – Adwords confuses the heck out of many business owners that I consult for.

If this is executed properly, it can stop phantom job postings and other issues that waste candidate’s time and damage the brand.

A former client of mine, MyNewPlace, launched May 2006 with a very similar business model. Instead of charging apartment owners to post an ad for their apartment or charging apartment seekers to look through ads (like its competitors do), it charges apartment owners only when they get a qualified lead. MyNewPlace actually went further than Jobster and only charges the apartment owner if the seeker signs a lease.

Oh. let’s not forget the job seeker. Where is the trusted channel for job hunting? Who knows? Think about it – if you want to get into a feeding frenzy of job offers – just stick to the established channels and post your CV on Dice, Monster, and Hotjobs. Trust me, good companies will find you!

Pay to play. How bad do you want awesome people working for you?

If you loose your job, are you willing to pay $25 to apply for a job ?

Mike

Go get your friends at Facebook to say something that supports your claim of exclusivity. It must be embarrassing to issue a press release that can’t get a supporting comment from the other party.

Also, as I said, the TechCrunch article which we are discussing says: Jobster is “the exclusive Job Listing provider.”

You say: “an exclusive relationship with Facebook. . . . I can tell you that none of our competitors can place sponsored career content onto Facebook.”

“Sponsored career content” does not equal “exclusive job listing provider.”

“Career content” can mean a lot of things. “Job listing” means: It’s a job. You can apply for it. It’s a well-known commodity. And, as I note, Facebook has its own bit for that in Marketplace, so the claim that Jobster is an exclusive “job listing” provider is simply false.

What you say is flat-out different from what TechCrunch is reporting. Please ask them to correct their facts.