JobSyndicate Alpha Launch

http://startuply.com/Blog/?p=58

by LukeG • 18 years ago

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edawerd• 18 years ago

Congrats on the alpha launch!

LukeG9• 18 years ago

thanks!

pjharrin• 18 years ago

Looks great! Is there going to be a public database of all job postings?

LukeG9• 18 years ago

I think a central repository of the jobs would compete too directly with our affiliates. We want to get them paid.

We also don't want to rebuild the [startuply] wheel with another destination site - JobSyndicate is about distribution.

gcheong• 18 years ago

I was just thinking about you guys recently wondering what the status of your startup was.

LukeG9• 18 years ago

alive and kicking

bprater• 18 years ago

I think the large bounties are going to be very tempting to affiliates. Getting a check for $1,000 out of the blue will make anybody's day.

Great model. In fact, surprised someone hasn't tried this yet.

This may work especially well for tech specific blogs. (Assuming tech related positions.)

LukeG9• 18 years ago

We're definitely focused on tech, design/UX, and PM/startup marketing-focused blogs for now.

lunchbox• 18 years ago

Neat...as a side note, what are some prominent design/UX and PM type blogs? I have searched around and not found too many, especially those directed towards PMs. (For design/UX I am aware of Usability Post, Signal vs. Noise, and Functioning Form).

superkarn• 18 years ago

Shout out to Loc and Ben too. How are you three doing?

LukeG9• 18 years ago

ben and loc are holding down the east bay; I'm all lonely over in SF. ;)

bootload2• 18 years ago

"... JobSyndicate is our way of getting jobs in front great candidates where they already live online. We can get targeted distribution for jobs by combining our ad widget technology with contingency recruiting “bounties. ..."

Read this line out loud. Needs a bit of editing.

LukeG9• 18 years ago

suggestions? could be simpler, will play around with it.

bootload2• 18 years ago

Since it's Alpha you can get away with alpha explanations but as more and more ppl use it explanations might have to be "pitched around the office" and get them to "say" what JS is doing then write them down. I'm crappy at writing at the best of times but my stab would be:

FROM

  JobSyndicate is our way of getting jobs 
  in front great candidates where they already 
  live online. 

  We can get targeted distribution for jobs 
  by combining our ad widget technology 
  with contingency recruiting “bounties.

  JobSyndicate is an online service that 
  matches the best candidate to their 
  geographic location.
  
  JobSyndicate acheives targeted distribution 
  for jobs using a combination of our "Ad widget" 
  technology and "recruiting bounties".

Replace the quotes with hyperlinks (and bold typeface) for "Ad widget" and "recruiting bounties".

latortuga• 18 years ago

He may have been referring to the lack of the word 'of' after the word 'front.'

lbrandy• 18 years ago

Well, I just "applied" my blog but I'll repeat the part of that email that matters the most: I'm a big believer in the concept.

Job boards are, by far, the best way to monetize professional traffic to a particular niche blog. (Well, the second best way. The best way is to push the product you also happening to be selling.) And the cursory research I did in this area a while back showed a glaring hole in distributed job board networks.

I think you guys have found a real sweet spot. I wish you guys the best.

nihaar• 18 years ago

Congrats guys!This is looking great

vaksel• 18 years ago

how are you keeping people honest? How does your system know that someone was hired and its time to charge?

LukeG9• 18 years ago

Great question.

People will always try to abuse a system, especially when there's a monetary incentive to do so. We manage fraud risk with a portfolio of approaches that includes building real relationships, designing good automated signals/indicators, monitoring the network closely, and having strong TOS + great lawyers.

Mystalic• 18 years ago

So how much nudging do we have to do to get an alpha account? nudge nudge

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