Review My Startup: Recruitly

by tessro • 17 years ago

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tessro3• 17 years ago

Recruitly combines helpful tips with rigorous, step-by-step job application tracking. For now, the key features are:

  * Single-screen application: see and work on everything at once
  * Consistent structured approach to each opportunity
  * Step-by-step workflow, emphasizing "what I can do right now"
  * Tracking of key contact information and interview times

The goal is to job seekers to parallel-process many simultaneous job opportunities, with the result hopefully being a shorter job search time. This is my first HN soft-launch. I'd appreciate any feedback! Thanks for taking the time to look. The questions I am pondering are:

  * Is the workflow logical?
  * Does the sales funnel function effectively?
  * Does the product pitch resonate?
  * Is the current product a complete MVP? What's missing?

run4yourlives2• 17 years ago

1. The mystery sign up was a little annoying.

2. I think overall you need to do a better job at telling me what this thing actually does, and why it's worth nine bucks a month. From what I can see, it just records notes about the companies I'm looking to apply too.

3. I don't like the cuteness of the language. Say what you mean; accurately, precisely. (eg: Saying you weren't a good fit actually deletes the record.)

Other than that, it looks good. I've seen some others in this space that are a little ahead of you, but that shouldn't discourage you at all. Good luck.

tessro3• 17 years ago

Thanks for the feedback!

In your opinion, are there specific others I should keep an eye to?

run4yourlives2• 17 years ago

To be honest, I couldn't tell you. I do remember seeing some of your competitors in this space through HN a few months back . Search YC may have more details.

briggsrs• 17 years ago

Just a thought - You might want to extend the free trial for a month at least or offer a free version with basic features that people will be able to try out. Job searching is a long and tiring process. Not to mention, the process hardly ends in 14 days. So a 14 day trial would be hard for someone to truly experience the "personal assistant" value proposition that is being advertised.

tessro3• 17 years ago

That's a good point. I plan to A/B test the offer extensively, but I may have started a bit on the conservative side.

ABrandt• 17 years ago

I see the 14 day trial as a strategic "encouragement" to get users to pay. If I'm two weeks into using this service, have experienced the value it brings, yet have not found a job then I would be more than willing to shell out $9 to continue for a while longer.

Review My Startup: Recruitly

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