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Who wouldn't be willing to do an interview for $300?
Anthony, re notchup's dismissal of my phd as having any value, that actually might be reasonable. My phd is in political science, and for most jobs, that spells danger. i'm way overqualified or wrongly fitted for most jobs.
This is the stickiest concept I have *ever* seen. And certainly the best inducement for allowing an application to scrape my LinkedIn profile and connections. They promise to share 10% of each connection's earnings! Whoohoo, I hope they get lots of employers signed up because I have lots of employable connections!
If you want an invite to the beta just email me at stiennongmail.com ;-)
Will employers pay? That's the $64,000 question. I don't know how they are promoting that unless its a build it fast database plan, then pitch it to employers.
Then I got to this "name a price" thing which appeared quite silly, so I looked up any mention of this site, and I still can't quite understand the point.
Why should anybody offer me money to invite me to an interview through NotchUp, if they can do it outside NotchUp for free?
Let's say somebody finds my profile on NotchUp, and decides they might like to employ me. If I'd be interested anyway, then it's a waste of money, as they could save those $75 (that's the minimum price NotchUp let you state) by contacting me. If I talk to them just because they offer to pay me for it, and it's even more a waste of money, and time...
Or do NotchUp expect that one who signs up will then make himself unavailable unless approached through that site?
I must be missing something here. Or maybe not... Enlighten me.
All of your information may be secure, but what about your personal privacy? Are we so lured by the ease of use in uploading a LinkedIn profile and the notion that someone should PAY us to interview that we're willing to gloss over the details of our personal information?
Clearly, the big story seems to be overlooked.
Granted, I didn't make it to the privacy settings on the registration form because I had to agree to their Terms of Service, which I could not do. Maybe there's more than meets the eye here, but when compared to other sites, such as LinkedIn, I certainly did not feel the same sense of security.
That’s where PROSUMES.COM comes in. Better business model, in my humble opinion.
Granted, I helped launch the company but it just makes more sense.
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I'm a registered member and I've been trying more then a few times to import my profile (and contacts) from linkedin.
It always fail, and I receive the following error:
* We could not sign in to Linkedin with the below email and password
* Please check both fields and try again
I know that the login details are correct because I'm using them to enter Linkedin successfully.
Is there a problem with the import feature?
Can you please assist?
Thanks
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The auto-reply I got from notchup
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We appreciate your support of our beta program. If your message is
about the LinkedIn import profile/contacts features not working,
please know that we are working on it and plan to release a new
version soon. Thank you for your patience.
If your message is about a different subject, we will respond to you
as soon as possible.
Regards,
NotchUp Customer Support
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Thinking out loud: why did notchup waste my time
letting me try over and over again to import my Linkedin
details, knowing it does not work? A simple note on their
web site will do. This dishonesty right at the beginning is
not a good sign. They of all should know that people's
time is valuable.
I agree - not letting people know in the first place is a bad idea, especially considering that this is one of their most highly-touted features. Of course, that's not all that unusual these days, sadly.
The first three are working on advanced ways to job seekers to their ideal job opening. And employers to their ideal job candidate.
TalentSpring goes beyond that to rank resumes within an industry. We do this to benefit Job Seekers by getting the attention of employees. Job seekers rank well in areas they are passionate about and where they have invested in their work experience and education.
Since job seekers will rank well in areas they are interested in, we can bring large numbers of employers back to that job seeker. Specifically, we email a wide range of employers of job types that the job seeker considers ideal. This way the job seeker wins because they have their ideal types of employers actively listening to them. (Ranking resumes gives us the power to accomplish this)
Bryan Starbuck
CEO
www.TalentSpring.com
We will be soon launching an Interview Service which is aimed at the hiring managers across corporate America. The idea is to take some pressure out of the hiring manager (who's real job is not hiring). We will take the ownership of the filtering the candidates. In other words, our representatives will take the interview and certify a candidate.
Also, a candidate can take an interview in a technology area and get certified in advance. Those candidates will be listed as "Certified" in their profile.
Our interviews are real world technical architects, working in IT field for fore than 10 years. That makes a huge difference. "We will help you hire the RIGHT candidate" - That is our motto.
Regards,
Rani
Vice President
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