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Re: Jobster, the Web 2.0 company on steroids, brings total bounty to $50M

Observer — Mon, 24 Jul 2006 11:36:05 -0000

You ask us to look a little closer? I just took a look at their impressive client list (http://www.jobster.com/sear..., but it seems that of the 347 companies whose logos appear on Jobster 98 (i.e. 28%)have zero jobs posted at this site???

Boeing has 48 jobs listed, which must be 1% of their annual recruitment target?

Actually 294 of these 347 companies (84%) have less than 50 jobs posted, which sounds like free trial numbers to me?

Unlike job boards or Craig's list, Jobster recently stopped showing posting dates, so it's hard to say how fresh / old these job opportunities are...

What rubber? What road?

Re: Jobster, the Web 2.0 company on steroids, brings total bounty to $50M

Recruiter — Fri, 21 Jul 2006 03:55:46 -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....

Re: Jobster, the Web 2.0 company on steroids, brings total bounty to $50M

joe goldberg — Wed, 19 Jul 2006 11:26:53 -0000

Hi Matt,

We didn't axe that Trends page, but if you're seeing a blank page when you click that link, it's a known bug and we're working on the fix right now. Thanks for your thoughtful writeup about us.

Joe Goldberg
Software Developer
Jobster

Re: Jobster, the Web 2.0 company on steroids, brings total bounty to $50M

Martin — Wed, 19 Jul 2006 09:35:31 -0000

So I immediately went there as a job surfer, tried some keywords.
Voila -- the same old listings from other search engines (location was silicon valley)

results: Nothing new, mostly recruiting firms, same listings from hotjobs/monster/dice. Blech.

Either PT Barnum rules or job searching is like real-estate : its all about the location.

they're still a long way from being useful IMO

Re: Jobster, the Web 2.0 company on steroids, brings total bounty to $50M

Jason Corsello — Wed, 19 Jul 2006 06:22:23 -0000

What makes Jason and Jobster unique is their extreme passion for the business and true innovation for the way employees and employers search. Unlike 90% of the Web 2.0 companies that are not "marketable" to enterprises (I don't think the Cisco's of the world really care about better photo sharing), Jobster is keening focused on changing the recruiting model. They have taking a somewhat broke model (ie the blackhold of job search) and made it a better, more rich experience for both equations, the employer and employee.