Do a lot of people click the lower "what do you want to make?" options?
And, I'm guessing all the jobs are going to be in the Bay Area, judging by the salary levels...
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#12Do a lot of people click the lower "what do you want to make?" options?
Yes if they are serious about being pitched relevant jobs. It is one of the filters so we don't pitch jobs that will not meet your basic salary exceptions. If you don't have experience and your expectations are unreasonably high then you likely wont receive many pitches.
My salary expectation is pretty different based on whether I take a job in Seattle, San Francisco, or Austin. How is this accounted for?
Re: Show HN: Our alternative to recruiter spam
#13Hi HN. We were tired of recruiters so we built this because it was something we wish existed. We had "satisfying" jobs and liked who we worked with but we were not naive and knew there could be a better job out there. Either building a product more aligned with our personal interests, making more doing something we enjoyed even more, or work with a team that challenged us further. It was too time consuming to activel…
Yep. Sure solves a huge problem, in a very nice, subtle way. Thank you for fixing this! :) Co-incidentally, someone today posted a link about how LinkedIn's recruiter spam is killing the quality of the product[1]. I think your timing is just perfect :)
EDIT: And your site is amazingly simple yet elegant! Keep it up guys :)
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#14I understand you're trying to create an alternative to spam from say Linkedin, but that really is what I use for my resume these days. Can I use that for my "application"
Putting your resume online, on a resume board, or elsewhere is sure to send many unsolicited jobs in to your inbox. You'll then have to engage with each individual to determine if its interesting work, good pay, etc...That works if you are actively looking but it can be time consuming and you can be overlooked by great companies. This is meant to be a filter, we'll spend the time filtering out the junk jobs for you.
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#15One item to pay attention to is location. If someone currently works in San Francisco and choose to remain there, will a Palo Alto company be able to contact them? Is there a default radius?
Perhaps someone wants to relocate, but only to specific cities. Expanded options would be nice.
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#16I submitted my information; it doesn't hurt to give it a try. I live in the Philadelphia area, but I'm open to relocating if the position is right, so a service such as this may be able to work for me. I'll have to see.
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#17Nice site. I've spent a lot of time thinking about this problem; have you thought about an "allocate points" solution? I've had the thought that an "allocate 20 points" resume / requirements list might be superior to the traditional, cluttered approach. ( http://michaelochurch.wordpress.com/2013/01/02/why-i-wiped-m... )
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#18Earlier quoted context omitted.
Yes if they are serious about being pitched relevant jobs. It is one of the filters so we don't pitch jobs that will not meet your basic salary exceptions. If you don't have experience and your expectations are unreasonably high then you likely wont receive many pitches.
My salary expectation is pretty different based on whether I take a job in Seattle, San Francisco, or Austin. How is this accounted for?
Fair point...right now we associate your salary with with where you live. If you are open to relocating, we'll reach out to find out where and then make sure salary is adjusted...our intent is to help you find something great, so we'll work with you to make that happen.
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#19Just went through the signup process. There should be a textbox for those of us who don't maintain great github profiles to say a few words about ourselves.
Good idea. If we can't infer enough information sometimes we'll reach out and ask one or two questions.
It would also be great, if we could just import our information from LinkedIn.
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#20I applied, it will be interesting to see what kind of jobs you have in mind. Although one way to improve is to be able to tell you where I would be willing to relocate. Id love Seattle for instance, but wouldn't consider a job in Colorado or Austin. Other than that, it is a very cool service and look forward to finding out what you find for me.