Sorry, what makes this different than all the other remote job boards that have been posted at HN over the past years? https://hn.algolia.com/?q=remote+job+board
Interesting how few still have a working website.
Show HN: RemoteMore – We connect developers with full-time remote jobs
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#32Earlier quoted context omitted.
How many companies are actually on the platform? I'm currently in the market for a remote job, but have a hard time seeing how this would deliver me value over actively applying to remote job board positions. ---- Quick EDIT: I just noticed Basecamp as the first company in your showcase. Basecamp has been on a hiring freeze for 18 months now with a public blog post about it. Are you actually working with those showca…
Looks like a "growth hack" :|
But they post their summer vacation photos on the company web site. What's more legit than that?
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#33Earlier quoted context omitted.
How do you pre-screen people to get if they will be a good fit for remote?
IMO you’d look for time management and communication skills as well as a strong sense of self-assessment and independent decision making.
Note that the comment you're replying to asked How, not what do you screen for. How do you screen for the skills you've outlined?
Re: Show HN: RemoteMore – We connect developers with full-time remote jobs
#34Earlier quoted context omitted.
How many companies are actually on the platform? I'm currently in the market for a remote job, but have a hard time seeing how this would deliver me value over actively applying to remote job board positions. ---- Quick EDIT: I just noticed Basecamp as the first company in your showcase. Basecamp has been on a hiring freeze for 18 months now with a public blog post about it. Are you actually working with those showca…
"We aim to bring all of those companies on our marketplace" Sounds like they are not working with them at all, but want to. If I were them, I'd be worried about those companies coming down on them for mis-use of their logos.
Ah, I skimmed over that.
Looks like this site is going to be a hard pass for me. Questionable ethics touting companies like that.
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#35The "Developers hired through our service" section is super fishy. I googled the 2 devs presented and found their Linkedin. The guy hired "in Portugal by a Danish company" doesn't list any Denmark based company in his profile. The one hired "in Spain by a German company" seems to live in Eastern Europe and doesn't list any German company in his employment history.
Also, including Basecamp, Gitlab, Zapier, Trello, etc logos without having a formal relationship with them probably opens the door for legal actions.
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#36"Commission per hire: 15% of annual salary" So basically getting the same fee as a normal recruiter, without them doing any of the work. Lower fees will attract more companies. For the standard recruiter fee, I rather just use a firm.
They are claiming to pre-screen candidates which in case of remote job I think is not a bad idea.
So, another TopTal without the Top?
Re: Show HN: RemoteMore – We connect developers with full-time remote jobs
#37Would be good with an example video so you know what kind of video you should do with yourself.
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#38"We will review your profile and ask you to submit a short video to ensure that you have good fit with working remotely."
Why is a video needed? Seems counter-intuitive; someone's age, appearance, and presentability are probably less important in full time remote work (should never be a factor in any job, but the reality of course is that there is a likability factor for on-site workers).
The only thing I can think of is if some of the employers need to video conference a lot, and want people who don't look like hideous monsters, or some such thing. What am I missing here?
Re: Show HN: RemoteMore – We connect developers with full-time remote jobs
#39Sorry, what makes this different than all the other remote job boards that have been posted at HN over the past years? https://hn.algolia.com/?q=remote+job+board
Interesting how few still have a working website.
I think a lot of Show HNs are experiments. Which is perfectly fine!
Also, a job board is a very low barrier to entry business with high margins if you succeed, so I'd expect there to be a lot of failed attempts.
We also don't know what kind of winddown the ones who shut down had, hopefully it was graceful.
Re: Show HN: RemoteMore – We connect developers with full-time remote jobs
#40Would be good with an example video so you know what kind of video you should do with yourself.
Many thanks for the feedback! We will implement it :-)