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Re: Show HN: Applying for jobs? Manage all your interviews in one place

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Post by redmattred »

WestCoastJustin wrote: post #4

How do you plan on making money? My concern would be that you need to be extremely upfront about what data you're collecting and if you're selling it back to these companies whom the person interviewed with (even if anonymized). This is a very personal exchange between an employee and employer that could have significant impact on employment negotiations. For example, I might not want employer A, knowing that I'm als…

One potential idea is a "pay it forward" model where you're asked to pay for someone else using the service, but only after you have successfully found a job.

When a job seeker signs up they would see that their subscription was paid by someone else and it will instantly build goodwill/stickiness for the product.

It's generally hard to monetize from job seekers since they don't have an income in many cases, but many would be happy to once they land a job and may even choose to buy a subscription for personal friends/family who are looking for a job. Similarly companies could also pay to buy X # of subscriptions for job seekers to attract people to their jobs and build goodwill/positive employment branding.

Could make for a good viral loop, could drum up some great PR, and help a lot of people

Re: Show HN: Applying for jobs? Manage all your interviews in one place

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Post by dabockster »

BadassFractal wrote: post #62
justboxing wrote: post #59

> Interview feedback - Give interview feedback to your interviewer and get feedback back. I'd be very surprised (and impressed) if any interviewer gives honest feedback on the interview, in writing (via the app), esp. in cases where candidate was rejected / didn't receive an offer. Cos that would have a discrimination lawsuit written all over it. HR and/or Recruiters also never gives candid feedback for the same reas…

Only takes one physical threat from a rejected candidate with a bruised ego to never want to provide people with feedback again. The returns are just not there.

You would take it personally? I would just call the cops on the reject then move on with my life.

Re: Show HN: Applying for jobs? Manage all your interviews in one place

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Post by dabockster »

r3vrse wrote: post #100

Honest feedback: I don't see how this succeeds without integration with existing applicant workflows. The cognitive overhead of another app to store data, manually update status etc is high. If e.g. Monster or Indeed launched this as a value-add to existing functionality it would be big, but i'm not going to make the effort you're asking for in isolation.

I think this is geared more for the applicant than the employer. So ATS integration really shouldn't be a priority.

Re: Show HN: Applying for jobs? Manage all your interviews in one place

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Post by paulgrant999 »

nbardy wrote: post #94
aphextron wrote: post #78

Earlier quoted context omitted.

>I haven't felt this at all. What companies are you applying to? How much experience do you have? Mostly mid-size startups. I have 5 years experience as a front end dev, but being self taught with no degree I look pretty bad on paper. It's never been a problem for me in the past, but it seems like the market for mid-level self taught developers is drying up.

I have the same qualifications as you. And the same struggle getting my foot in the door. I used Triplebyte and it was fantastic. If you can pass their interview it's worth doing.

Why?

What actual benefits did you receive?

Re: Show HN: Applying for jobs? Manage all your interviews in one place

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Post by [deleted] »

philsnow wrote: post #31

All my job searches have been fairly intensive, switching between a notes file of some kind or a spreadsheet-alike and dozens of browser tabs (job req pages for companies I'm interested in, tabs of research on each company, etc). Conversely, whenever I'm trying to get real work done on my phone I feel like I'm looking at and using the internet through a drinking straw. The interface just doesn't have enough bandwidth…

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Re: Show HN: Applying for jobs? Manage all your interviews in one place

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Post by mgkimsal »

philsnow wrote: post #31

All my job searches have been fairly intensive, switching between a notes file of some kind or a spreadsheet-alike and dozens of browser tabs (job req pages for companies I'm interested in, tabs of research on each company, etc). Conversely, whenever I'm trying to get real work done on my phone I feel like I'm looking at and using the internet through a drinking straw. The interface just doesn't have enough bandwidth…

I have similar thoughts. Years ago I had a big job search, and over a few weeks had more than 80 applications out - had a job posting page, some notes, etc. I kept track in a spreadsheet, but it was bothersome.

Later when I start freelancing (years later) I put together a tool, wrapped it in a dotcom - appliedto.com, then later a slightly more generic version - outreachto.com. Wanted to do email 'send as', and got bit hung up on making that work well (at the time, yahoo and web outlook were just PITA non-starters - I've done a bit more with outlook now and it's a bit better).

I've considered revisiting this service, but could never quite figure out any monetization. As others have mentioned, people who are looking for work are often cash strapped (or at least more mindful). Making it in to a bit more a a 'job crm' maybe...? Freemium, with sample cover letters and templates?

What I needed this for was for keeping track of which versions of resumes I'd sent to people, having multiple versions already written and uploaded, and email templates that I could save and reuse.

I don't really want to be hijacking this thread, but... at the same time, any feedback on these from the gallery would be appreciated. (and... no doubt there's some security stuff I need to revisit soon - it's an older codebase).

Re: Show HN: Applying for jobs? Manage all your interviews in one place

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Post by newuser6969 »

forgotmypw wrote: post #83

Can you explain which part of your website requires JavaScript so much as to make it inaccessible to those browsing with JS disabled?

Seconded. I appreciate javascript unnecessary sites. Although, if something really requires js im okay with it. Theres some demos i have on my personal site that straight uo require js which i think is fine
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