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After months of work I've launched my startup. Any critiques?

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Re: After months of work I've launched my startup. Any critiques?

#12
This is a good description of what you're doing, but it needs to be made more prominent.

Try it directly under the "Hiring. Made Simple." header instead of where it is now:

"Stop collecting resumes in your email inbox. DropJobs organizes all your applicants into an easy to use interface that lets you make better decisions. "

Re: After months of work I've launched my startup. Any critiques?

#13

Looks good, graphically! Are you focusing on medium to large corporate customers, or on small businesses? A problem I foresee with larger clients is that changing the website (even to paste in some script) is a Big Deal. They also probably don't care about the pay-as-you go offering. They have money to spend and might prefer to go with predictable costs. So, why not explicitly market this to small businesses? Pay as…

Yep I am specifically focused on small to medium sized companies. Large companies already universally already have giant enterprise HR systems installed as is anyway.

Re: After months of work I've launched my startup. Any critiques?

#14
The business side I can't really comment on, so best leave that to someone else more capable. UI wise I would suggest you really work on your typography to improve the overall feel. At a glance a few pointers would be:

1) far too much of the real information is off the bottom of the page... I don't really care so much about a screenshot of a fairly dry and grey page product shot.

2) the vertical space above and below the yellow sign up button is different and is slightly awkward because of it.

3) right aligning the features|pricing|signup text needs rethinking, also give it vertical space away from the image.

4) you need more variation in your headers/body/navigation text styles. The features|pricing|signup and also the pricing structure table really need more impact and are currently let down by how they look.

5) be more generous with the padding around the text in the pricing table.

6) using bold white on the blue is completely lost.

7) your underlying grid changes between the light and dark sections and needs to be rethought. Overall I think you need an extra column so you can get more relevant info into eyeline.

8) your remember me option needs styling and also be more generous with the space around it

9) the space between headers and paragraphs should not be the same (it's fine below headers, tighten up between paragraphs in my opinion) also the space below "Great Features" is not the same as other headers.

10) you have too many font styles and sizes in the blue BG area which is making it feel unstructured and hard to read.

It's a good start, and any design can be picked apart so hopefully any design comments will be taken as my own subjective feelings rather than true criticism, but if I was to say any 1 thing really needs attention I would get an extra column in there first and foremost.

Re: After months of work I've launched my startup. Any critiques?

#16
I think that it looks overall very good- but under "Great Features" the page doesn't look very polished. The white on blue headings don't differentiate well from the italicized white on blue. And, it's tough to get a feel for the main features at all. Clicking the "Features" link only takes my to this cluttered section. I think if you had a link to screenshots/ more clean features page that would help.

Also- I think the "Integrates Seamlessly" section is too wordy. Simply saying "If you can copy and paste, you can use DropJobs. Similar to Google Analytics, simply copy and paste the DropJobs widget code into your company's existing website and we do the rest. Listing jobs and accepting applications has never been easier."

With a link to your other features somewhere would get the major points.

Overall, I think this is a really nice idea for small to midsize businesses and seems like a really great service!

Re: After months of work I've launched my startup. Any critiques?

#17
You should put together a screencast demonstrating the product. A few paragraphs and a brief, general description of the product didn't convince me to sign up to check it out. People will want more information on what they're signing up for. You should put particular emphasis on how easy it is to review resumes.

Also, make sure you point out what differentiates you from Monster or Dice. You don't offer job listings, just application tracking, and people will be unsure of why they should use your service rather than a job board.

Great idea though.

Re: After months of work I've launched my startup. Any critiques?

#19
A bit confusing: You click on pricing, and see the pricing table. You click on signup, you see the same. I realize it was your intent, but it feels broken, especially since the table has "Select" buttons, not "Sign up".

Regarding the signup form: The hints' font size is too small unless you have perfect vision. You can increase it by 50% without changing the layout. Also, I think you can drop this: "First user's personal information.", "You can add additional users once logged in." seems enough.

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