Show HN: Our alternative to recruiter spam
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Show HN: Our alternative to recruiter spam
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Re: Show HN: Our alternative to recruiter spam
#2Hi 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 actively look for jobs and the thought of dealing with incompetent recruiters turned us off so we built Pitchbox. We link to think of it as a talent agency for developers so only personally relevant jobs are pitched to you... think of it as "Here's what I'm looking for, if you can provide it then let's talk"
Is this something that you want?
Re: Show HN: Our alternative to recruiter spam
#3Seems like a great idea. I recommend making the "what do you want to do" a bit more explicit (e.g., more multiple choice, asking me to give examples of jobs I'd leave my current position for, etc). When I completed this, I wasn't sure how you'd know what my "dream job" was. I know you're probably trying to keep it short, but I think I'd be more of a believer that this was going to yield good results if I were asking for slightly more info.
Re: Show HN: Our alternative to recruiter spam
#4Interesting - kind of reminds me of a site a friend built a few years ago. It was a resume site with contact info hidden. In order to contact you the recruiter had to pay you - at whatever price you put on a contact (usually a buck or two). If you didn't respond in a reasonable time the money was refunded. But he was trying to solve the same problem - recruiter spam. Unfortunately he launched right in the deepest pit of the financial meltdown and he was unable to get any traction with the site.
Re: Show HN: Our alternative to recruiter spam
#5Do a lot of people click the lower "what do you want to make?" options?
Re: Show HN: Our alternative to recruiter spam
#6Seems like a great idea. I recommend making the "what do you want to do" a bit more explicit (e.g., more multiple choice, asking me to give examples of jobs I'd leave my current position for, etc). When I completed this, I wasn't sure how you'd know what my "dream job" was. I know you're probably trying to keep it short, but I think I'd be more of a believer that this was going to yield good results if I were asking…
Thanks @esharef - we really are focused on making the experience very simple and painless. For developers, we can extrapolate a lot from the basic information provided (GitHub/Salary/Goals/Location/Resume)...the goals in particular are often revealing. It may take one or two pitches to calibrate but overtime pitches get more relevant.
Re: Show HN: Our alternative to recruiter spam
#7Do 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.
Re: Show HN: Our alternative to recruiter spam
#8Just 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.
Re: Show HN: Our alternative to recruiter spam
#9I 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"
Re: Show HN: Our alternative to recruiter spam
#10Just 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.