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Re: Show HN: HireMyFriend – Get your friends to help you find a new job

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Post by falk »

The biggest problem I have with this is that it attaches you to your friend's profile and whatever he does online. So, for example, what if a buddy of mine posts that he just smoked a joint, and then he endorses me for a job. Unfortunately most employers will likely draw certain conclusions from that, "He hangs out with those kinds of people? I'm not hiring him." It could be much subtler, like your friend posts "I love Bob Marley."

Re: Show HN: HireMyFriend – Get your friends to help you find a new job

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Post by scottmagdalein »

falk wrote: post #3

The biggest problem I have with this is that it attaches you to your friend's profile and whatever he does online. So, for example, what if a buddy of mine posts that he just smoked a joint, and then he endorses me for a job. Unfortunately most employers will likely draw certain conclusions from that, "He hangs out with those kinds of people? I'm not hiring him." It could be much subtler, like your friend posts "I lo…

I love Bob Marley. I don't smoke pot.

The same correlation (or guilt by association) could be made by the people you follow on Twitter or your Facebook friends or the people who endorse you on LinkedIn.

Re: Show HN: HireMyFriend – Get your friends to help you find a new job

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Post by mr_luc »

Great idea, pretty site.

Very minor concern: I see "Hu" instead of "Hi" in 'Hire', because of the script. I didn't see it on first glance, but when I navigated to the demo profile I did, and now I see the U shape much more strongly than the I or R, and it's bugging me. :)

Re: Show HN: HireMyFriend – Get your friends to help you find a new job

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Post by jongold »

falk wrote: post #3

The biggest problem I have with this is that it attaches you to your friend's profile and whatever he does online. So, for example, what if a buddy of mine posts that he just smoked a joint, and then he endorses me for a job. Unfortunately most employers will likely draw certain conclusions from that, "He hangs out with those kinds of people? I'm not hiring him." It could be much subtler, like your friend posts "I lo…

Absolutely agree — I think that's the most important thing we want to test with this iteration :)

I'd think that people would choose the professional connections they trust rather than their stoner roommate from college, but there's only so much hypothesising we can do without real people trying it out!

I'm not a huge fan of Bob Marley either, but I know what you mean. It could be your friend who is, say, a prominent Rubyist tweeting a joke about PHP as you're applying to Facebook. We'll see how that plays out, but I'd think that an 'old school' job reference would have the same risks.

Re: Show HN: HireMyFriend – Get your friends to help you find a new job

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Post by jongold »

mr_luc wrote: post #6

Great idea, pretty site. Very minor concern: I see "Hu" instead of "Hi" in 'Hire', because of the script. I didn't see it on first glance, but when I navigated to the demo profile I did, and now I see the U shape much more strongly than the I or R, and it's bugging me. :)

Thanks — we'll take another pass at the logo this sprint :)

btw if you're interested in that kinda thing the logo is based on a heavily reworked Candy Script by the amazing Sudtipos http://sudtipos.com/fonts/94

Re: Show HN: HireMyFriend – Get your friends to help you find a new job

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Post by stefl »

falk wrote: post #3

The biggest problem I have with this is that it attaches you to your friend's profile and whatever he does online. So, for example, what if a buddy of mine posts that he just smoked a joint, and then he endorses me for a job. Unfortunately most employers will likely draw certain conclusions from that, "He hangs out with those kinds of people? I'm not hiring him." It could be much subtler, like your friend posts "I lo…

It's a good point that you can't be responsible for the things that people who recommend you say online.

The idea is that you'd share the link privately just with people you really trust, so it's unlikely someone you don't trust would add their recommendation. I agree - you probably need to be able to remove any recommendations that you don't think are appropriate...

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