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Re: “MySpace for Jobs” Receives $18M

ryan silvia — Sat, 01 Nov 2008 13:59:44 -0000

i'm a young man from the northern eastern coast of the US actually mass to be exact i'm realiy looking for a big carrer change my whole life i've been strugleing from docs to different jobs i was born with a coarctation to the heart i suffer a heart disease called arterial stanosis i have only two main blood vesels to the heart and a normal person has three. I have suffered 4 open heart surgeries and still hear today, only god knows why I have also suffered a massive trauma to the the brain in a car accident on the fairhaven bridge in 03 of may, a dramatic change in my life i'm still suffering a little memory loss today Iam so thankfull to be alive luckaly i'm able to still walk and talk i'm a cook now at the ninty-nine resturant soon hopefully going to colldge god still has a plan for me, just don't know what sicerly, Ryan

Re: “MySpace for Jobs” Receives $18M

Recruiter — Fri, 21 Jul 2006 15:04:16 -0000

Everything Jobster says makes sense - accept for one thing. It doesnâ€™t really work. Jobster is nothing more than a glorified job distributor that leans heavily on email as it main distribution outlet.

Initially that first email you get from the HR group is interesting, but that quickly fades. The success rate of the message being passed through to second and third level of people is minimal. Ever get emails from your training group on "tip of the day?" How much attention do you give these emails?

Recruiters find using yet another system to be cumbersome. Jobster has made some progress on ATS integration but itâ€™s still very limited.

What kills me is that nobody is asking these guys the right questions. Ever wonder why you never hear any real results? Talk to people using the system and get their opinion.

If something doesnâ€™t quite feel right about this 100 million dollar company then do yourself a favor and look a little closer. Rubber never meets the road and the wheels of propaganda continue to spin spin spin....

Re: “MySpace for Jobs” Receives $18M

GorrillaToes — Fri, 21 Jul 2006 13:56:57 -0000

social networking and job search are polar opposites. left brain right brain. at it's core, it's just another job search site. adding social networking and web 2.0 bells and whistles around it doesn't change that fact. It's competing against an established market. good luck to it, but i'm a sceptic.

Re: “MySpace for Jobs” Receives $18M

bahman — Thu, 20 Jul 2006 13:52:52 -0000

openbc.com has been doing this for years now

Re: “MySpace for Jobs” Receives $18M

Jawad Shuaib — Thu, 20 Jul 2006 13:18:05 -0000

I've never heard of a startup with 120+ employees that succeeded.

Re: “MySpace for Jobs” Receives $18M

Edmund Yeo — Thu, 20 Jul 2006 12:01:15 -0000

Ooh, congrats dude, you got Dugg!

Re: “MySpace for Jobs” Receives $18M

Andre — Thu, 20 Jul 2006 12:00:58 -0000

The sceptics have to be silly... From a long time Tech Pro in the recruiting industry, this thing has loads of potential.

Re: “MySpace for Jobs” Receives $18M

GorrillaToes — Wed, 19 Jul 2006 14:14:19 -0000

you got to be kidding me. 100 million market cap for a company that provides canned social networking tools? let's be honest, the VCs have a lot of money with no place to invest it.

how many companies does jobster have to sign up at $1k-$9k per month to make a return on capital?

Re: “MySpace for Jobs” Receives $18M

blebla — Wed, 19 Jul 2006 12:42:47 -0000

man, 18 million is a huge amount of VC to take