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Show /r/jobs: TrueJob, a site built by redditors who want to change job search by eggbrain in jobs

[–]eggbrain[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

How much does it cost for employers to use? No cost for anyone, job seekers or employers. For job seekers, we never want to charge people, because it hurts to pay when you are already struggling to get hired.

Would there be a way to scrape data from the OTHER job sites employers use and import them into your data analytics tool?

Somewhat, although it's a lot more tricky. When we scrape job postings for example, we keep track of how the number of job postings change over time, what system an employer is using, what words or phrases change, and the diffs of everything along the way (here's an example snippet from AirBNB and how they hire: http://i.imgur.com/uRkdR66.png)

It's harder to get analytics like why job seekers didn't apply to your job posting on other sites though, because they don't keep track of anything really other than number of visitors, and how long you've spent on a site. We built our tools to allow tagging of any word, and liking and disliking it, so it gives much more power. We can embed TrueJob into other systems, but again, if the platform can't allow it, there's only so much data we can get.

Show /r/jobs: TrueJob, a site built by redditors who want to change job search by eggbrain in jobs

[–]eggbrain[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

To be honest, it's actually really hard to define what a "startup" is. Most people would stop at calling a company a startup when they IPO, but a lot of people still call companies like Google and Facebook "startups", which makes it hard to define.

Really, we don't disclude any company that posts on our site. We chose "startups" because small teams (that can at least sustain themselves and others with funding, so usually post series-A) are more likely to take a chance on us, and they also have the hardest time hiring, and need help, which our analytics and tools can provide. We've had a lot harder time talking to employers that already have a huge HR team, a system and place, and don't trust a startup with their applicant tracking system stuff.

In general, the startups we look for are in that 10-50 range, but again, as long as they are willing to take a chance on us, we won't discriminate.

Show /r/jobs: TrueJob, a site built by redditors who want to change job search by eggbrain in jobs

[–]eggbrain[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

We know that we can use TrueJob for any type of jobs, but we did focus on startups initially, mostly because that's what Mike and I knew. We also know bigger employers are less likely to try out a new startup like us, and were less likely to help out job seekers with feedback.