Posts Tagged with ‘employment’

Not everyone who has browsed a job board is actually unemployed. In fact, some people who peruse listings of available jobs online are quite intent with their current positions, but would just like to see what's available.
That is the theory behind itzbig's new job search tool, which allows working technology professionals to privately explore the other career opportunities that are available around them. Essentially designed as a sort of employment matchmaker, itzbig targets, as the company calls it, the “Quiet Working Professional, [...]

Revyr is a company review service where anyone can post data about companies anonymously. The startup is in private beta testing and I tested some of its elements today. Revyr is patterned after product review sites but the reviews come from the public at large, employees and former employees. Anyone can post a review on a company (without fear of discovery) by filling in various text and form fields. This user submitted data is collected to provide feedback for those [...]

JobTonic.com, a company we profiled a little over a week ago, is rewarding its first referral with a £375 finder's fee. The site, which launched in 2006, allows users to refer friends, acquaintances, and themselves for open positions, replacing a traditional headhunter or employment service with real-life social networks.
In this case, a Mr. B (JobTonic.com has hidden identities) referred Mr. A in Glasgow for a position as Telesales Advisor at a major UK financial company. After the candidate [...]

The D.I.Y. trend of Web 2.0 extends itself into the employment world with the launch 21 March of JobTonic.com, a headhunting site where companies post jobs and you can refer yourself or your friend for a job, getting the referral bonus for yourself.
With referral bonuses reaching up to £1000, the hope is that employers can find candidates for open positions faster using word of mouth, as well as saving the cost of an agency, which often charges up to 30% [...]

Guru.com
I have liked this site for years, it has a very clear purpose and objective: state your business and what you would like to charge for doing that. People who are looking for specialists can thus choose if they want your services or the services from your competitor. Naturally it helps if you have some positive feedbacks and a low fee per hour.
One example; about a year ago I made my profile on Guru.com, stating my business as a business [...]