Comments on: compete.com on jobster, facebook partnership http://www.cheezhead.com/2007/02/08/compete-jobster-facebook/ Insight and opinion from the world of employment. Mon, 13 Oct 2008 00:32:38 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: John http://www.cheezhead.com/2007/02/08/compete-jobster-facebook/#comment-15531 John Sat, 03 Mar 2007 21:59:36 +0000 http://www.cheezhead.com/2007/02/08/compete-jobster-facebook/#comment-15531 You might want to take a reality check on this supposed Jobster/Facebook "partnership." Who is calling it a partnership? Jobster. To my knowledge, Facebook has issued no press release on this supposed "partnership" (http://www.facebook.com/press.php). Facebook seems to be very happy doing what they're doing, thank you. Jobster is just a flea on a big dog. Here's all it is: Facebook has an API that anyone can use FOR FREE. Once you've written your app, it appears on their list (http://developers.facebook.com/products.php?&desktop=&sort=2). It doesn't even look to me as though Facebook polices the apps very much; I would hope they know a lot about Jobster, but who knows? You can also define yourself as a Facebook group. It's not like you're a first-class module in Facebook; you're just another service plugged into it. To get a feel for which of these plugins interest Facebook, the one they are calling their "Featured Product" is MoochSpot, which is for tracking expenses. Good luck to Jobster. Maybe someday they'll be the featured product. It is bizarre to me that HR professionals would accept Jobster PR at face value. A partnership is a two-way street. To be sure, perhaps Facebook will be gratified by the bazillions of hits that come their way from Jobster (possible? Doubtful). Or maybe there will be a universal shout from the kids that the Jobster CareerCenter is a great feature. But right now, the 2nd most popular app (after one written by Facebook) is "Your Hottest Friend," which should give you an idea of what the student mind values (http://developers.facebook.com/products.php?&desktop=&sort=2). You might want to take a reality check on this supposed Jobster/Facebook “partnership.”

Who is calling it a partnership? Jobster. To my knowledge, Facebook has issued no press release on this supposed “partnership” (http://www.facebook.com/press.php). Facebook seems to be very happy doing what they’re doing, thank you. Jobster is just a flea on a big dog.

Here’s all it is:

Facebook has an API that anyone can use FOR FREE. Once you’ve written your app, it appears on their list (http://developers.facebook.com/products.php?&desktop=&sort=2). It doesn’t even look to me as though Facebook polices the apps very much; I would hope they know a lot about Jobster, but who knows? You can also define yourself as a Facebook group. It’s not like you’re a first-class module in Facebook; you’re just another service plugged into it. To get a feel for which of these plugins interest Facebook, the one they are calling their “Featured Product” is MoochSpot, which is for tracking expenses.

Good luck to Jobster. Maybe someday they’ll be the featured product.

It is bizarre to me that HR professionals would accept Jobster PR at face value. A partnership is a two-way street. To be sure, perhaps Facebook will be gratified by the bazillions of hits that come their way from Jobster (possible? Doubtful). Or maybe there will be a universal shout from the kids that the Jobster CareerCenter is a great feature. But right now, the 2nd most popular app (after one written by Facebook) is “Your Hottest Friend,” which should give you an idea of what the student mind values (http://developers.facebook.com/products.php?&desktop=&sort=2).

]]> By: Ryan Carrigg http://www.cheezhead.com/2007/02/08/compete-jobster-facebook/#comment-12736 Ryan Carrigg Fri, 16 Feb 2007 18:12:30 +0000 http://www.cheezhead.com/2007/02/08/compete-jobster-facebook/#comment-12736 Joel, thanks for taking the time to read and write about my post. Gloria is correct though, the 1% is of total myspace (and possibly facebook) users, not a 1% increase. Thanks! Joel, thanks for taking the time to read and write about my post. Gloria is correct though, the 1% is of total myspace (and possibly facebook) users, not a 1% increase.

Thanks!

]]> By: Gloria White http://www.cheezhead.com/2007/02/08/compete-jobster-facebook/#comment-12101 Gloria White Tue, 13 Feb 2007 05:53:57 +0000 http://www.cheezhead.com/2007/02/08/compete-jobster-facebook/#comment-12101 Joel, I think you got the numbers wrong...the simplyhired-myspace partnership brings 1% of myspace users to simplyhired. from the article: "Compete data shows that the Myspace jobs pages are currently being utilized by about 1% of total Myspacers" That could be a huge number, but kind of hard to believe. If there are 100 million myspace users, SH getting 1 million users from there alone....that would make it much bigger than indeed. and a similar thing could help jobster. Joel, I think you got the numbers wrong…the simplyhired-myspace partnership brings 1% of myspace users to simplyhired. from the article:
“Compete data shows that the Myspace jobs pages are currently being utilized by about 1% of total Myspacers”

That could be a huge number, but kind of hard to believe. If there are 100 million myspace users, SH getting 1 million users from there alone….that would make it much bigger than indeed.
and a similar thing could help jobster.

]]> By: 1onrails http://www.cheezhead.com/2007/02/08/compete-jobster-facebook/#comment-11872 1onrails Sun, 11 Feb 2007 18:52:20 +0000 http://www.cheezhead.com/2007/02/08/compete-jobster-facebook/#comment-11872 Free Job Postings = Spam right? Free Job Postings = Spam right?

]]> By: ObviousGUy http://www.cheezhead.com/2007/02/08/compete-jobster-facebook/#comment-11353 ObviousGUy Thu, 08 Feb 2007 21:42:10 +0000 http://www.cheezhead.com/2007/02/08/compete-jobster-facebook/#comment-11353 "According to Compete.com data, Simply Hired saw a 1 percent increase in traffic from their partnership with MySpace. The kind of deep integration Jobster is talking about with Facebook should mean a similar traffic increase." In other words, worthless... “According to Compete.com data, Simply Hired saw a 1 percent increase in traffic from their partnership with MySpace. The kind of deep integration Jobster is talking about with Facebook should mean a similar traffic increase.”

In other words, worthless…

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