Comments on: bounty of good news for jobfox http://www.cheezhead.com/2008/04/13/jobfox-news/ Insight and opinion from the world of employment. Fri, 13 Nov 2009 04:01:22 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Ray http://www.cheezhead.com/2008/04/13/jobfox-news/comment-page-1/#comment-117543 Ray Fri, 24 Apr 2009 19:36:05 +0000 http://www.cheezhead.com/2008/04/13/jobfox-news/#comment-117543 Stan, I see your point however I think it could hurt jobfox as much as it could them unless they use it to get more new users. If I were jobfox I would be afraid that users would be turned off by their process. BTW, thanks for your comments. As a side note, I wonder if jobfox plans to allow other job boards to use resume pal in the future on their sites (not send them to the jobfox / resume pal site). That could be a way for jobfox to get more $$$ and increase the overall value of the jobfox brand. The other side of the coin is if they did decide to do this they would lose their unique value as a job board but maybe jobfox wouldn't care if they were making lots of money. In this economy I don't think anyone would care if the money was coming in (including jobfox). Stan, I see your point however I think it could hurt jobfox as much as it could them unless they use it to get more new users. If I were jobfox I would be afraid that users would be turned off by their process. BTW, thanks for your comments.

As a side note, I wonder if jobfox plans to allow other job boards to use resume pal in the future on their sites (not send them to the jobfox / resume pal site). That could be a way for jobfox to get more $$$ and increase the overall value of the jobfox brand. The other side of the coin is if they did decide to do this they would lose their unique value as a job board but maybe jobfox wouldn’t care if they were making lots of money. In this economy I don’t think anyone would care if the money was coming in (including jobfox).

]]> By: Stan P. http://www.cheezhead.com/2008/04/13/jobfox-news/comment-page-1/#comment-117533 Stan P. Thu, 23 Apr 2009 20:02:58 +0000 http://www.cheezhead.com/2008/04/13/jobfox-news/#comment-117533 Well, jobfox could be thinking if people pick up and start using resume pal then they will be more likely to use other job matching sites (e.g. jobfox, realmatch, etc). However, this is a bit of a leap if you ask me. I would imagine matching sites have a hard time getting users to answer all the questions they ask as opposed to just doing a search. Though in theory the results you would get on jobfox or realmatch would/should be better. I haven't gone through the resume pal process but I bet it is similar to the jobfox process. If jobfox changes the rules and automatically opts resume pal users into their product, then they would greatly increase the number of overall jobfox users. Then again the idea could bust and jobfox could be left without an upside. Well, jobfox could be thinking if people pick up and start using resume pal then they will be more likely to use other job matching sites (e.g. jobfox, realmatch, etc). However, this is a bit of a leap if you ask me. I would imagine matching sites have a hard time getting users to answer all the questions they ask as opposed to just doing a search. Though in theory the results you would get on jobfox or realmatch would/should be better. I haven’t gone through the resume pal process but I bet it is similar to the jobfox process. If jobfox changes the rules and automatically opts resume pal users into their product, then they would greatly increase the number of overall jobfox users. Then again the idea could bust and jobfox could be left without an upside.

]]> By: Ray http://www.cheezhead.com/2008/04/13/jobfox-news/comment-page-1/#comment-117526 Ray Thu, 23 Apr 2009 14:08:35 +0000 http://www.cheezhead.com/2008/04/13/jobfox-news/#comment-117526 Rafael, Is the jobnetwork domain simiar to jobfox or to resume pal? I know Realmatch is a direct competitor of jobfox so is the jobnetwork competing with resume pal? Or is it another jobfox competitor? Thanks for your help. Stan, Thanks for the info about jobfox and resume pal. After your explanation I don't see how resume pal will be able to help jobfox. I'm guessing that jobfox must have a plan with resume pal...otherwise why did they create and launch it? I think it is also interesting that jobfox chose to call their ATS product another name and not jobfox resume pal or resume pal powered by jobfox. Rafael,
Is the jobnetwork domain simiar to jobfox or to resume pal? I know Realmatch is a direct competitor of jobfox so is the jobnetwork competing with resume pal? Or is it another jobfox competitor? Thanks for your help.

Stan,
Thanks for the info about jobfox and resume pal. After your explanation I don’t see how resume pal will be able to help jobfox. I’m guessing that jobfox must have a plan with resume pal…otherwise why did they create and launch it? I think it is also interesting that jobfox chose to call their ATS product another name and not jobfox resume pal or resume pal powered by jobfox.

]]> By: Stan P. http://www.cheezhead.com/2008/04/13/jobfox-news/comment-page-1/#comment-117519 Stan P. Wed, 22 Apr 2009 21:18:04 +0000 http://www.cheezhead.com/2008/04/13/jobfox-news/#comment-117519 Ray - I am pretty sure resume pal is a separate thing from jobfox. However it uses the jobfox "matching technology" to match users who apply through an ATS to other jobs in the system. In the ERE article below it says that jobfox users are automatically resume pal users although resume pal users don't instantly become jobfox users..... As a result, jobfox is the only job board using resume pal (convenient). I'm not sure what jobfox is up to..... Here is the ERE article that mentions jobfox & resume pal (you'll also notice the resume pal site looks almost identical to the jobfox site). http://www.ere.net/2009/03/31/universal-job-application-system-introduced-by-jobfox/ Ray – I am pretty sure resume pal is a separate thing from jobfox. However it uses the jobfox “matching technology” to match users who apply through an ATS to other jobs in the system. In the ERE article below it says that jobfox users are automatically resume pal users although resume pal users don’t instantly become jobfox users….. As a result, jobfox is the only job board using resume pal (convenient). I’m not sure what jobfox is up to…..

Here is the ERE article that mentions jobfox & resume pal (you’ll also notice the resume pal site looks almost identical to the jobfox site).
http://www.ere.net/2009/03/31/universal-job-application-system-introduced-by-jobfox/

]]> By: Rafael http://www.cheezhead.com/2008/04/13/jobfox-news/comment-page-1/#comment-117513 Rafael Wed, 22 Apr 2009 18:11:27 +0000 http://www.cheezhead.com/2008/04/13/jobfox-news/#comment-117513 Dont forget the thejobnetwork.com in the compete comparison...its a real eye opener. Thejobnetwork domain is Realmatch's powered by Network. Our strategy was always to plug in the technology where our target audience congregates instead of trying to get them to come to us. This is why we have 773,000 users according to Compete...closer to 1.2 million according to Goog analytics. Dont forget the thejobnetwork.com in the compete comparison…its a real eye opener. Thejobnetwork domain is Realmatch’s powered by Network. Our strategy was always to plug in the technology where our target audience congregates instead of trying to get them to come to us. This is why we have 773,000 users according to Compete…closer to 1.2 million according to Goog analytics.

]]> By: Ray http://www.cheezhead.com/2008/04/13/jobfox-news/comment-page-1/#comment-117512 Ray Wed, 22 Apr 2009 17:16:34 +0000 http://www.cheezhead.com/2008/04/13/jobfox-news/#comment-117512 I read that jobfox recently came out with resume pal. Is this a new jobfox product or is it a service? Or is it something separate from jobfox? Do employers have to be signed up with jobfox to take advantage of it? The article I read said it was the paypal of resumes but I am still not sure what that means and how it relates to jobfox. I read that jobfox recently came out with resume pal. Is this a new jobfox product or is it a service? Or is it something separate from jobfox? Do employers have to be signed up with jobfox to take advantage of it? The article I read said it was the paypal of resumes but I am still not sure what that means and how it relates to jobfox.

]]> By: Paul http://www.cheezhead.com/2008/04/13/jobfox-news/comment-page-1/#comment-99602 Paul Thu, 24 Apr 2008 03:35:35 +0000 http://www.cheezhead.com/2008/04/13/jobfox-news/#comment-99602 If JobFox is such a great tool, why can't they rely on it to make internal hires? I noticed a while back that they posted a job on my job board... http://www.smuz.com/jobs/JobSeeker/index.cfm?page=position-description&start=1&jobid=1013 Glad to help :-) Paul Pickthorne chief Free Officer Smuz.com - 100% Free Job Board If JobFox is such a great tool, why can’t they rely on it to make internal hires? I noticed a while back that they posted a job on my job board…

http://www.smuz.com/jobs/JobSeeker/index.cfm?page=position-description&start=1&jobid=1013

Glad to help :-)

Paul Pickthorne
chief Free Officer
Smuz.com – 100% Free Job Board

]]> By: Joshua Letourneau http://www.cheezhead.com/2008/04/13/jobfox-news/comment-page-1/#comment-99085 Joshua Letourneau Mon, 21 Apr 2008 17:02:46 +0000 http://www.cheezhead.com/2008/04/13/jobfox-news/#comment-99085 Sounds cool, but technology will never take the place of a human being. Candidates are too sick & tired of filling out 'profiles', 'assessments', and 'questionaires' on career/job-board sites that not too many are going to use a matching-service like e-Harmony . . . Sounds cool, but technology will never take the place of a human being. Candidates are too sick & tired of filling out ‘profiles’, ‘assessments’, and ‘questionaires’ on career/job-board sites that not too many are going to use a matching-service like e-Harmony . . .

]]> By: (SNA) http://www.cheezhead.com/2008/04/13/jobfox-news/comment-page-1/#comment-98523 (SNA) Fri, 18 Apr 2008 19:19:26 +0000 http://www.cheezhead.com/2008/04/13/jobfox-news/#comment-98523 I'm intrigued by the tracking code that’s injected in the modified Word resume. Is it analogous to the 1x1 pixels often used in email marketing campaign tools or a different type of tracking code or system? I’m intrigued by the tracking code that’s injected in the modified Word resume.

Is it analogous to the 1×1 pixels often used in email marketing campaign tools or a different type of tracking code or system?

]]> By: Joel Cheesman http://www.cheezhead.com/2008/04/13/jobfox-news/comment-page-1/#comment-98076 Joel Cheesman Wed, 16 Apr 2008 20:16:45 +0000 http://www.cheezhead.com/2008/04/13/jobfox-news/#comment-98076 Yep. Yep.

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