Comments on: from jobfox, with love

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sat, 14 Jun 2008 20:44:07 +0000

I COMMEND JOEL FOR COVERING THIS. WHAT HE DOESN’T MENTION AND NONE OF THE COMMENTERS MENTION IS THIS — WHAT ABOUT THE JOB-SEEKER WHO HIT THE “SUBMIT RESUME BUTTON?” WHAT ABOUT THE LITTLE GUY? AS A JOB-SEEKER I HAVE BEEN DUPED NUMEROUSE TIMES BY JOBFOX – THINKING THAT A COMPANY WAS VIEWING MY RESUME!! STAY AWAY FROM THAT JOB BOARD….(IF YOU WANT TO GET A JOB)

By: Cheez, You Rock....

Cheez, You Rock.... — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 16:18:16 +0000

….I love the fact that you don’t let these job sites bully you…You have interviewed and built relationships with each leader of the various boards, but you always remain objective…I find your blog to be off great value and I know for a fact that Robert McGovern, Peggy Padalino View Profile Sal Iannuzzi, Jeff Kinder, Jason Lovelace and Steve Pogorzelski read your blog multiple times a day. You a Star Cheez!

By: Pete

Pete — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 12:16:23 +0000

There was nothing wrong with your posting – it was fair, and fact filled. These guys have been trying to push a crap product for over 4 years. And for several years before that when it was being called “Market10″. You can dress a turd up to look like a tootsie roll, but……

Bottom line, the product is awful, no one is going to buy into it in large masses, and they are desperate to market it.

Cheez, you did good work here.

By: Amy

Amy — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 01:52:58 +0000

It was very fair!

Third party vendor? Inadvertent? yeah, right.
If climber or itzbig were doing the same thing you’d be the one calling it “sleazy”.
I say, go invest some of your $20M and actually hire a marketing vendor and fire the sales/marketing people who came up with the one that is costing you time doing damage control.

By: Jessica Lee

Jessica Lee — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 20:07:32 +0000

eh, i would say your posting was scathing. the term sleezy is probably the worst of it… but it’s a headline and it’s not like it was your work necessarily. it sounds like jobfox is feeling a little defensive + inadequate lately! being in the job board biz ain’t easy lately…

By: In the industry

In the industry — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 18:49:23 +0000

Joel-you’re coverage was fair, you simply reported on what happened. Their marketing mouthpiece admitted to what they did and said it wouldn’t happen again. The scary thing is that Rob McGovern came back to you and said it was done “inadvertently”. This doesn’t sound like it was a 1 time deal done by a sales rep. If it smells like a fish….

By: Market 10

Market 10 — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 16:16:46 +0000

McGovern has an ego the size of King Kong…He rival’s Sal Iannuzzi as the biggest Fraud on the planet…Plain and Simple, the product sucks!!!

By: Willy

Willy — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 14:47:11 +0000

The headline didn’t call them anything. It said what someone else called them. I think you were completely fair.