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Archive | July, 2008

conotes enters the ring with startuply

29. July 2008

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By Vanessa Dennis - Another job board for startups has emerged, except this one has a revenue model. CoNotes charges $149 for a 30-day posting and $49 to get your company featured on their home page. Founder Andrew Chen said there's a lot of snags to work out, but so far the site is getting good reviews.

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employment guide’s risky vision

29. July 2008

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By Vanessa Dennis - The Employment Guide, an hourly recruitment publication, is also host to over 250 career fairs annually. EG recently implemented a new pay-for-performance revenue model that debuted at last month's career fair in Houston. CEO Jeff Littlejohn said, "Under this business model, results are defined as the overall attendance of the event, which is audited by a third-party vendor. While pricing models for these types of events will vary based on market size and event features, the simple premise is that our customers pay us for results."

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is myspace divorcing simply hired?

28. July 2008

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By Joel Cheesman - Could Oodle's new deal to power MySpace's online classifieds be the end of the road for MySpace's relationship with Simply Hired, the vertical job search engine that currently runs the jobs-only section at jobs.myspace.com? The players are saying no, but the signs aren't necessarily good for Simply Hired (even though MySpace's ownership, News Corp, has a stake in the company). Continue reading to find out why.

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xobin and nideknil: one backwards partnership

28. July 2008

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By Vanessa Dennis - Professional networking site LinkedIn will now be integrated into the Outlook plugin Xobni, which creates a snapshot of a contact's information in the sidebar of your inbox. Users will be able to view a contact's LinkedIn profile along with their networks and profile picture.

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job sites ignoring myspace apps?

25. July 2008

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By Joel Cheesman - The guy on the right has a MySpace application for jobs, and you don't. What's up with that? While many job sites jumped on Facebook's application process immediately, few are leveraging the world's largest social network. Aside from Simply Hired, no other big-name player is on the field. That could change, however, as more job sites looking to get on board begin to workout the kinks in MySpace's offering. Or maybe not. We went looking for some answers ....

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candidate search software gets a makeover

25. July 2008

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By Vanessa Dennis - Resource Edge, the creators of candidate searching software TalentHook, have released the latest version of the product, TalentHook Sphere. The new version contains updated search functions, a fresh user interface, and the ability to spider 800 additional Web sites for candidates.

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standoutjobs recognized in top ten list of web 2.0 companies to watch

24. July 2008

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By Vanessa Dennis - Standoutjobs.com has been recognized in the IDC's report of the Top 10 Web 2.0 Companies to Watch in Canada. CEO Ben Yoskovitz said that they were most likely recognized because the report targets small to medium-sized companies that are business-to-business oriented.

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