Jobing.com, an online recruitment media provider, has announced that Jill Martin will become their new Director of Security and Privacy.
She will be responsible for all elements of information security across the entire organization, including all online and offline privacy, security, and legal compliance as it relates to internet security.
Martin was most recently at American Express, where she was a part of the information security team for more than a decade. In the past she also worked for Wal-Mart, where she was the founding master of the mega-retailer’s web site, Walmart.com.
“Jill brings a wealth of experience to our technology team that will ensure Jobing.com continues to be a safe, secure place for people to find great local jobs,” said Jobing.com CEO and Founder Aaron Matos. “We take website security and privacy very seriously and have since we launched our site over 8 years ago. We believe employer and job seeker data should be secured as if it were our own private information and have taken every step possible to secure our services from phishers and spammers. Jill will continue to ensure that our systems are built to optimal performance and will proactively keep our systems on the forefront of security/privacy technology as we continue to expand.”
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December 15th, 2008 at 5:03 pm
Great,
This is great with the massive layoffs they did.
have a great christmas
December 18th, 2008 at 9:45 pm
Jobing treats their employees horribly! And the ones that seem happy are brain washed. It is quite sad actually.
July 21st, 2009 at 7:32 pm
Such a great acquisition Jill was, Jobing.com has removed the press release from their site. Additionally, Jill is so proud to be associated with Jobing that she is listed her employment on her LinkedIn profile “undisclosed”. Jill does mention her positin was eliminated due to economic downturn, which is a common statement by many former Jobings.
I wonder how serious Jobing.com is taking security these days as the creation of this position was undoubtedly a kneejerk reaction to a recent Monster.com security breach. Jobing seems to be more intent on creating revenue by charging job seekers (see Jobing Career Services brought to you by Outplacing.com) for resume review services.
The talk of the 2007 & 2008 SHRM Conference, Jobing laid a dud this year by not attending. Does anyone buy the reason for not attending because they do not have a market in New Orleans as the CEO says? Or could it be that they couldn’t even afford to buy a small booth and make a presence? I believe they couldn’t face the shame of showing up small after their huge parties the previous two years.
A company that touted the fact they were innovative are chasing their competitors to the social media space. Their newly announced Social Media strategy isn’t a strategy. They believe their Twitter strategy is to have the most followers. Here is a tip, relevant content wins out in the Social Media world not the number of followers! They do not have a Facebook fan page, yet they want to setup and maintain pages for clients and want to charge for this service too.
The CEO used to go around speaking to anyone who would listen about Web 2.0 and stressed the fact that “relevant content” would win out. It was the basis of the site re-design to include blogs and videos. Yet, the part of the new web that is exploding (FB & Twitter) they don’t seem to get it.
I suspect that they are primed for an acquisition: theirs not someone elses. Why else come out with all these potential revenue streams that aren’t creating any revenue? It appears to be the internet bubble all over again: we are on twitter, have tons of potential revenue streams, are in tons of local markets and are lean. Forget the fact their core product is struggling, employees hate working there and are staying because the alternative is worse, the employees who are leaving are the most creative in their existence, they are no longer innovative (a core value) and their new revenue streams aren’t generating any revenue.
Here is a tip for the brass at Jobing, take one of your trips to Pocatello and re-invent again. This time, take some of your front line staff with you and see how creative they can be. I think you will be surprised. If you always do what you’ve done, you will always get what you’ve always gotten.
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