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vitruva, goddess of matching

Thursday, September 25, 2008

By Vanessa Dennis - With the recent death of itzbig, it's now more important than ever that these "eHarmony of Jobs" sites roll out better technology that results in the most accurate match possible without losing job seekers due to lengthy and often frustrating profile sessions. So who's gonna survive? My money is on a lesser-known company that uses semantic search technology to pull key attributes like work history and education from a resume as opposed to irrelevant key words. Plus, they've got something unique in common with Trovix that might bring them a little luck, just like their very rich and happy competitor.

jobstick goes ‘eharmony’ … b2b-style

Tuesday, September 23, 2008

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By Joel Cheesman - Start-up Jobstick is taking the "eHarmony for jobs" concept of employment matching and choosing to power existing applicant tracking models versus being a consumer play in the traditional job board sense. By so doing, the company believes it can bypass a lot of the challenges faced by others in their space, such as Jobfox, who have to spend significantly to attract job seekers. Jobstick's solution even integrates with current applicant tracking systems like Taleo so employers aren't forced to make a switch. We take a deeper look at the site Onrec recently awarded "Best New Technology."