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catching up with notchup

Monday, July 6, 2009

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By Joel Cheesman - No job site in recent memory has had a more impressive opening act than NotchUp, the site that pays job seekers to be interviewed. A write-up in sites like Techcrunch in Jan. 2008 and a brilliant (or annoying) marketing strategy that made LinkedIn its bitch sent the site into buzz nirvana. Now that the smoke has cleared, is NotchUp a bad business model or just a victim of a bad economy and a balance of power that has drastically shifted in the favor of employers who don’t have to pay to interview top talent? Surprisingly, it may be neither.

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paidinterviews ceo: we’re no notchup

Tuesday, September 23, 2008

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By Vanessa Dennis - Paying people a percentage of their salary after they've been hired sounds a bit like a sign-on bonus, right? That's exactly how PaidInterviews.com works, except they call it an "ask percentage." Candidates get to pick that amount when building a profile on the job site, and then companies pay it out 30 days after their start date. In these audio excerpts from our interview, PaidInterviews.com CEO Jim Weaver talks about their marketing strategy, revenue model, and why he thinks they're better than competitor NotchUp.

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q&a with notchup co-founder rob ellis

Friday, August 8, 2008

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By Vanessa Dennis - NotchUp.com, the job site that pays people to go on interviews, recently launched the PIN System, which supplies members with a PIN number that they may give to recruiters who cold-call them. Recruiters can then view the job seeker's profile, utilizing the number, on Notchup. I spoke with Co-Founder Rob Ellis to get the scoop on the new features.

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notchup over 1,000 employers in beta?

Wednesday, February 6, 2008

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Controversial start-up NotchUp is doing pretty well according to a recent e-mail blast sent to users. To date, over 1,000 companies have contacted us about using NotchUp to recruit – everyone from Fortune 500 companies and some of the biggest names in the technology field to a variety of hot startups. Conservatively assuming an average of $100 [...]

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