[synnik]

As a hiring manager, this does not make sense. Why should I pay $50 just to make initial contact with one person, and then still have to do the full recruiting and interviewing process?

Recruiters will do all that for me for free, and pre-screen everyone, so it is the same net result to me, at least on the front-end of the hiring process.

FYI, answering this question here isn't the point - your site needs to clearly tell hiring managers why it is better for THEM. You won't get a chance to open a dialogue with them when they view your site.

[mjbellantoni]

"Recruiters will do all that for me for free, and pre-screen everyone."

As a hiring manager, I've known a very few (but very good) contract recruiters who will actually do this. In short, most (contract) recruiters are sales people who are motivated to have a transaction occur.

As a hiring manager, I rarely find that there interests are aligned with mine.

Having said that, I am also not sure if this pricing works or not.

[asmithmd1]

Recruiters will charge you $20,000 to $30,000 for a candidate that you hire.

I was thinking $50 to look doesn't sound appealing - maybe $500 to contact as many candidates you like, one at a time until you hire one.

[ImprovedSilence]

Good points, does the website charge for anything besides the connection? They aren't that clear. A headhunter could cost 10% or more of whatever I'm going to pay some guy (lets say cost would be ~10k) edit: and have my hire, or I could pony up $500 to meet some people and hopefully make a hire. I don't know if that's how it's being run, but that's the advantage I see.

[anto210]

Also - you know people on pleasepoach.me want a new opportunity, increasing the likelihood of finding someone interested in moving to a new company.