[bbq]

"Charging $5 per profile view ($50 per 10) is simply outrageous."

Is it? How much do (large|small|startup|<in market x>) companies pay for recruiting? In my experience, referral bonuses paid to employees are thousands of dollars for a single candidate. In aggregate (staffing, advertising, sites like LinkedIn and pleasepoach.me that provide some quality of filtering) it has to be a lot.

It comes down to how well pleasepoach.me can match candidates to your organization per dollar versus other methods.

[daliusd]

However referral bonuses are paid only if your proposed candidate works through trial period (e.g. 3 months). You are paid for fish in the net not for fish in the sea.