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by umruehren 4942 days ago
Here's the question that stopped me from signing up: How will you, and by extension I, pay those professionals for this service?
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You choose an amount, that will represent a fraction of what the saved time and effort is worth to you. Professionals, we call them "Jobspotters", will compete with their recommendations, which are based on your description and their experience. If there is a recommendation that seems most valuable/fit for you, you can then assign the reward to that person. You will end up with personalized recommendations of jobs/employers you might not otherwise have come across - ideally you now even have a personal contact to that company. What you make of it, will be up to you. But life will be a little easier for you. Gone are the days of endless networking and looking through job portals. Real people, who understand what you're looking for, helping you out. That's the idea.
cool. so, you have to promise quite high rewards (ballpark of a monthly wage) to attract serious, otherwise altruistic job recommenders? otherwise, how do you find people whose interest it is to get others a job- and not recruiters (in which case you turn into a normal job board)?