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by benmathes 6038 days ago
Yeah, charing for participation is silly. It reduces the number of potential candidates. Headhunters have the equation right: Charge when you actually hook people up.

Not sure how you'd solve the problem of people finding each other on Programmer Search and then just emailing each other externally.

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> Yeah, charing for participation is silly. It reduces the number of potential candidates.

I'd call that a feature. It cuts down on the resume spam. By charging $100 you create a filter to reduce the noise. It makes the people with jobs happier because they don't get as much crap and you make he job hunters happier as it's now easier for them to find jobs.

Everyone wins by charging.