Blonk – a Tinder for Jobs iOS/Android app
blonk.co
blonk.co
This looks great! Francis, congrats on launching:
Feedback - agree with below on the name, not so hot on it - be aggressive with your promotion! the challenge is getting developers to actively use the app, so that's what you'll need to optimize
I co-created (along with my friend Sam who's fantastic!) a similar app that is in it's very early stages (started many months ago, paused for a while, but in the recent frenzy got it finished up quick!).
You motivated me to submit it!
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7262142
I'd love your feedback on Score, Francis!
Torturing the dating metaphor, is Tinder a better model than eHarmony?
Meteor Rider,
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Loading...If the $1000 are coming from a larger sum being paid to them by the hiring company, I see no scam possibility (but maybe I'm just not creative enough).
There's a few vectors for potential scamming but it's going to be closely monitored anyhow. If we can't do this manually because of huge growth it'll be a great problem to have.
1 When viewing a company website on my 5c, there was no UI element or gesture I could conjure to go back to the job listing.
2 I signed up via LinkedIn. After quitting the pp to get out of the webview issue mentioned above, attempting to use the app resulted in me getting kicked out to the reg wall and the linkedin integration failing to work a second time. The error displayed was that I needed to upgrade the app.
2. If you force quit the app (by holding down home button), and then relaunch you should be good to go. I think what's happening is it's losing connection with PhoneGap... i'm hoping this is fixed in the next day or two
The upgrade error is not true in your csae, it was just meant to sniff for a phonegap variable for an older iOS shell, but in this case it's also undefined so it throws the upgrade error.
Sorry about the bugs!
I'm using Meteor for the front and backend and the UI was just recreated with CSS. PhoneGap provides the shell and basically hijacks the DOM from the Meteor server and re-fires events. I'm going to be implementing the FastRender tomorrow so it'll render all html and json with one request.
If it's a mutual Yes (when you swipe Yes on someone, they will see you mixed amongst random Tinder-ers on their swipe pages), then you both find out and can start talking.
It's based on the new Meteor UI components but the CSS could be used on any stack.
In retrospect, the whole filters page is a bust... there is way to much to scroll through now, ~800.
1. Scan through indeed.com, StackOverflow, etc, job pages, bookmarking everything that seems interesting. 2. Revisit the bookmarks, checking out the company website, LinkedIn profiles, etc. Select a few favourites. 3. Write CVs and cover letters for the favourites.
At step 2, it's great if you can speak directly to your future boss / colleagues. It's like a mini-interview before you go through the hassle of step 3. It lets you get beyond the cliches of the job advert to the actual people. That said, when I've been on the recruiting side, I hated receiving those types of calls because you spend so much time dealing with poor applicants, trying to tell them not to bother applying but still leaving them with a positive image of your company. That's hard to do on the 30th phone call of the day.
So it seems that Blonk is trying to filter those phone calls only to those I've already said 'good enough to apply'.
The bit I didn't get is the signing-on bonus. As an employer, I would want to get the best possible applicants. The $1,000 seems to skew the kind of people that would be using the service to those who are desperate for cash. To use the 'Tinder for jobs' analogy, if Tinder offered free meals to those who hook up, they will get a large group of "unsociable but like free food" people.
Cheers!
Just like first dates, initial job interviews are relatively low-commitment.
One of the co-founders picked it and I couldn't think of anything better.