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[review] my job site jobkicks.com

jobkicks.com

4 pointssecgeek7 comments

Flagged. Here's why:

Firstly, this website is nothing more than a vanilla implementation of the open source job board framework jobberBase (http://www.jobberbase.com/).

Also, the submission title is an abuse of the word "review," which generally implies around here that the submitter is looking for feedback on an app they developed.

Yeah. It does have a nice About Us page which states, helpfully, "It is really versy simple".

I disliked the logo and the main reason for that is because it is passing an idea that the users don't want to work, just want a job. To informal for a job site.

Well another point to mention is, how will you differentiate from the competition. In the job offers? If don't, would be interesting you find one differentiation.

A positive point is that the design is pretty cool! (except the logo)

I dislike the logo [good name/domain though]

tab bar renders like this in FF3.5: http://emberapp.com/plc/images/jobberbase

Overall: its cool. Whats your unique selling point? How are you going to get jobs? thats the hard bit for these sites, its very much marketing > innovation.

hi pclark, thanks for review. i created logo in hurry and i really want to change it. for getting job i need to promote this site. my unique selling points: 1) unlike other sites user dont need to fill lots of text boxes to created resume.the concept of this site is simple search job and directly apply for that. 2)its free to post jobs and apply for them while other charges money for it. i welcome any suggestion from others :)

You're about 7 years late. Job sites are on the decline and are losing ground to niche sites like 37signals' job board and social networking sites like LinkedIn. Going with a free-to-post model isn't bad if you're a niche site (e.g. one that specializes in jobs for developers) because it allows you to gain critical mass fast. Then you can charge. But for a generic job site, this is a recipe for disaster. No differentiation + No Revenue Model = Fail.

Since when did the phrase "job offer" take on the same meaning as "job listing"?

To me, these are very different things. If you're evaluating job offers, that means you're already in touch with the potential employer.

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