A new site worky.com has been launched. You can’t miss the advertisements on TV and radio. My question is – “why does an online site have to advertise offline?” Did you ever see a facebook or linkedin advert on the TV. Obviously these guys have alot of marketing spend. Anway read how they feel this site will help ……
Candidates
No more dark ages of the job boards
When everybody first started using the internet it was a novelty to see jobs from the newspapers online. It gave us all a buzz applying for a role online using the “world wide web”.
And for a couple of years that model of offline or “newspaper” style job adverts stuck up on the internet kept us happy in the dark
But not for long…
Very soon it was endless lists of jobs and endless lists of job boards, sites boasted about how many jobs they had but candidates only wanted one job and so lost heart..
Did the agency or the company get my application?
Did my application fall into a big black hole?
Who is looking at my application?
Do they like my application?
Can I not see a bit more about where this job is before I apply?
Don’t they want to know my preferences before we get off the first block?
For employers and agencies it became heartache too
Why can’t I find suitable matches?
Why do so few applicants match what I’ve asked for?
Which job board do I use?
Do these job boards spend anything on advertising?
Which one actually engages with the mainstream everyday candidates?
Along came the Upload your CV era – but full of broken promise
For candidates
Who is looking at my CV?
Is it still live?
Do I have any control?
It’s too complicated and it’s not anonymous!
Can my boss see my name or our company name?
For Employers
Employers grew tired of seeing that 1458 people matched their job
Grew tired of keyword searches where the man who sold java coffee was matched against 1000s of java programming jobs
At last Worky…
Not a job board
Not an upload your CV mechanism
For candidates a place to create your own individual online skills profile and have it seen by every employer for free in the safe knowledge that it is anonymous until you see that they may have a role to suit. A place where once you upload your profile, you can job-hunt while you sleep.
For Employers A place to copper fasten the skills you want in an employee, a place where you can see with ease who matches your job financially, geographically, by skills and by work experience to name but a few. A place for employers to see first if there are matching candidates before committing to pay
