Get ‘em Hired is a new concept
getemhired.com
getemhired.com
* That's one of the ugliest sites I've seen in a while. The colours are nauseating and hurt my eyes and the fonts are horrible.
* What's in it for me? Other than the non-tangible reward of potentially helping a stranger getting a job, what other incentive is there?
The design needs a lot of improvement, though.
Unfortunately, this is not a problem for a master networker and this is much more valuable to an employer. If I am a master networker, than I continually improve on my ability by doing just that - networking. Having a tool to help me may give me a competitive advantage may indeed help. However, this will ultimately lose out when network effects set in. It will easily be gamed by people.
Just recently I got an e-mail from a friend asking if I know anyone to fill two highly regarded director-level positions. I referred a friend, but I don't think I would ever use a service to do such a transaction. It would relinquish much of the value of the transaction - that its a person I trust referring someone.
Fix it up and you got something!
* The page looks like a big billboard ad. Hurts eyes on a computer screen (might be better on a billboard).
P.S: [Caution] sends passwords by email in plain text after signup!
For Peroni, look up altruism in the dictionary.
Valid point. I was exceptionally grumpy this morning. My thought process was why would people go to the bother of doing this if there wasn't anything else in it for them? I agree that a lot of people will use it purely in order to help people but to help drive traffic there must surely be a system that will keep bringing people back.
HN & Reddit have karma for comments & submissions and whilst karma is worthless, people feel compelled to generate as much karma as possible. I wonder if a similar system could be implemented with this site?
Marital status
Number of Children
Probably not pictures either
They don't want to be sued for racial or marital status discrimination.