I saw this posting on the Acton Networkers Group and couldn't resist...
Wed, Aug 27, 2008
We recently received this email from a Cheezhead reader, who had a less-than-productive experience with Jobfox's Intro service. This new tool claims to reach out to companies and introduce candidates on their job board that are deemed "5-star."
The reader writes:
I am always looking for new web sites and new features of
current web sites that knock my socks off and make me want to keep
using the product - and tell my friends . . . so I gave Jobfox's new
Mutual Suitability System a try to see how the product is different and
how, when introduced to a company, I would be pushed to the top of the
line above other candidates.
I got my introduction but the email was generic and did not
prove to give me any more information about the company, the job, or
any reason for me to think that I had been given priority status to the
employer. I waited and waited for an email from the employer who had
expressed interest in me via Jobfox (after all, I was 5 star candidate
for the job), but I never got anything.
When I contacted the employer via email I got a generic ‘thanks
for you interest in the company, please send in your resume and we will
contact you when the right opportunity comes up.' What about the
introduction stating how interested the company was in my skills? Why,
if my resume was in my profile, do they ask me to give them a resume in
MS word format? I thought that maybe it was just that one employer that
didn't get what they were supposed to do so I tried a new priority
introduction. I got the same exact introduction via email only the box
with my message to the employer was different.
I emailed the company directly explaining how wonderful it was
that Jobfox had introduced us and how excited I was that we were so
compatible and I was sure I would be working for them soon. My response
was the same generic ‘thanks for your interest...'
Furthermore, I got a "cheat sheet" link that once opened did
nothing more than attempt to sell me Rob McGovern's book "Bring your
A-Game." Basically, I don't see that Jobfox's Mutual Suitability System
gives "one-to-one relationships and connections between candidates and
employers" at all.
My impression? Nice try, Jobfox.
Barry Lawrence, PR Director for Jobfox, responded to the complaint by saying that they are currently looking into the issue.
"It is certainly not the intended outcome," he said.
But my real question to the job seeker is, how was the book?
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