1. It looks like you don't actually need peoples' HN password. Which people shouldn't be giving out. Update your website's copy!
2. This looks very similar to the Stackoverflow Careers' admin panel. Which is dandy. I'm interested to see how this goes.
3. Searching by geography would be useful, I think.
4. Could you elaborate on who you are, what your motivation is for building this, etc? (Do you plan on charging at some point?)
5. This is important because there is always an element of trust when using an employment service. By using a job posting service, you get insight into our openings, the types of people applying, our communications, and whether we are choosing to hire them.
Especially because your service has such robust communication/messaging facilities, I would be really interested to know what has brought this about before using it to recruit for my company. (We're hiring by the way!)
Good stuff! Looks slick, seems easy to use, and if you're able to keep it high-quality (how would one do that?) then I'm all ears.
1) I was thinking of changing the verification process by allowing users to place a special token in their profile, which I can just scan for (within a small time window). Thoughts?
2) I took ideas from stack overflow and 37signal's job boards.
3) In the works! :)
4) I work at Xilinx as my day job, but I have a passion for startups and spend quite a bit of time on HN (as a lurker though). I noticed there are 'who's hiring' posts every month, which are usually quite popular. I figured a dedicated website would suit the community well.
If I ever start charging, it would only be after I implement more features, make the site more useful, and depending on what feedback I get. Also if I do charge, whatever the cost might be, it would help filter out a lot of junk posts.
5) This is absolutely key. I hope to earn this trust. :)
I see one posting in England, but damned if I can see how to add another! I'm assuming location has to match the auto-complete whitelist, and the only London(s) that show up are not the one I need.
1. It looks like you don't actually need peoples' HN password. Which people shouldn't be giving out. Update your website's copy!
2. This looks very similar to the Stackoverflow Careers' admin panel. Which is dandy. I'm interested to see how this goes.
3. Searching by geography would be useful, I think.
4. Could you elaborate on who you are, what your motivation is for building this, etc? (Do you plan on charging at some point?)
5. This is important because there is always an element of trust when using an employment service. By using a job posting service, you get insight into our openings, the types of people applying, our communications, and whether we are choosing to hire them.
Especially because your service has such robust communication/messaging facilities, I would be really interested to know what has brought this about before using it to recruit for my company. (We're hiring by the way!)
Good stuff! Looks slick, seems easy to use, and if you're able to keep it high-quality (how would one do that?) then I'm all ears.