Bloggers take on paid job sites

by eric shannon on April 7, 2009

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the loot from charging job seekersFinally.  Some courageous bloggers are shining a light on the dark side of the job search engine business.  

There is:

I’ve been writing about the free job posting movement as it relates to the job search industry for a long time and waiting for someone else to delve into the paid side of the business.

We used to charge jobseekers at LatPro many many years ago so I know a little bit about the contradictions and the temptations involved. It’s very hard to find the right line to walk and that’s one of the reasons we changed our model. 

In the long run, free will win the day. But we are stuck in the short run, and this recession is the one paid job search has been waiting for.  The mother of all recessions – a true gold mine!

Such is life.

 

 

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