After a great weekend of coaching little games, I sat down to work last night to answer some emails. The questions we receive most, by a wide wide margin, are 'can I send you my resume?' and 'Does Jobs4.0 maintain a resume database?'
Answers, yes and yes.
We've received hundreds and hundreds of outstanding resumes that we now maintain in a private database. I don't see the value in a public resume space -- I would never post my resume on one of them, and I imagine many good candidates wouldn't either. Although it might work for a few people, I think for the type of job seekers that use Jobs4.0, we have a far better alternative.
We have a private database of resumes that only Jobs4.0 has access to. We review and forward the relevant resumes to select employers/clients of Jobs4.0. We do all the work so job seekers can maintain privacy in their job search and employers get the value of receiving pre-screened resumes from skilled job seekers who are savvy enough not to paste their resume all over the internet.
So..... if you haven't done so already, send us your resume, and tell us what types of jobs and locations are of interest to you.... we'll do our best to help. At no charge.
By the way, the little league games were great fun.... if you ever get a chance to coach, you should try it! I learn something from them every game.
Best,
Steven
Jobs4.0 (www.jobs4point0.com)
Monday, April 30, 2007
Thursday, April 26, 2007
Quick Update
Sorry I haven't blogged in a while - inexcusable, but I'll try anyway.... I've been on the road a lot, meeting employers. Some great companies are getting close to joining us....stay tuned...
Best news of all are the reports of Jobs4.0 users not only getting interviews, but getting job offers. I've heard of 4 offers again this week that were accepted. Fantastic! As one of the 4 told me, "I really don't think I would have found out about this job any place else." He was tired of being ignored when he applied via Monster. We all know how hard it is even to get any response at all when you apply via some other sites -- even a rejection letter would be an improvement many times!!!-- but Jobs4.0 employers are stepping up. They are not only posting jobs, they are looking closely at the resumes, and responding, interviewing, and HIRING! We still have a long long way to go, but we are moving in the right direction.
Please write and share your Jobs4.0 experiences with me... good, bad and the ugly.. I'd like to hear it all....It will help us build a better product for all of us...
Gotta run and get more jobs.....
Best,
STeven
Best news of all are the reports of Jobs4.0 users not only getting interviews, but getting job offers. I've heard of 4 offers again this week that were accepted. Fantastic! As one of the 4 told me, "I really don't think I would have found out about this job any place else." He was tired of being ignored when he applied via Monster. We all know how hard it is even to get any response at all when you apply via some other sites -- even a rejection letter would be an improvement many times!!!-- but Jobs4.0 employers are stepping up. They are not only posting jobs, they are looking closely at the resumes, and responding, interviewing, and HIRING! We still have a long long way to go, but we are moving in the right direction.
Please write and share your Jobs4.0 experiences with me... good, bad and the ugly.. I'd like to hear it all....It will help us build a better product for all of us...
Gotta run and get more jobs.....
Best,
STeven
Saturday, April 14, 2007
Jobs4.0 Users Are Getting Jobs!
Great developments -- we've learned of 4 people in the past weekthat have received offers from jobs they applied to on Jobs4.0. Very good. Here's one Jobs4.0 job seeker who wrote to tell us about it:
"I just wanted to let you know that I applied for one of the advertised positions, interviewed and was offered the position yesterday, and have significantly improved my situation. Thank you.
Please accept my compliments and feel free to use this communication as a heartfelt testimonial from a very satisfied contact.
Best wishes.
William"
If you received a job offer from a Jobs4.0 company, please let us know. And write to us about any interviews you've had, we'd really like to hear about your experiences, it will help us do a better job for you.
Thanks,
Steven
PS. But the first step has to be yours - find the job or the employer that is a good match for you on Jobs4.0 and go after it!! For ideas on how to maximize your chances of success, see my Forbes.com article (go to www.jobs4point0.com and click on the Forbes.com link)
"I just wanted to let you know that I applied for one of the advertised positions, interviewed and was offered the position yesterday, and have significantly improved my situation. Thank you.
Please accept my compliments and feel free to use this communication as a heartfelt testimonial from a very satisfied contact.
Best wishes.
William"
If you received a job offer from a Jobs4.0 company, please let us know. And write to us about any interviews you've had, we'd really like to hear about your experiences, it will help us do a better job for you.
Thanks,
Steven
PS. But the first step has to be yours - find the job or the employer that is a good match for you on Jobs4.0 and go after it!! For ideas on how to maximize your chances of success, see my Forbes.com article (go to www.jobs4point0.com and click on the Forbes.com link)
Thursday, April 12, 2007
Short Circuit City
An article in The New York Times this week analyzed the layoffs of over 3,400 workers at Circuit City.
http://select.nytimes.com/search/restricted/article?res=FB0911FE3D5B0C778CDDAD0894DF404482
The article accepted the company's statements that the layoffs were not because 'the employees were doing a bad job and not because the company was eliminating their positions." Instead, Circuit City said that they were fired because they wanted to replace the workers - most in their 40s, 50s and 60s - with lower paid workers. The Times reporter approvingly added, without any citations, that "experience isn't quite as valuable as we might like to believe."
Even assuming that's true- and Albert Einstein among many others would disagree with the Times' reporter - it seems to me that these layoffs are simply ageism run amok. How many of the older, fired workers were given the chance to keep their jobs at a reduced salary? Apparently this wasn't part of the Circuit City game plan. Seems to me that they wanted to fire older workers en masse, and they did.
That very same day, the Times coincidentally ran two articles that had the (unintended) effect of proving just how shameful and illogical Circuit City's actions were. One was a piece on an 81 year old high school teacher who delights students with his unique perspectives and methods. The other was a book review - a glowing book review - of a memoir called 'The Invisible Wall'. The Times gushed over its powerful impact. The author happens to be 96 years old - yes 96. Each of them would have been fired by Circuit City 40 years earlier! 40 years!!! Each of these productive members of society are considered too old and too unproductive - by the Times and much of corporate America - to sell TV's, but they can delight hundreds of high school kids a week and write powerful, intense books. What a shame for Circuit City, and all of us.
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/04/04/books/04grim.html?ex=1176523200&en=f89dd32df7c9a610&ei=5070
I don't expect we'll see them on Jobs4.0 anytime soon.
Maybe we should take some lessons from recent events and threaten to boycott stores that openly practice ageism.
Best,
Steven
http://select.nytimes.com/search/restricted/article?res=FB0911FE3D5B0C778CDDAD0894DF404482
The article accepted the company's statements that the layoffs were not because 'the employees were doing a bad job and not because the company was eliminating their positions." Instead, Circuit City said that they were fired because they wanted to replace the workers - most in their 40s, 50s and 60s - with lower paid workers. The Times reporter approvingly added, without any citations, that "experience isn't quite as valuable as we might like to believe."
Even assuming that's true- and Albert Einstein among many others would disagree with the Times' reporter - it seems to me that these layoffs are simply ageism run amok. How many of the older, fired workers were given the chance to keep their jobs at a reduced salary? Apparently this wasn't part of the Circuit City game plan. Seems to me that they wanted to fire older workers en masse, and they did.
That very same day, the Times coincidentally ran two articles that had the (unintended) effect of proving just how shameful and illogical Circuit City's actions were. One was a piece on an 81 year old high school teacher who delights students with his unique perspectives and methods. The other was a book review - a glowing book review - of a memoir called 'The Invisible Wall'. The Times gushed over its powerful impact. The author happens to be 96 years old - yes 96. Each of them would have been fired by Circuit City 40 years earlier! 40 years!!! Each of these productive members of society are considered too old and too unproductive - by the Times and much of corporate America - to sell TV's, but they can delight hundreds of high school kids a week and write powerful, intense books. What a shame for Circuit City, and all of us.
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/04/04/books/04grim.html?ex=1176523200&en=f89dd32df7c9a610&ei=5070
I don't expect we'll see them on Jobs4.0 anytime soon.
Maybe we should take some lessons from recent events and threaten to boycott stores that openly practice ageism.
Best,
Steven
Saturday, April 7, 2007
New Employers/New Service for our JobSeekers
So much going on these days, it's hard to find time to write. Among the developments is that we've added many new employers in the past weeks - check out New York Life Insurance, Stanford University, AXA Advisors, Alexion Pharmaceuticals, FirstCard Merchants and many more. Check it out! Any questions, please feel free to email us.
Also, in response to many of your requests, we are now sending resumes directly to our contacts at our client/employers! So if you prefer, you can send us your resume and a list of the jobs that you want to apply to on our site, and we'll forward them directly to a real live HR person at the employer!
And again thanks to the many of you who are spreading the word about Jobs4.0. We are getting more and more emails from people telling us that a friend or colleague recommended Jobs4.0.... Without that referral network we can't continue to drive new employers to post jobs and embrace job seekers over 40.
I'll write more soon,
Steven
Also, in response to many of your requests, we are now sending resumes directly to our contacts at our client/employers! So if you prefer, you can send us your resume and a list of the jobs that you want to apply to on our site, and we'll forward them directly to a real live HR person at the employer!
And again thanks to the many of you who are spreading the word about Jobs4.0. We are getting more and more emails from people telling us that a friend or colleague recommended Jobs4.0.... Without that referral network we can't continue to drive new employers to post jobs and embrace job seekers over 40.
I'll write more soon,
Steven
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