OK, I admit it…I’ve had my head in the sand for months now, brazenly ignoring this space to work on other projects and hibernate through a not-so-brutal Maryland winter. But it’s April now (it’s still too cold), so I decided to pop my head out the door both literally - by doing some yard work yesterday - and figuratively, by browsing the “recruitosphere” or “jobosphere” or whatever you want to call it. Side note: If you find yourself wearing out pants while doing work around the house and small carpentry projects, as I often do, I highly recommend Carhartt bib overalls or 12-oz. work pants. All you blue collar folks out there who don’t sit behind a keyboard for a living…you already know what I’m talking about.

Anyway, in my perusal of the “Interweb” for some new job sites out there (new to me, if not the world), I happened upon three that caught my attention. The first is “Linkup,” (Wait, isn’t that the name of our “link to us page?”) which promises to “Expose the Hidden Jobs.” Those damned hidden jobs…Oh, and YES that is the name of our link to us page…so go linkup….it’s OK, we’ll wait right here….
Seriously though, I know there are hidden jobs out there. The big job boards are littered with repetitive stuff, so that a smaller job board can find a niche by grabbing two or three jobs (or more) from a number of smaller employers and really carve out something nice. I haven’t done a thorough review of Linkup, but by virtue of reading the footer of the site, I do know that it’s offered by JobDig. Most interesting point: They charge a $20 “convenience charge” if you try to post a job that is not from your company. I think this should actually be called an “inconvenience charge,” but it’s all good. The charge to list all your company’s jobs is just $100.

The next site I came upon was Climber, which is for “passive job seekers.” I know from experience that there are a lot of those out there too, and many willing to jump from employer to employer in search of the highest rate of pay (full disclosure: I’ve got no problem with that). Most interesting point: On their site they ask “Have you been congratulated on a job well done at work in the last seven days?” I think that’s REALLY pushing the “get up and get out of your current job ’cause you’re worth way more than you’re getting paid now” button hard…but only a little. Also, I have to think of a new name for that button, because that one’s a bit wordy.

Finally, I happened upon Recruiting Blogs, and I’m not real sure how I missed it for this long. This is a recruiting social network created by “Slouch” on Ning. Slouch looks like HE was hibernating through winter in that photo. I know how he feels…I wear a wool hat at my desk sometimes too. Anyway, this looks like a pretty good network, with over 4,700 members already (I say “already,” but I don’t even know how long the site has been online in its current state).

I’ll have some more to report on the Insourced front soon, which is appropriate given that I’ve ignored this space in favor of further developing our job search functionality. More on that soon…

Tags: climber, hidden jobs, job search, linkup, passive candidates

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