By now you probably know that I get very upset when someone brings in the service of charging job hunters for … job hunting. LikedIN is the last company who did it in Ireland, with introducing of the job seekers badges. They even had 3 levels of those badges, probably related to how desperate you are. LinkedIn today is looking at the unemployed, and trying to stick a hand into their pocket. For only a small sum of euro, we will give you a badge to put on your LinkedIn profile. If you are in negative equity – just go for the most expensive one. You are worth it!
While we are talking about LinkedIn, one of their staff Lindsay wrote a nice post today about her house and her situation where she is in negative equity. Well done Lindsay! Sharing your story was uplifting.
Well the same idea is the lovely service under a name of jobswanted.ie. Want a job? Give us a few euro a month! Such business model actually benefits from job hunters NOT getting a job. Since when they get a job – the web state loses a subscriber – a paying customer.
I am a strong believer in reinventing the business models. Job boards as such are not that exciting that much anyway. Especially in the social networking era. There needs to be innovation, there needs to be progress. But please – do not let you thoughts go in the following direction:
There is a whole new market opening. There is more and more unemployed people in Ireland every day. They need a service to find the jobs. If we charge them something really small they will not mind, and it will help them find a job.
Well the truth is, when you are unemployed every charge is big. It is enormous. Mathematically if you income is 0 every expense compared to that income is infinite!
Don’t be greedy, and do not charge unemployed please. It is unfair and the immoral. Please.
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There are certain jobs, such as assembling products at home, that you will have to give an upfront deposit on. This being because the company is giving you materials and supplies that cost money in order for you to assemble their products. This keeps the company from giving the supplies to people that just keep them and do not return them. So there are some jobs you do have to pay up front. Just wanted to add this as an FYI to others.