Chicagoist
July 16th, 2009, 01:48 PM
http://chicagoist.com/attachments/Camela Furry/2009_07_15_UWW%20logo.png The new United We Work site - which just went public this week (http://chicagoist.com/2009/07/13/united_we_work_goes_public_1.php) - seems to be catching on. Free for job seekers and employers alike through the end of the year, the site is expected to have 500,000 job openings posted by the end of this week. The incentive for employers to use the site (http://www.unitedwework.org/), is a reduction in the cost of hiring because the responsibility for finding qualified candidates is shared across participating employers. “We believe that if we can break those [cost barriers] down, it may stimulate an employer to hire now instead of waiting six months,” Jason Kerr, founder of QuietAgent told the Tribune (http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/chi-wed-job-board-0715-jul15,0,1678694.story).
Unlike other job boards where you search for a specific position and apply, at United We Work you complete a standard resume and the system continually searches for jobs that are a match. Kerr told the Tribune, “The technology is robust enough to replace the work a search firm would do to produce a short list of candidates.” Recruitment agencies who charge employers to recruitment fees are banned from using the site.
Richard Castellini, chief marketing officer for CareerBuilder told the Tribune (http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/chi-wed-job-board-0715-jul15,0,1678694.story) he doesn’t see United We Work as a threat: CareerBuilder’s technology provides not just constantly improving recommendations for candidates, but business intelligence for companies, such as which area of the country might have the largest concentrations of workers with certain skills. These added services help buttress CareerBuilder against new competitors.
If you use the site, be sure to let us know what your experience is like.
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Richard Castellini, chief marketing officer for CareerBuilder told the Tribune (http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/chi-wed-job-board-0715-jul15,0,1678694.story) he doesn’t see United We Work as a threat: CareerBuilder’s technology provides not just constantly improving recommendations for candidates, but business intelligence for companies, such as which area of the country might have the largest concentrations of workers with certain skills. These added services help buttress CareerBuilder against new competitors.
If you use the site, be sure to let us know what your experience is like.
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