Comments on: LinkedIn to charge jobseekers for ‘premium’ services http://blog.onlymarketingjobs.com/linkedin-to-charge-jobseekers-for-services/ ...it pays to know people Thu, 26 Jan 2012 20:45:07 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Michele Jones http://blog.onlymarketingjobs.com/linkedin-to-charge-jobseekers-for-services/comment-page-1/#comment-461 Michele Jones Fri, 30 Apr 2010 07:09:10 +0000 http://blog.onlymarketingjobs.com/linkedin-to-charge-jobseekers-for-services/#comment-461 The only way I can see this proposal making jobseekers "Stand Out" would be the ones who can afford it will stand out and the ones who can't afford it will be lost. I have been out of work and jobseeking now for a year. My paltry 6 months on jobseekers allowance ran out and due to my living circumstances I didn't qualify for any further support from the government (income support, council tax relief, housing benefit etc)so with no money coming in at all for 6 months and dwindling savings just so I can afford the basics in life (food, electric, gas and a bit of petrol in my car to get to interviews) I certainly couldn't afford to pay or jobseeking as well.....what are they trying to do, make job seeking like a dating agency?? Personally I think it is disgusting, but as john rightly says if you work hard off your own back network correctly, get your CV out on the job boards, speak to the recruitment agencies regularly, chase for feedback for your CV and from interviews you will be noticed. And anyway what guarentee is there that if you pay for this service you are more likely to get a job faster....especially in this economic climate????
The only way I can see this proposal making jobseekers “Stand Out” would be the ones who can afford it will stand out and the ones who can’t afford it will be lost.

I have been out of work and jobseeking now for a year. My paltry 6 months on jobseekers allowance ran out and due to my living circumstances I didn’t qualify for any further support from the government (income support, council tax relief, housing benefit etc)so with no money coming in at all for 6 months and dwindling savings just so I can afford the basics in life (food, electric, gas and a bit of petrol in my car to get to interviews) I certainly couldn’t afford to pay or jobseeking as well…..what are they trying to do, make job seeking like a dating agency??

Personally I think it is disgusting, but as john rightly says if you work hard off your own back network correctly, get your CV out on the job boards, speak to the recruitment agencies regularly, chase for feedback for your CV and from interviews you will be noticed.

And anyway what guarentee is there that if you pay for this service you are more likely to get a job faster….especially in this economic climate????

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]]> By: John Scott http://blog.onlymarketingjobs.com/linkedin-to-charge-jobseekers-for-services/comment-page-1/#comment-457 John Scott Thu, 29 Apr 2010 12:15:17 +0000 http://blog.onlymarketingjobs.com/linkedin-to-charge-jobseekers-for-services/#comment-457 After reading your post regarding charging for jobseeker services I felt compelled to write a comment. Having spent 16 years in the recruitment industry ending in March 2009, I feel that I have more than enough experience to do so. In the recruitment industry it is illegal here in the UK for Recruitment Agencies and Employment Businesses to charge jobseekers to find work unless they are from specific niche industries. Even then it is very limited as to what they can charge for. Linkedin is a networking business and what do they really know in comparison to professional recruitment service providers. If professional recruitment businesses are not allowed to charge candidates then why should any other business who is just wanting to potentially exploit those desperate to just find work in the current economic climate. You have to wonder "tongue in cheek" whether Gordon Brown is anything to do with linkedin !!! At the current time I am having a Job Search engine being built that will incorporate all the services mentioned in the post and it will be totally free to job seekers, They will be able to create a video presentation of themselves among a host of other exciting features that will not be released until the actual search platform goes live which will be in approximately two months time. At the moment on the domain http://www.employmentandrecruitmentagencies.com there is just a wordpress blog being used to create brand awareness for the logo, and candidates and recruitment businesses are able to register their interest to keep up to date with how the site is progressing.
After reading your post regarding charging for jobseeker services I felt compelled to write a comment. Having spent 16 years in the recruitment industry ending in March 2009, I feel that I have more than enough experience to do so.

In the recruitment industry it is illegal here in the UK for Recruitment Agencies and Employment Businesses to charge jobseekers to find work unless they are from specific niche industries. Even then it is very limited as to what they can charge for. Linkedin is a networking business and what do they really know in comparison to professional recruitment service providers.

If professional recruitment businesses are not allowed to charge candidates then why should any other business who is just wanting to potentially exploit those desperate to just find work in the current economic climate.

You have to wonder “tongue in cheek” whether Gordon Brown is anything to do with linkedin !!!

At the current time I am having a Job Search engine being built that will incorporate all the services mentioned in the post and it will be totally free to job seekers, They will be able to create a video presentation of themselves among a host of other exciting features that will not be released until the actual search platform goes live which will be in approximately two months time. At the moment on the domain http://www.employmentandrecruitmentagencies.com there is just a wordpress blog being used to create brand awareness for the logo, and candidates and recruitment businesses are able to register their interest to keep up to date with how the site is progressing.

]]> By: Maria Trevis http://blog.onlymarketingjobs.com/linkedin-to-charge-jobseekers-for-services/comment-page-1/#comment-456 Maria Trevis Thu, 29 Apr 2010 12:10:29 +0000 http://blog.onlymarketingjobs.com/linkedin-to-charge-jobseekers-for-services/#comment-456 Surely this concept comes close to what the performing arts tried hard to ban, that is up front fees. See http://www.guardian.co.uk/culture/2009/nov/11/talent-agencies-ban-upfront-fees It would be interesting to know if LinkedIn charges for advertising the jobs. Surely that is where the money should be made? Maria
Surely this concept comes close to what the performing arts tried hard to ban, that is up front fees. See
http://www.guardian.co.uk/culture/2009/nov/11/talent-agencies-ban-upfront-fees

It would be interesting to know if LinkedIn charges for advertising the jobs. Surely that is where the money should be made?

Maria

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