<i>You are interested in a job interview with them, if they're too</i><p>Best not to truncate "they are" in this instance.<p><i>Select anyone with whom you are interested in a job interview. It is anonymous and private; your connections will not see you are interested unless they are too.</i><p>I don't get it. How will they find out I'm interested? Surely there needs to be a separate system for employers to register interest in people who they would willingly interview? The current format suggests that they would have to also use your site and select ME as someone THEY want to be interviewed by which makes no sense.<p>How do I select people I would willingly interview? How will I ever find out if another user wants me to interview them?<p>So many questions.
>Help us spread the word [...] <i>make the first move towards a job interview in a discreet way.</i><p>That might be a bit contradictory.<p>Also, it's not clear from your website – do you contact the people I select in step 1 out of band (by e-mail or something) and ask them if they are interested in interviewing any of their LinkedIn connections? How does this actually work, end-to-end?<p>If you're relying on my contacts also signing up for jobrupt, then, to a close approximation, that's never going to happen.<p>In a two-sided market like this, and with the anonymity constraint on top, it's really hard to see how it can succeed. Some ideas:<p>Focus on a niche you can target to get reasonable usage [1][2] (ideally >50% of users who might be selected, but at least 10% might be good enough).<p>Provide a concierge-type services to job-seekers – track down the people they select then find out if they are offering jobs (its possible but not clear if this is already what you are doing.)<p>[1] <a href="http://joel.is/post/39659497239/how-to-gain-traction-in-two-sided-markets" rel="nofollow">http://joel.is/post/39659497239/how-to-gain-traction-in-two-...</a><p>[2] <a href="http://cdixon.org/2010/08/21/the-bowling-pin-strategy/" rel="nofollow">http://cdixon.org/2010/08/21/the-bowling-pin-strategy/</a>
So this is basically speed dating for job interviews ! This is how most speed dating events work (atleast in London) - you indicate your interest in the other person anonymously and if they 'like' you back, the system sends out an email to both.<p>This kinda breaks when someone ends up clicking 'like' for everyone they met at the event ! This someone in your case will be recruiters who'll use the information to hunt probable passive candidates.<p>So in search for discreteness, the job-seeker would end up falling prey to the game of head hunters.
Ok, let me play the devils advocate here.<p>We get the point, I guess. People will feel less "desperate" in the eyes of the contractor, since they obviously also showed their interest. But at the end of the day, and this is why I will keep my skepticism for now, the contractor has many many more seekers out there who are willing to do the job, than the other way around.<p>Honestly, in a competitive market, this feel too weak from the contracter's point of view. I you want a job, show it properly that you can do the job well, not bitch around playing some sort of social game, trying to play hard to get or whatever. Tl;Dr: There's no time for this shit.<p>On the other hand: Great! Like a "Bang with friends" for job hunting! You get matched with whoever is looking for similar talents/positions, and then you evaluate the other part, whereafter you either secretly show your interest or not.<p>If the normal way is the hard way, this is the curling way where it doesn't hurt as much to get dissed, because maybe they just didn't notice you, right? But hey, you'll never know because you're too much of a pussy to find out.<p>My two cents.
I think it's horrible that the only way to log in is via antisocial networking. It's only one step removed from being a facebook login. If you want it to be discreet, make it anonymous (email address only).
So far this morning we've had two Show HN's with similar titles:<p>"Job searching/hiring turned upside down"<p>and<p>"Show HN: Dating turned upside down - Tomonotomo"<p>I'm wondering if this is just a coincidence or its the same person/entity. They both use cheesy stock photos on their landing page and have very similar layouts.
This is cool, but I'd be worried that it wouldn't line me up with enough of the right jobs. For that reason, I still prefer mightyspring for anonymous job searching. A big part of the problem is matching the right people with the right opportunities, and their algorithms are a lot more robust.
I sort of like the "discrete" part, but what happens when the manager at your current job logs in and feigns "interest" in you, just to see if you're looking?