Hi all,<p>My (UK) Cambridge-based startup has just launched its first app into public beta.<p>It's called Head Hunting and its main purpose is to let managers, startups, and small business owners post job vacancies to their facebook profile and share those listings with their "friends".<p>Check it out at:
http://apps.facebook.com/headhunting/pages/recruiter
[you don't need to "install" the app until you post a vacancy]<p>Shorter version:
http://tinyurl.com/bpoq9p<p>I'd love to get your feedback. There are a few bits and bobs I know aren't quite perfect yet but hopefully its usability is good and the concept is strong enough for people to find it useful.<p>The tricky part with launching a venture like this is getting enough content to hit critical mass. If you're willing to twitter or blog about the app I'd be eternally grateful - hopefully it will prove to be a great new way to find employees!<p>Thanks,<p>Lee.
Crossbone Systems
I've been job-spammed a few times by recruiters on Facebook, ie:<p>"I am also in the Scottish Developers group, I work for 9-20 recruitment, an IT specialist recruitment consultancy based in Glasgow. One of my clients in Edinburgh is looking for a .NET developer for an urgent start - just wondering if you are available or know anybody who is?"<p>I've sent them a link to your app and a polite request not to message me again.
another Cambridge hacker - axod and I will be proud :D<p>I really love the usability of this, I love the form fields and the javascript usage to make all the subtle changes (eg, your location changes the currency) -- its great.<p>I also love the large form labels "1" "2" "3" telling the user what to do - very nice touch.<p>I think the toughest part will be getting eyeballs - you need jobs to get users to get them to add their job positions.<p>I'll blog/twitter about it - are you on twitter?