This is an email, republished with permission, from a reader of our website.
In my job search I have been through a lot of sites trying to make sure I don’t miss any of the latest job openings. I’ve hit the big players (Monster, CareerBuilder) and the social sites (LinkedIn, Twitter) and I’ve even run into some scam sites along the way (I won’t mention who, but you know who you are). Recently though, I found a cool site – www.jobfox.com – that had a very different approach that I really like. Instead of me doing the work of searching all of the postings to try and find the ones where I think I have a shot, this site uses my employment history (i.e. past jobs/skills) to match me to all open opportunities in their system. It is like having a niche site, but one tailored just for me. When I login, I see jobs that require BPM and workflow knowledge (both of which I have a lot of experience with) from some cool companies in DC. And while I have tried some of the niche sites in my field, I just don’t feel like they have enough jobs (and they don’t seem to have new jobs often enough). The email alerts I have received from Jobfox so far have been good and fairly frequent.
So, from my end, I like the way the Jobfox system works. I haven’t tried their premium version yet (called “Break Through”) so I can’t say much about that. I am still debating using their resume services to have my resume re-written (it does need to be reworked). And while I did have to fill out a lot of details about my work history to get the system up and running, it now feels like time well spent (and so far I haven’t had to do any additional work). As they say, your mileage may vary. Good luck!
P.S. – Interesting update, I did some Google searches and noticed some folks saying that Jobfox is actually a scam site. I’m not sure where that comes from; all I can say is from my experience, it seems to be a helpful and solid site (and, the one time I contacted customer support, I received a response within a day or so and the person was very helpful). Go figure – but Jobfox scam it is not.
