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Originally posted by cojak View PostI'm afraid that benjiboy ia a bit indisposed at the the moment.
He's off to reread the T&Cs of this forum.
He only came back as I resurrected this thread, sorry Benjiman!
To be fair, he did state he was the founder of the company in the OP. Rulez is Rulez I guess.Last edited by jmo21; 18 November 2013, 15:26.
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Originally posted by benjiman View PostHow do you guys feel about my new product [<mod snip>
It's pulls coder peer-reviews in from various sites and lets people search for people who might be appropriate for their jobs.
*Prepares for the hate*
Only kidding, decent idea.
Looking at Stackoverflow and Github history is something that is pretty big in the US.
Might be good as an addition to a recruitment process. Obviously it misses those that do not have presence on those types of sites.
And of course Stackoverflow has this built in http://careers.stackoverflow.com/Last edited by jmo21; 18 November 2013, 14:56.
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Originally posted by benjiman View PostHow do you guys feel about my new product <mod snip>
It's pulls coder peer-reviews in from various sites and lets people search for people who might be appropriate for their jobs.
*Prepares for the hate*
He's off to reread the T&Cs of this forum.
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Originally posted by SueEllen View PostIf you want to hire a code monkey then the site is useful.
If you want someone with communication skills so they are able to find out what the end-users actually want and can communicate with other people to overcome issues then the site isn't any use.
+ Communicating their questions and answers lucidly
+ Writing good open-source code that is popular
This isn't meant to cover *everyone*, but it is a talent pool that recruiters are beginning to see the potential in.
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Originally posted by benjiman View PostHow do you guys feel about my new product <mod snip>
It's pulls coder peer-reviews in from various sites and lets people search for people who might be appropriate for their jobs.
*Prepares for the hate*
If you want someone with communication skills so they are able to find out what the end-users actually want and can communicate with other people to overcome issues then the site isn't any use.
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How do you guys feel about my new product <mod snip>
It's pulls coder peer-reviews in from various sites and lets people search for people who might be appropriate for their jobs.
*Prepares for the hate*
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Originally posted by jmo21 View PostIronic, you don't get their idea, we don't get yours.
I admire you trying, and them trying too. I just don't see the market for either.
AND you think it is the contractors fault for not wanting to engage.
But realistically, the reason that we're not seeing options to mark ourselves as available in Linkedin (how many times have you seen someone put "available" in their "job title") is because it goes against their revenue model...
They rely on confusion, as they get 70% of their income from prospecting mails such as those shared here. "InMail" is how recruiters pay to punch through the privacy walls. If they added the simple fields we need they'd see a big drop in the need for prospecting.
You can hardly blame us for trying to create better engagement models, but I've learned it's a thankless task!
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Originally posted by jmo21 View PostThought I'd resurrect his post.
Found a competitor w ww.theplacetofind.com/
One of the owners was shilling it to an agent on LinkedIn and it reminded me of this thread and wondered if it was the same site
Wonder how the OP is getting on?
Go into the details of the person sending the inMail and he just happens to be a co-founder of The Place.
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Originally posted by evilagent View PostThe business model drivers are the end-clients.
Agencies cannot dictate any terms to a client the client does not agree with.
When clients seek to outsource their recruiting,
they define the day-rate (mostly),
the skills required,
the start date, and the right to change it on a whim,
the end date, even telling contractors they're not needed on day one,
the early termination model,
even whether they pay their invoices.
If you remove agencies from the picture, you will have the same issues only in-house.
You won't get paid any more, as the savings from using agencies will be absorbed by the client as a cost reduction, not given to you as a bonus.
Contractors are even further down this path, if you have no relationship with an agency then you're an outright commodity that is easily replaceable, even if you think you're the best in the world at what you do, they'll just replace you with someone that can do the job to 80 or 90% and probably still have the same chance of securing the work. I know some agencies that won't work with me again because I'm more trouble than the low margin is worth to them, they know I'm going to bat hard for not opting out and weekly bill with 7 day terms. They'd rather just go for a contractor who might not have all my experience but will be a good little revenue source who doesn't complain. That suits me as the market is now, it hasn't meant me being out of work.
I do a fair bit of my work direct with end-clients and I typically work on splitting the likely agent's cut with the client, they get a "discount" for having to do AP and contract work with a single contractor, I get a bonus for having the contacts to get the work without an agent. If we're not sure what the agent's cut would be I usually propose 15%. It's far harder doing work this way than people realise, corporate AP teams will push payment terms to the absolute maximum possible and if you go to some of the really big players then you're treated in the same way as any other small business and given 45 to 90 day payment terms and forced "discounting" of invoices for the privilege of doing work with them. Making friends with the AP team is always a high priority for me! As a rule of thumb, if you're the type of contractor who gets their accountant to do everything for them then contracting direct is unlikely to be a satisfying experience as you will have to get your hands dirty in the financial management of your company.
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Originally posted by masonryan View PostHi Ben,
There are people on this forum who have a vested interest in the status quo and will seek to trash anyone who wants to make the agencies and agents more accountable or work better for the contractor. Ignore those people.
Agencies cannot dictate any terms to a client the client does not agree with.
When clients seek to outsource their recruiting,
they define the day-rate (mostly),
the skills required,
the start date, and the right to change it on a whim,
the end date, even telling contractors they're not needed on day one,
the early termination model,
even whether they pay their invoices.
If you remove agencies from the picture, you will have the same issues only in-house.
You won't get paid any more, as the savings from using agencies will be absorbed by the client as a cost reduction, not given to you as a bonus.
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Originally posted by benjiman View PostWhat do you think of their idea?
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"Contractors.. Never miss an opportunity"
Im not sure I get that, but it's nice to see a competitor in the space.
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Thanks for your interest, we're getting on well, Im working on some other projects at the moment, and Secretstatus is ticking along as a useful tool for our small user-base, not making any money, currently.
I don't think I would try to make a product for contractors again, as they are extremely resourceful and don't seem to want to engage in a cookie cut fashion. Preferring to negotiate their own deals.
I admire you trying, and them trying too. I just don't see the market for either.
AND you think it is the contractors fault for not wanting to engage.
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Originally posted by masonryan View PostHi Ben,
There are people on this forum who have a vested interest in the status quo and will seek to trash anyone who wants to make the agencies and agents more accountable or work better for the contractor. Ignore those people.
The only way to change the relationship between agencies and contractors is to change the financial model of their business - which is worth around £27bn a year apparently, so has a degree of inertia. Tinkering with the route into that market is basically doomed to be ineffective. You really need to create a parallel and equally cost-effective market, or get the law changed so that we recruit and pay for the agency. Good luck with both.
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Originally posted by masonryan View PostHi Ben,
There are people on this forum who have a vested interest in the status quo and will seek to trash anyone who wants to make the agencies and agents more accountable or work better for the contractor. Ignore those people.
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Hi Ben,
There are people on this forum who have a vested interest in the status quo and will seek to trash anyone who wants to make the agencies and agents more accountable or work better for the contractor. Ignore those people.
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