Comments on: An open question to Robert McGovern, CEO Jobfox

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By: Jorgen Sundberg

Jorgen Sundberg — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 11:34:45 +0000

You tell ‘em Nick! Love it :-)

By: Another Steve

Another Steve — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 13:17:28 +0000

You nailed it, Nick. Who has time to read a 1400-word sales letter? Even the unemployed have MUCH better things to do with their time.

By: Marsha Keeffer

Marsha Keeffer — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 07:31:24 +0000

Love to see you bringing it like this, Nick. Sounds like it’s snake oil by any other name, eh?

By: Marc Drees

Marc Drees — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 13:17:40 +0000

Hi Nick,
During the summer I did a series on JobFox because of their temporary free offer of their so-called “Personal Job Market Explorer”. The series can be found here (in Dutch): http://recruitmentmatters.nl/?s=%22Personal+Job+Market+Explorer%22

In addition, I sent McGovern the following e-mail:

Dear Mr McGovern,
I have been analyzing your Personal Job Market Explorer (as part of the free 14-day offer) over the last week and have written a series on the subject on my Dutch blog, RecruitmentMatters.

Based on my research, the service turns out to be completely useless:

1. “Highly compatible matches” turn out to be total mismatches
2. Jobs claimed to be found on the 1.400+ sites are not available on the JobFox Advantage dashboard
3. The user is required to return to JobFox to see jobs for both the Direct Employer and Recruitment Agency

This for a service that is under normal circumstances a paid-for model. Compared to verticals like Indeed or SimplyHired, with a free job agent and no requirement to return to the site to see the jobs, the JobFox service service falls short of any expectation.

In the light of these findings I’m interested in your response to these findings. I would also be very interested to learn how many people have signed up for the paid version of the Advantage Membership.

To no surprise I’m still waiting for an answer…