Standout Jobs Goes Live!

January 28, 2008

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I’m pleased to announce (even though it’s around 4am and I’m barely conscious) that Standout Jobs is live! We just launched officially to the world with press releases, a new website, a bunch of customers and of course, an actual product.

The product is called RECEPTION. It’s a suite of web-based tools to power your online recruiting efforts. At its core you’ll find a do-it-yourself, interactive Career Site. The idea is to give companies the power to truly showcase their cultures and teams. Candidates want more information and interactivity from companies, and we hope to provide that. By allowing companies and candidates to build on-going relationships we make the process of hiring a more human one, which is ultimately, what it’s all about any way. Job descriptions and job requirements are nice (or not!) but what candidates really want is an inside view into your company – they want to know if it’s a good cultural and personal fit.

Along with the core Career Site functionality we also have a few additional tools:

  1. Job Marketing: Companies can publish job posts to a multitude of job boards from one interface. It’s a time saver and allows us to send back key metrics on the effectiveness of the job boards. The key is to use job boards as a distribution platform; driving people back to your Career Site instead of forcing them to make a decision whether to apply or not from a job posting.
  2. Track Candidates: Companies can track candidates through the hiring process: voting, commenting and collaborating on applications. Companies can also source candidates online using a bookmarklet – which allows them to save candidates from other sources. The goal is to help companies gather information about candidates and keep track of it in one central place.

We’ve decided to go with a simple, straightforward business model. Companies sign-up for a 90-day free trial, and then start paying a monthly subscription of $149. At some point I’ll probably go into more detail on why we chose this business model (but I’m just too tired today!)

I’m very excited to announce a great list of customers that are launching with us. I encourage you to check them all out and see some of the cool jobs they’ve got available.

This has been an amazing journey. In some ways that goes without saying, but it still needs to be said. Of course, this is very much the beginning – we’re launching, at DEMO – but the fun is just beginning. I can only imagine where we’ll be in another 6 and 12 months.

Please visit Standout Jobs and let me know what you think!

UPDATE

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Comments
  • Congratulations on going live!

    I signed up as a Candidate and am still looking around but it got me wondering if there is an easy search feature for job hunters. Search by job title or something. Would be handy on the dashboard of candidates.
  • Here's to your success!
  • Congratulations. My best wishes for success in this very exciting venture.
  • Congratulations Ben and to your team, the website is gorgeous.
  • Hi Rebecca- we have that coming soon! :)
  • All the very best with it, Ben. Great to see it finally in action, and I hope it brings you lots of success.
  • Zack
    Congrats on the new venture, Ben! I think the concept is great, and the site looks phenominal. Best of luck with everything :-)
  • Great work Ben! Good luck!
  • Hey Ben. It's going to be good. Trust me.
  • Congrats Ben and crew!

    We're proud and happy to be among the first wave of users.
  • Congrats Ben and good luck! The business looks and sounds promising.
  • Congratulations!
  • Congratulations! May this be the first of many great accomplishments.
  • Congrats! What a trip this must be!
  • Congrats to Ben, Fred, Austin and to entire StandoutJobs crew! Impressive achievement setting a great example for other Montreal startups. Good luck to your business!
  • Hi all -- thank you for all the well wishes. It's been a wild experience and it was amazing to get the presentation done on stage! Thanks again...
  • Ben, hope I'm not late in adding my congratulations! All my best for enormous success!
  • Congrats on getting a new venture up. Looks awesome and good to see you have a good client list already.
  • @Becky and Kevin: Thanks for the kind words of support - they mean a lot.
  • Congratulations on the launch. I'm not looking for a job these days, but I definitely wish that more companies had taken this more interactive approach. It seems like most places have the "old media" attitude and just throw their ads up on the internet as though it's a display ad for a newspaper.
  • @Stefanie: So is Vat hiring? Cause I know a product that just might help... *smile*
  • Been two months since the launch.
    How are things going Ben?

    Jigme
  • @Jigme: Things are going very well. I'd encourage you to visit the Standout Jobs Blog -- http://blog.standoutjobs.com -- to stay up to date on what's going on with the company. Although I'll post some updates here in the future as well.
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