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Warning, I have horrible spelling. In a way, that's a good thing because If I could write well I wouldn't be here.
In 2013 I needed a job. I was living with parents, and had no way of supporting a fly.
I started writing resumes for each listing, building cover letters, reading all the crap online about getting a job.
it was taking forever for someone to reply. Sometimes a fake listing was posted with a company pretending to hire to harvest applications.
sometimes the job was a total sham! I had one interview where I walked in and there were 30-40 other confused people.
When everyone sat down it was a sales presentation for cutlery. as in door to door
*knock knock* hi there.. don't you need a new set of steak-knives during a economic recession? I RAN from that place.
Anyway, with curiosity for how things work I started using VPN's to apply to jobs. I started embedding tracking pixels within applications and seeing who clicked what, looking at how people were paying to post, why auto-reposonders were used.. and generally reverse engineering how employment is run.
This entire idea came into focus when I was looking for a building and came across a homeless man who was picking up cans on the side of the road. I asked him if he had any idea where the building was, and he asked if I had any paper and a pen. Digging into the console I found a napkin which when given to him he hunched over and started drawing.
To this day I wish I still had that napkin. It was just as clear as a view of google maps satellite view, with three dimensional trees and unbelievable detail. I asked this guy why he was picking up cans, why wasn't he designing cars, or making house plans? He told me he had never been able to get his foot in the door of any graphic design jobs. He couldn't understand the websites.
I did get a job, but it was not through any employment sites, and in the meantime I found a glaring hole in how employment works. One that has been in effect for years and I believe if fixed can change how people find jobs word-wide.
Job search websites do not have the goal of getting a job in mind. They are racist html payment processors with mediocre keyword search capabilities that do nothing more than create stacks of clickable documents.
With this in mind I intend to reinvent the employment process.
100% mobile view.
SMS notifications on account alerts.
NO dead listings.
Expiring posts.
no outgoing links.
no advertising.
here is the blueprint from before I had any website. This was $0.40 in cash, and only a idea. I started out grabbing URL's from the web. facebook, twitter.. you name it. Each profile contains a blurp about the service and a link to main site.
this SEO idea seems to have paid off, here's a screenshot from yahoo (who uses yahoo?!)
although I may be search bubbled so I would love to know if a web search returns the same results.
I became very good at my job, and have put aside money diligently into a separate account directly for the site, this way it has no negative impact on my day to day living expenses. I met the love of my life, and launched the site on a souped up computer in my own home.
Now i have a schedule, staying up from 10PM-3AM working on the framework, sleeping, working ..
I am in no way in the fast-lane, but I'm happy in what I'm doing and I hope this project can help change others lives.
Here is a attempt at a web video. I'll be releasing a better one soon.
I was very hesitant to get paper cards, as its VERY hard to get someone to search whats on a index card. However after some trial and error here is the design that will inspire action, not create bookmarks.
These cards are going to be left at the local library, along with a link to site on the job-seeking computers.
I'm currently undergoing negotiation for this, and it won't be too long before these cards start showing up at a university.
Here's a banner advert I ran for mobile applications.
The website itself is about 80% finished. Before launching I want to make sure it can handle loads of traffic, and everything works thoroughly, then start translating to other languages.
attached is a example letter I may be using.
Questions? Comments? let me know your thoughts. 😀
In 2013 I needed a job. I was living with parents, and had no way of supporting a fly.
I started writing resumes for each listing, building cover letters, reading all the crap online about getting a job.
it was taking forever for someone to reply. Sometimes a fake listing was posted with a company pretending to hire to harvest applications.
sometimes the job was a total sham! I had one interview where I walked in and there were 30-40 other confused people.
When everyone sat down it was a sales presentation for cutlery. as in door to door
*knock knock* hi there.. don't you need a new set of steak-knives during a economic recession? I RAN from that place.
Anyway, with curiosity for how things work I started using VPN's to apply to jobs. I started embedding tracking pixels within applications and seeing who clicked what, looking at how people were paying to post, why auto-reposonders were used.. and generally reverse engineering how employment is run.
This entire idea came into focus when I was looking for a building and came across a homeless man who was picking up cans on the side of the road. I asked him if he had any idea where the building was, and he asked if I had any paper and a pen. Digging into the console I found a napkin which when given to him he hunched over and started drawing.
To this day I wish I still had that napkin. It was just as clear as a view of google maps satellite view, with three dimensional trees and unbelievable detail. I asked this guy why he was picking up cans, why wasn't he designing cars, or making house plans? He told me he had never been able to get his foot in the door of any graphic design jobs. He couldn't understand the websites.
I did get a job, but it was not through any employment sites, and in the meantime I found a glaring hole in how employment works. One that has been in effect for years and I believe if fixed can change how people find jobs word-wide.
Job search websites do not have the goal of getting a job in mind. They are racist html payment processors with mediocre keyword search capabilities that do nothing more than create stacks of clickable documents.
With this in mind I intend to reinvent the employment process.
100% mobile view.
SMS notifications on account alerts.
NO dead listings.
Expiring posts.
no outgoing links.
no advertising.
here is the blueprint from before I had any website. This was $0.40 in cash, and only a idea. I started out grabbing URL's from the web. facebook, twitter.. you name it. Each profile contains a blurp about the service and a link to main site.
this SEO idea seems to have paid off, here's a screenshot from yahoo (who uses yahoo?!)
although I may be search bubbled so I would love to know if a web search returns the same results.
I became very good at my job, and have put aside money diligently into a separate account directly for the site, this way it has no negative impact on my day to day living expenses. I met the love of my life, and launched the site on a souped up computer in my own home.
Now i have a schedule, staying up from 10PM-3AM working on the framework, sleeping, working ..
I am in no way in the fast-lane, but I'm happy in what I'm doing and I hope this project can help change others lives.
Here is a attempt at a web video. I'll be releasing a better one soon.
I was very hesitant to get paper cards, as its VERY hard to get someone to search whats on a index card. However after some trial and error here is the design that will inspire action, not create bookmarks.
These cards are going to be left at the local library, along with a link to site on the job-seeking computers.
I'm currently undergoing negotiation for this, and it won't be too long before these cards start showing up at a university.
Here's a banner advert I ran for mobile applications.
The website itself is about 80% finished. Before launching I want to make sure it can handle loads of traffic, and everything works thoroughly, then start translating to other languages.
attached is a example letter I may be using.
Questions? Comments? let me know your thoughts. 😀
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