Jason Gorham - Founder & CEO CareerMetaSearch.com - Sharkstrike.com

Recently I have been getting a lot of requests from people within my Linkedin network about jobs that they are trying to fill. Some of the most recent requests include:

Senior software engineer architect
Vice president compensation & benefits
Controller & java engineers????

Let me begin by saying I like Linkedin, I think it’s a very powerful tool to network with other people, complete competitor research and find invaluable data about companies and job titles. The one thing I do not understand is the Linked Jobs and why I keep getting these requests. First and foremost when you post a job on the internet you have joined the world of internet marketing, and as we all know marketing only works when you target the right audience. Companies spend billions of dollars on creative and new ways to market themselves and drill down market to reach that right consumer at the right time. Have you ever wondered how a company knew you were going to buy a car or what your type of furniture you prefer? This isn’t done by guess work it’s done by utilizing datawarehouses to understand your buying behaviors, so thus they aren’t at a sporting event trying to sell you non-sporting items.

So getting back to the Linkedin jobs. When you are creating a job and sending it to your network make sure that the people that you are sending the specific job to are in the know or run in circles with the people that you are trying to find. As my position and background lends itself to recruiting than feel free to send me recruiting jobs, however as mentioned above I don’t know any software architects and or java engineers and my networks network typically isn’t going to know these people either. It seems that the product is a shotgun blast, whereas you could walk outside your office with a megaphone and shout these positions out to see if anyone walking by might know someone. The name of the site is Linkedin so make sure that you are linking in with the correct people and providing them useful data/jobs so that they can be of assistance to you.

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A lot of people ask me how our product got created as well as a company asked me to put together a video piece to be on their website. We shot the
Q & A video a couple of weeks ago and I'm we have put it live on our about page here. The video discusses our patent pending Push Posting and how we reach passive candidates online with the technology. I also discuss the history of the patent, idea and the website. If you get a chance take a look at the video.

Cheers.

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I had the opportunity to meet with the HR manager from Vayan Marketing Group at a local EMA meeting about two weeks ago. I was standing inline waiting to get my token food from the buffet and a woman turns around and says to me your familiar to me. So I played along and said okay, I have been recruiting down here for years, or was it the cover of GQ you saw me on.... She said no your name I know your name, so I then said oh I blog on ere and she said that's it I've read your blogs. This caught me off guard as no one ever tells me they read my blogs let alone recognize my name so that was interesting in itself.

So as a result of the meeting and my introduction to CareerMetaSearch.com she came on the site created a new account and posted a job which she then purchased our Push Posting. I called and thanked her for the purchase and she stated to me which I typically state to other new customers, “well for $295.00 dollars it much better technology and it’s a lot cheaper than monster.” I was blown away for once a customer that understood our technology and the price. So for this I say welcome to Vayan Marketing Group and their job posting. They are looking for a local candidate in South Florida for an Senior Interactive Account Manager if you know anyone.

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If your looking to gain more exposure to your job postings and don't have time to go to each job site and or job engine then let us do it for you. Our new product Boomerang takes jobs from your site automatically stores them on CareerMetaSearch.com and then boomerangs them to other sites for more exposure. No need to worry about posting to multiple job sites, waiting for weeks for your applicant tracking system (ats) vendor to set up relationships with third party posting services, and trying to get traffic to your jobs on a limited budget.

You can get this service for only $750.00 per quarter. Please contact our sales department to get started today!

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Dave Mendoza of Six Degrees of Dave published a good interview with me about how to reach passive candidates utilizing our Push Posting technology and where the product started and how it began. You can view it here.

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