Well, after I spent more than 1 hour to build my profile, I applied for a job and discovered that you have to make a subscription starting from $19/month to apply for jobs. Nowhere is written in the homepage. Bad move.
@nickmacario yea I'm not questioning the fee itself (somehow you have to monetize) but just the fact that is not written anywhere till the moment you finally want to apply for a job. Something in the homepage (a Pricing tab maybe) would make everything more clear. On the other side, is it really well done!
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@mrdobelina woah, are you kidding? Who's going to pay $20 a month for a profile? NO thanks
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@nickmacario The hunter said he spent an hour to build his profile. Could you elaborate on that? True or false?
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@nickmacario@mrdobelina I've been looking for something like this for BA, Product and Project Manager/scrum master/ and more business related positions - is that something you guys work with?
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@mrdobelina@nickmacario@adamrsweet I mean, if the user can fill a profile for free and could anytime decide to be a paying customer or remain free. There's nothing bad with that. The only way it could be bad is if after filling the profile you are asked to pay and you lost everything. That will be terrible. Nonetheless, communicating clearly about the packages will be much helpful. $20 isn't for a profile.
Seems interesting, but why I should add all my Linkedin contacts? I mean, it will somehow help in finding/proposing job or it's just a move to grow the user base?
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@mrdobelina I think it's a mix of both. I've only just signed up, but it looks like your connections can post recommendations for you. I guess this is the benefit of importing your contacts, but for Remote, it is a handy built-in growth hack too.
@mrdobelina This seemed confusing to me too. They don't explain what happens when you import your contacts. I definitely don't want to spam all my LinkedIn contacts just by signing up for this.
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Remote.com allows the remote workforce to network and refer jobs. It uses AI to analyze skills, experiences, and personality traits to predict the highest probability of job success, which allows recruiting and hiring top quality talent in minutes. There are end-to-end solutions for both job seekers and hiring managers to find and manage projects and full-time jobs, including a secured escrow payment system.
Echoing everyone above: the _idea_ behind Remote is spot on. (Referrals drive nearly all of my business, and nearly all of it is remote. An AI driven marketplace for hiring FTE's for clients and for subs? Yay.) But the customer experience lacks the "trust factors" that I need to engage with it seriously. Price & feature set for each side of the marketplace needs to be stated prior to profile build -- or at least available. Don't ask for my LinkedIn data without explaining why. Do I have a choice on that? How and where is Remote data mining to fill in the blanks on my info? Will you share your "entire file" on me with me? None of these are showstoppers, but they'll be user activation killers.
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@nickmacario Awesome! So many companies can use this. And my apologies -- didn't catch "skip and finish" button. That's kinda big. ;)
Surprised to see all the details Remote has on me after signup even without me supplying them. Freaky, and not in a good way.
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@nickmacario it would be nice if you were to ask first. what If I had two profiles and wanted to choose?
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@nickmacario it's not just that, you seem to have pulled in contact details from Linkedin. Did you have a different name previously and have pivoted?
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Ended up there because I was redirected from branded-me (which was a totally different approach), wasted my time creating an account and as soon as I try to apply for a job, they ask for money. It says we can skip the subscription after we book work (only after our account is made), well, we all know how hard it is to win a project in this kind of platforms, so anyone with some sense would just go with one of the free options. Lost 1 hour to prepare the account, just to loose another 5 minutes to delete it, or try too, because it seems impossible to delete a profile and that is what makes me worried.
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@nickmacario I understand that, but a simple search for jobs for iOS developers returns somewhat 20 results. From those 20 I need to be lucky enough to book one, me and thousands of other developers. Sorry but under this conditions the word "Free" shouldn't be there at all. Another thing you really need to consider is allowing users to delete the account, doesn't seem fair to be "forced" to have an account in a platform I chose not to use.
Currently filling out my profile. One question I have is if companies will be able to directly reach out to us? As in, are companies actively going and looking through users' profiles to find someone with the skills they want?
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