henryzhang0304

Thanks!

I can reply you. I do not know whether their product will be any different, what I know for sure is Jobr sucks. I was researching all startups working on recruiting in bay area, and tried Jobr personally. The jobs there are few, low-quality, simply-matched with user's profile. After I deleted my profile and account, I kept receiving emails showing interests in referring me to be a Uber driver, which is impossible considering my visa status.

Glad you replied. My email is in my HN profile. Just shoot me an email, and let's talk.

I am actually thinking about the issues and solutions in customer service. Here is my solution:

An app/website with functionalities like: 1. Stores accounts and passwords. Users' info is encrypted so we don't know it. Users can update those accounts and passwords at once. 2. For example, if user needs to contact Amazon customer service, we will do that for you. Just send us a voice message in our app describing the problem, we'll contact Amazon and get back to user with answers or solutions. 3. If multiple users experience same issue with a product, we will notify them and probably propose a group solution (contact manufacturers, lawsuit, etc.) on behalf of users.

This may sound crazy because it is actually asking users to hand over confidential info. But I believe it's achievable because: 1. I know there are algorithms that is already been invented for this encryption. 2. With good reputation, apps like Apple's Wallet is used by many people.

So your idea is creating a LinkedIn without spam. My thread of thoughts is like this: 1. Spams are from recruiters. 2. They are sending spams because no matching system can connect them with right candidates efficiently. 3. If there is this kind of matching system, recruiters will be redundant. Right now the decision makers are actually hiring managers and the team, recruiters can only filter obviously unqualified candidates, which is achievable with algorithms. 4. Eventually, why do we need recruiters then? 5. A more aggressive version of your website is similar to my idea, a LinkedIn (but better) without recruiters. 6. How to monetize this website since we cannot expect hiring team to do all the recruiting? We deliver a LinkedIn integrated with job boards and ATS and we charge enterprises. That's why I called it recruiting tech, not merely a website. 7. Actually, we can add many other ideal features.

Another obvious issue with today's recruiting is that every giant wants to maintain a talent pool, so they throw all kinds of events, and recruiters are helping with this. however, if they are able to socialize their candidate database attached with ATS, and keep them updated, I believe they are more than happy to. I think both your idea and mine is a good angle to solve this problem.

Anyway, let me know if you're interested in working together.

Actually I just applied for the yc summer batch with an idea about recruiting tech. Haven't heard back from them yet. I'm still looking for reliable co-founders. If you are (or anyone is) interested in a conversation, let's talk. My email is in my profile. If you google that, you'll find my LinkedIn profile.