Jobfox is the inspiration of Rob McGovern. He was the Founder and former Chairman and CEO of CareerBuilder.com, and wrote the popular career advice book Bring Your ‘A’ Game: The 10 Career Secrets of the High Achiever. behind Jobfox.
Their mission: Build the first online job service people love.
How? With obsessive determination. They’ve built a new job fit engine that’s smart as a fox: it knows how to match people and jobs on The 10 Dimensions of a Good Job Fit.
“We need to provide real and honest feedback to the job seekers and employers who use our service, so they can make informed decisions. We need to protect the identities of our employed job seekers, and make sure they know they’re always in control of the process. Finally, we help candidates showcase their unique skills and experiences so that employers will pursue candidates who are a great fit for their company and jobs.” says the Fox.
Jobfox has been named a 2008 most promising start-up by American Venture Magazine. “Venture-funded winners such as Jobfox have the ability to make crucial developments with energy and passion, under a focused leadership and toward a common goal,” said Florencia Lazaroni, editor of American Venture Magazine, part of the American Venture Network. American Venture Magazine honored Jobfox for its ongoing innovations serving both job candidates and corporate recruiters.
Advancements from Jobfox include:
Precision job-fit matching between candidate profiles and job requirements, creating a more effective experience for job seekers and greater return on investment for corporate recruiters.
Free personal career branding for job candidates. Jobfox Web page creation tools enable professionals to dynamically showcase their skills, experience and career desires. Confidentiality controls, including “aliases,” that help insure complete anonymity for working professionals who want to explore new career opportunities.
Instant feedback and connectivity between employers and high-potential candidates using modern communication tools, including Web-based status updates, instant messaging and mobile text messaging alerts.
“Jobfox is redefining the online recruiting industry,” said Jobfox CEO Rob McGovern. “Jobfox will continue using new Internet technologies to more smartly link high-potential professionals with talent-hungry employers.”
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January 18th, 2008 at 5:04 am
I have tested it last week. However, as a european guy, I have seen something disgraceful.
At a moment, during registration, Jobfox asks to you what the color of your skin is.This question shocked me, really ! I have never seen a research job website which asks that ! I don’t know what are statistics of the Jobfox website but I’am not sure that a lot of people will appreciate it…
In France, I show this website to 20 people. Nobody wants to sign up !
January 18th, 2008 at 10:23 am
JobFox is architected to become the best solution for both job seekers and employers for online recruitment. With the new round of funding and the execution of rollout expansion both domestically and internationally, JobFox is poised to become the defacto standard for online recruitment, raising the bar where it should be.
January 18th, 2008 at 11:55 am
Employers in the United States who do business with the federal government are required by law to gather data about applicants regarding race and gender to comply with federal regulations under the OFCCP guidelines. However, providing this information is completely optional on the part of the applicant. Furthermore, the purpose of gathering this data is actually to help protect candidates by allowing the government to monitor for discriminatory hiring practices.
To enable our customers to comply with US law, Jobfox asks candidates to voluntarily provide race and gender data (Jobfox never asks about “skin color,” as suggested by Ramenos). If a candidate does not wish to give this information, they are welcome not to do so and it will have no impact on their ability to use our service.
January 18th, 2008 at 12:25 pm
Redmatch is already doing this and taking over both job seekers and employers…..keyword searches for jobs dont work anymore and aggregating listing is like so 2003….nice idea though.
January 18th, 2008 at 12:46 pm
Re: the post below, I just completed the process and no where did it ask the color of my skin. What are you talking about?
January 18th, 2008 at 1:17 pm
It looks pretty basic to me and doesn’t seem to be as great as it is being touted. I doubt it will have the success in 2008 that some American Venture is predicting.
January 24th, 2008 at 9:51 am
I dont get it….why do I want to get a text message on my phone telling me that the guy who I emailed my resume to, opened my resume? Is anyone emailing my resume out for me to people I dont know…I dont think so, so why do I need to know when the person I sent my resume to, opened the resume. Its a great marketing ploy to get people to register though. Wont help you get a job but a great marketing ploy.
July 21st, 2008 at 1:37 pm
They need to protect the identities of all employed job seekers, and make sure they know they’re always in control of the process. Finally, they must help candidates showcase their unique skills and experiences so that employers will pursue candidates who are a great fit for their company and jobs.
February 24th, 2009 at 10:21 pm
I just had the worst experience at jobfox… I set up my profile, then the emails from Rod McGovern started. I didn’t want this stuff, so opted out, but they kept comming. I even called the company and did get a call back from a woman, who appologized, and that it was now taken care of, and it stopped for two weeks, then it started again. The opt out button, once clicked, shows a total blank.
I called again. No call back.
I am not a beginner. I raised $40.0M at Morgan Stanley, but these folks are horrible, and very, very sorry I ever took the time to try to so carefully fill out a profile, taking on reviews raves of the quality and promise of jobFox at face value. Big mistake.
Unable to get them to stop bombarding me with email for more service *ahem, at a price* I have just deactivated my account. I hope that it works. Horrible, horrible, horrible.
I can forgive a certain amount in life, but to unrelentingly send an unemployed person email after email in solicitation of more service for fee when he or she has all but pleaded NOT to recieve those notices (when no clear box or option exists to opt out, or none that work, anyway), but duly doesn’t want to take down a job profile that is a time investment, is bad juju. Bad. Number one bad as Zen Master Soen Sa Nim always said.
dk
October 5th, 2009 at 12:05 pm
JOBFOX is a fraudulent job board. They prey on the unemployed. My name is Henry. I live in Los Angeles, CA. I asked jobfox to cancel my membership within 1/2 hour of receiving their “Welcome” message. They did not acknowledge the cancelation. They proceeded to charge my credit card 4 days later. I tried again repeatedly. They acknowledge my request to cancel but they still drag their feet about the refund. I still don’t have a refund after 2 months of trying. No phone number to call. No real person to talk to. Their website is a scam. WARNING: STAY AWAY FROM JOBFOX. Spread this warning around so that others don’t fall victim to their practices.
December 2nd, 2009 at 6:50 am
Jobfox is the worst website ever created. Their FAQ poorly addresses questions. Once you begin to send in your resume there is no opting out or revising. In order to view the rest of the site you are forced to submit. When I go to find help, none exists!
I don’t care what the top posts say, probably jobfox hired as their comments are so obviously PR, this company is a scam.