New free job site Smuz.com is exacerbating problems for traditional job sites, adding to an already ugly picture in the online job advertising market.
April 3, 2008
Alexandria, VA - As the slowing economy and growing unemployment send ad revenues falling at Monster and CareerBuilder, Smuz.com is growing rapidly with its free job posting service. As more and more people turn to new job search engines like Indeed.com to find their next career move, paying expensive fees to get your job on major sites is becoming harder to justify.
"The idea grew out of pure frustration," says Smuz creator, Paul Pickthorne. "As a recruiter for 15 years, I often didn't have the budget to advertise all the jobs I was working on. Now that job seekers are increasingly using job search engines like Indeed, SimplyHired or Jobster instead of visiting job sites directly, it's the perfect time to offer a free alternative. Those job seekers don't care which site a job is on, they are all listed in the search results the same way. Why pay CareerBuilder hundreds of dollars for a single page of HTML? It makes little sense."
Launched under a month ago, Smuz already has thousands of companies listing jobs on the site including household names like Marriott, Allstate and ADP. With job search engines totaling over 7 million unique visitors a month, the future of traditional job boards is looking bleak. Smuz even competes on features with the major sites. Email notifications and one-click-apply features both come as standard. Smuz is one of a growing breed of websites that are shaking up markets by using Google AdSense to remaining free while generating profit for its owners.
Smuz also offers a free resume database for employers to search. Access normally cost big bucks so employers typically only subscribe only to one. Pick the wrong one and you won't find that rare candidate. At Smuz there is no pay-wall so all employers can find candidates regardless of budget. And the name Smuz? Well according to the Frequently Asked Questions page - it's the noise monsters make when they're kicked in the pants!
For additional information on Smuz.com, contact Paul Pickthorne or visit http://www.smuz.com.
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