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$99 to post a job? I want a developer, but I won't pay that price ever unless I need dozens of developers and I'm posting on a big site with big audience.
by fiatjaf 7y ago
$99 to post a job? I want a developer, but I won't pay that price ever unless I need dozens of developers and I'm posting on a big site with big audience.
- jsty 7y agoThat's peanuts compared to the 15-30% of salary a recruiter will charge
- Pete-Codes 7y agoExactly.
- codingdave 7y agoYou are only charged that if a recruiter delivers. $99 for a posting on a brand new job board, for which we have no idea if it will ever gain traction, is expensive. Not because the price is wrong, but because we have no idea if this board will be there next month, or next week. If they had metrics proving out the number of devs who look at the board, and the number hired through the board, that would be a reasonable price. But as far as I know, this board could have been set up last night, with jobs scraped from other sites. I can't spend $99 on every job board that exists. I need to choose the right boards.
- Pete-Codes 7y agoHow much do you spend on recruiting? Genuine question. I was told to price it at that by someone who is a self-taught developer at a fairly small company in America and he said even that was cheap.
- fiatjaf 7y ago"Recruiting"? I'm not Google, I'm a small software shop and I only want 1 random developer which I can pay directly. I think you're missing my point here.
- fucking_tragedy 7y agoSimilar niche job boards charge many multiples of $99 to list an open position.
- udayrddy 7y agoI agree, but how would you drive me as a recruiter to post the job here. "Hey, want some non CS degree developers" ?! Honestly, not criticizing. Want to understand what if I was the founder of this.
- MisterBastahrd 7y agoMost devs would never knowingly work for someone cheap enough to not put any resources into getting quality employees.