Hi HN,
A few months ago I was applying to internships and noticed that most online job applications are rather tedious and repetitive. They often involve creating an account, uploading your resume, and then copy and pasting different parts of your resume into a form (education, work history, skills, certifications, etc.). I assume this is done so that the hiring manager never actually needs to look at the uploaded resumes and to making automatic screening of candidates easier.
Some job search sites offer “Quick apply” where you fill out all of your information once and then apply to participating jobs with one click. However, the number of supported job applications is quite limited and there’s a good chance jobs you’re interested in won’t support the feature.
So that’s why I created Hoxly Jobs which offers universal quick apply to any job application available online.
Really cool idea! Good revenue model too, I can easily see $1/job being an easy value proposition.
One thing that gives me pause as a prospective user is that I don't know what will happen if there's any "essay response" style questions in the job app. Given that the jobs I'm paying to apply to are probably jobs I'm interested in, I'm less likely to risk using it on an interesting looking job.
That said, I really dig the minimal look of this website. The gifs are a great way to show program flow and are much easier to read than a jumbotron.
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[ 0.29 ms ] story [ 12.9 ms ] threadSome job search sites offer “Quick apply” where you fill out all of your information once and then apply to participating jobs with one click. However, the number of supported job applications is quite limited and there’s a good chance jobs you’re interested in won’t support the feature.
So that’s why I created Hoxly Jobs which offers universal quick apply to any job application available online.
One thing that gives me pause as a prospective user is that I don't know what will happen if there's any "essay response" style questions in the job app. Given that the jobs I'm paying to apply to are probably jobs I'm interested in, I'm less likely to risk using it on an interesting looking job.
That said, I really dig the minimal look of this website. The gifs are a great way to show program flow and are much easier to read than a jumbotron.