Recruitly combines helpful tips with rigorous, step-by-step job application tracking. For now, the key features are:
* Single-screen application: see and work on everything at once
* Consistent structured approach to each opportunity
* Step-by-step workflow, emphasizing "what I can do right now"
* Tracking of key contact information and interview times
The goal is to job seekers to parallel-process many simultaneous job opportunities, with the result hopefully being a shorter job search time. This is my first HN soft-launch. I'd appreciate any feedback! Thanks for taking the time to look. The questions I am pondering are:
* Is the workflow logical?
* Does the sales funnel function effectively?
* Does the product pitch resonate?
* Is the current product a complete MVP? What's missing?
2. I think overall you need to do a better job at telling me what this thing actually does, and why it's worth nine bucks a month. From what I can see, it just records notes about the companies I'm looking to apply too.
3. I don't like the cuteness of the language. Say what you mean; accurately, precisely. (eg: Saying you weren't a good fit actually deletes the record.)
Other than that, it looks good. I've seen some others in this space that are a little ahead of you, but that shouldn't discourage you at all. Good luck.
To be honest, I couldn't tell you. I do remember seeing some of your competitors in this space through HN a few months back . Search YC may have more details.
Just a thought - You might want to extend the free trial for a month at least or offer a free version with basic features that people will be able to try out. Job searching is a long and tiring process. Not to mention, the process hardly ends in 14 days. So a 14 day trial would be hard for someone to truly experience the "personal assistant" value proposition that is being advertised.
I see the 14 day trial as a strategic "encouragement" to get users to pay. If I'm two weeks into using this service, have experienced the value it brings, yet have not found a job then I would be more than willing to shell out $9 to continue for a while longer.
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3. I don't like the cuteness of the language. Say what you mean; accurately, precisely. (eg: Saying you weren't a good fit actually deletes the record.)
Other than that, it looks good. I've seen some others in this space that are a little ahead of you, but that shouldn't discourage you at all. Good luck.
In your opinion, are there specific others I should keep an eye to?