A new job site, Applicant Tree or more particularly employee-employer matching service is paying applicants to post their resumes and get interviewed by top companies. This service is similar to NotchUp.
Applicant Tree basically earns by making employers buy an applicant’s resume.
Here is how it works:
1. Fill out an application.
2. Get an interview schedule with one Applicant Tree representative to confirm the information you’ve put and for the pricing negotiation ($15 to $100 depending on your educational background, field, years of experience and annual salary.
3. After the interview, provide three references.
The service gets 50% of your resume’s price. So if it’s valued at $100, you get $50 whenever a company purchases your resume.
Some advantages with Applicant Tree is that its commission’s waived if the applicant is currently in the military. There’s also an referral program.
I haven’t tried it for myself because I know my field won’t be a good fit. But if you sign up, please let us know about your experience with Applicant Tree, will you?
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I’m watching this site, and the other sites like it, from a business perspective. I think this new trend of paying for interviews is the new paradigm that recruiters have been looking for, and the model I’d invest in if I could. A lot was written about other websites like NotchUp trying the same thing, but these guys are the closest to a working model I’ve seen yet. It’s cheap enough that businesses can try it without much risk, and regular people are lured in with a fairly simple process. I’m keeping my eye on these sites, I think we’ll hear more about them in the future.
Sites like these are exciting. Why? Because you can just sense the seismic shift coming where money will be flowing freely back and forth between internet sites and users. It’s beginning to make the internet a real economy rather than just an online flea market.
I recently heard about this website and I’m interested in it. Thanks for the review–not many people have written about it yet. It seems like a viable idea from my perspective. As someone looking for a job, this whole wave of sites where job seekers get paid (notchup and such) is very appealing. I’m definitely going to look into it–I like the idea of making money while trying to find a job. I definitely benefit from it!
I was one of those people who had their email scraped from LinkedIn and invited to NotchUp. I thought it was a good idea, signed up for it, but got rejected. I’m a professional with a Master’s degree, and I got rejected. After checking out this site, how it is going to be any different? What’s my guarantee that I won’t get through all the steps just to be told I’m not good enough for their site?
This is an intriguing idea to say the least. I wish them luck.
Oh, wow! I have not heard of this until now. I agree with everyone else, this is one of the best things I’ve heard about in awhile; a way to make money while looking for a job. How can it get better than that! I’m going sign up for it straight away. Hope I get a lot of interest!