Michael Specht

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Do I want a job or a date?

July 13th, 2008 · 7 Comments · Recruitment · 753 views

Newish recruitment site in Australia JobX who promote their site is “all about giving you control and enabling you to promote yourself and network with others” is having a bit of an identity crisis. It seems they are not sure if they want to be a job board or a dating site!

How do I know this?

Check out http://perfectdate.jobx.com.au, the JOBX Dating Site.

Hat tip to my source on this news nugget.

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7 responses so far ↓

  • 1 Seth // Jul 13, 2008 at 4:21 pm

    Well, maybe they know more about dating than they do about online employment, which wouldn’t be too difficult.

  • 2 JOBX New Zealand // Jul 14, 2008 at 8:39 am

    Ah that’s not a real dating site!

  • 3 Michael Specht // Jul 14, 2008 at 9:22 am

    @Jobx NZ well no of course it isn’t but a weird marking approach, what about http://50things.jobx.com.au?

  • 4 Kevin Howard // Jul 14, 2008 at 12:21 pm

    Those guys at JobX always have had a warped sense of humour.

    It certainly got a laugh in our office - was that the intended reaction or were we somehome supposed to tie that into a job search?

    I notice the page defaults to (I am a) Man (seeking) Men …

    If you follow the link at the bottom of the page (Designed & Developed by Daemon Group) it just gets more confusing.

  • 5 Thomas Shaw // Jul 14, 2008 at 1:43 pm

    I cant see how this is good for their business?

    As an advertiser would you want to be connected with a business that is advertising in dating or porn? HR departments may need to evaluate their social responsibility by advertising through jobx

    Daemon Group are their marketing consultants.

  • 6 Kevin Howard // Jul 14, 2008 at 2:44 pm

    I think we’re are a bit too quick to pass judgement.

    Delve a little further, you will find it’s just a joke site, presumably intended to draw attention to JobX. (although given some of the comments so far this might be backfiring).

    Try a search and see what happens ;-)

  • 7 JOBX New Zealand // Jul 21, 2008 at 2:21 pm

    Kevin - very fair point although for some people time is money so I guess don’t spend much time trying to understand.

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