There's a few products like this in the market. huntr.co is probably the most well known one. It's also something I've had on the back-burner for startup.jobs for a while
I think the issue with trying to sell it as a stand alone tool (versus being part of a job board for example), is that people actively looking for a job don't tend to have a lot of discretionary spending.
Yes, even people with high paying jobs do switch jobs, but typically because they get poached away or get a better offer through their network. So for those people a job application tracker isn't that relevant.
The real money is with the employers.
That's just my cynical take on this market, but I think rooted in logic.
I do like the simple UX. Makes a lot of sense. I can see the same setup being useful for many other use cases as well. So I'd suggest to try and get in the hand of job seekers first (maybe run some ads on job boards), but after that also pursue other markets where it's useful to collect leads from different sources, structuring it, and turning them into a pipeline. There's many possible use cases for that I think.
There's a few products like this in the market. huntr.co is probably the most well known one. It's also something I've had on the back-burner for startup.jobs for a while
I think the issue with trying to sell it as a stand alone tool (versus being part of a job board for example), is that people actively looking for a job don't tend to have a lot of discretionary spending.
Yes, even people with high paying jobs do switch jobs, but typically because they get poached away or get a better offer through their network. So for those people a job application tracker isn't that relevant.
The real money is with the employers.
That's just my cynical take on this market, but I think rooted in logic.
I do like the simple UX. Makes a lot of sense. I can see the same setup being useful for many other use cases as well. So I'd suggest to try and get in the hand of job seekers first (maybe run some ads on job boards), but after that also pursue other markets where it's useful to collect leads from different sources, structuring it, and turning them into a pipeline. There's many possible use cases for that I think.