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Matt Alder has started a great debate on his blog Recruiting Futurology about the issue of "job sites" charging candidates for "services".

 This follows the recent beta launch of Worthing+ from TMDR. It has brought attention to other  models such as Ladders.com and the whole concept of charging candidates for a suite of premium services.

I must thank Gareth at TMDR for giving me a login and I am looking at the site at the moment. Interestingly I believe that these won't be the first or last of such business models.

It makes sense, but not because of the current economic conditions. Actually launching now can be viewed as being exploitative. Why? Because we have focused on monetising the recruiter for 10 years, providing them with "better and better solutions."  To me it makes sense today to develop "job seeker toolkits".

Again why? Well better planning by the candidate, finding more relevant jobs, better matching, better CV's/profiles and better testing should equal reduced CV spam in the recruiter's inbox.   More relevant candidates who have researched the company and are prepared for the interview....it might just answer the recruiter technology issue!!

A question for our readers: are there any "job seeker pay" models operating in Europe today?  If there are, let me know at This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it

Please let us know and read Matt's blog for a great debate.