http://www.prlog.org/10063836-new-internet-service-reduces-recruitment-costs-for-employers.html

These Applicant Tree guys have a much better deal, in my opinion, from a HR perspective. Their process should make things go a lot smoother than NotchUp’s. Not to mention, it seems there’s more ‘quality control’ as well. Sure, NotchUp has a money back guarantee, but they can’t refund my time I’ll be wasting on the interviews. This Applicant Tree checks out the candidates before I spend my money. I appreciate that difference.

We will be soon launching a Technical Screening Service which we are aiming for the hiring managers across Corporate America . The idea is to take some pressure out of the hiring manager (who’s real job is not hiring). We will take the ownership of filtering the candidates. In other words, our representative(s) take the interview and give a report report on the technology skills of the candidate. During the technical interview we will rate other skills like communication etc.

Our interviews are real world technical architects, working in IT field for more than 10 years. That makes a huge difference. “We will help you to hire the RIGHT talent” – That is our motto.

Regards,
Rani

Vice President
LeapConcepts

A friend of mine handled operations for the donut maker years ago (sort of the opposite of high tech), and he wondered to me one day whether the fact that you could get their donuts pretty much anywhere was a bad thing. Unfortunately, scarcity doesn’t scale. What was once 48-donut sports-team purchases became one-offs, and soon people realized it was just fried dough.

I’m convinced (though I have little evidence to back this up) that scarcity drives popularity online. Many of the startups I talk to get better adoption when they have a “beta” screen and a “click here to get on our waiting list.” It’s always the cool clubs that have a lineup.