The web has produced many ways for hiring companies and prospective employees to hook up with each other, and NotchUp.com is a new and interesting one. The company’s strategy is to let hiring companies avoid expensive finder’s fees by paying prospective job applicants to do interviews. Even if you don’t get hired, you still get paid and you can set your own interview fee.
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NotchUp is in beta right now, and, in an effort to keep the user base concentrated on people worthy of recommendations and referrals, you currently have to either apply to join the service or be invited by an existing member. The service was shown at the recent DEMO show, and Google, Yahoo! and many other tech giants are among the early companies using the service.
NotchUp’s service is focused on removing the expense of headhunters’ and other finder’s fees from the hiring process by offering job interviewees direct pay for interviewing. It also caters to potential hires who may not be actively looking for a job.

Once you join the service, you can set an interview price for yourself. Three hundred dollars per interview looks to be a fairly typical fee but you can set a high price if you wish and there is a calculator that produces a suggested fee if you want to use it. Companies interested in you can invite you to interview and pay your fee to do so. The site lets you post your personal details, job history, educational background, and summarize your strengths. If you are already on LinkedIn, you can import your details.
Registering for NotchUp is free (you can register automatically if someone invites you or wait until your application is reviewed), and you hear from companies who may be interested in you through an inbox where they can leave messages for you. It’s still early enough in the game for NotchUp that we don’t know whether employers will embrace its model in a big way, but there is logic behind the service. After all, companies often pay thousands of dollars to headhunters and existing employee for referrals. NotchUp’s idea is to send them straight to you.
Do you know of any dependable online solutions for getting hired?
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